Spot Livraria Lello

Spot a bacalhau dish in Porto

Find a bacalhau (salt cod) dish on a Porto menu or counter. Photograph the plate.

Spot a Casa da Música facade

Find the Casa da Música concert hall by Rem Koolhaas in Boavista, the white tilted block. Photograph the facade.

Spot a francesinha sandwich

Find a francesinha on a Porto restaurant menu or table: a stacked meat sandwich smothered in cheese and a beery tomato sauce. Photograph the cheese pull.

Spot a pastel de nata

Find a pastel de nata in a Porto bakery window or on a café plate (the Manteigaria branches on Galerias de Paris are famous). Photograph the tart.

Spot a port wine bottle

Find a bottle of port wine (ruby, tawny, white or rosé) in a Porto shop window or on a restaurant table. Photograph the bottle.

Spot a port wine cellar (caves)

Cross to Vila Nova de Gaia and find a port wine cellar (Sandeman, Cálem, Taylor's, Graham's). Photograph the rows of port barrels.

Spot a Porto azulejo wall

Find a building covered in blue-and-white azulejos in Porto (the Capela das Almas, the São Bento station, any random facade). Photograph the pattern.

Spot a Porto cobblestone calçada

Find a black-and-white calçada portuguesa mosaic pavement in Porto. Photograph the pattern.

Spot a Porto fado guitar

Find a Portuguese guitar (12-string round-bodied) in a music-shop window or at a fado venue. Photograph the guitar.

Spot a Porto FC scarf

Find an FC Porto (blue-and-white) scarf or shirt on someone or in a shop. Photograph the kit.

Spot a Porto laundry line

Look up in the Ribeira or Sé area and find laundry strung between two windows or balconies. Photograph the line.

Spot a Porto Metro M

Find a Porto Metro M sign at any station entrance. Photograph the sign.

Spot a Porto rabelo boat

Find a rabelo boat moored on the Douro (the flat-bottomed wooden boats that used to carry port from the Douro valley). Photograph one with port-house logos on the sails.

Spot a Porto rooster (Galo de Barcelos)

Find a ceramic Galo de Barcelos rooster in a souvenir shop, on a fridge magnet or on a tile. Photograph it.

Spot a Porto sardine festival reference

Around São João (Saint John's Day, 23 June) sardines roast on every corner. The rest of the year find a sardine tile, decorative tin or sardine-shaped souvenir. Photograph the reference.

Spot a Porto street artist or mural

Find a piece of Porto street art (the Hartlaub mural, the Bordalo II animals). Photograph the wall.

Spot a Porto street fish-grill smoke

Find a Porto restaurant with a sardine or fish grill smoking out front. Photograph the smoke.

Spot a Porto sunset over the Douro

Walk to the Jardim do Morro or the Dom Luís Bridge upper deck at sunset. Photograph the golden light on the Douro and the Ribeira facades.

Spot a Porto tram

Find a heritage Porto tram (Linha 1 along the riverside, Linha 18, Linha 22). Photograph the wooden carriage.

Spot a São Bento station azulejo panel

Walk into the São Bento train station and find the giant azulejo panels in the entrance hall (20,000 tiles). Photograph one panel of scenes.

Spot a Super Bock or Sagres beer

Find a Super Bock or Sagres beer (the two Portuguese beers) on a café table. Photograph the bottle or glass.

Spot a Vila Nova de Gaia rooftop view

Walk up the Vila Nova de Gaia side and photograph the panoramic view of Porto across the Douro with Dom Luís Bridge.

Spot the Bolhão Market

Walk to Mercado do Bolhão and find a stall with fish, chouriço or olives. Photograph the iron-and-wood market interior.

Spot the Capela das Almas blue

Find the Capela das Almas on Rua de Santa Catarina, with its entire facade in blue-and-white azulejos. Photograph the cascade of tiles.

Spot the Clérigos Tower

Find the Torre dos Clérigos rising 75 metres above the city. Photograph the baroque bell tower.

Spot the Dom Luís I Bridge

Find the double-decker Dom Luís I Bridge over the Douro. Photograph the iron arches from the Ribeira or Vila Nova de Gaia.

Spot the Porto Sé cathedral

Find the Sé Cathedral on a hill above the Ribeira, the granite romanesque-and-gothic facade. Photograph from the plaza below.

Spot the Portuguese tricolor

Find a Portuguese flag (vertical green-red with the coat of arms) flying on a building, balcony or boat. Photograph the colours.

Spot the Ribeira pastel facades

Walk along the Ribeira waterfront and find the colourful pastel houses stacked up the hillside. Photograph the cascade.