The comparative performance of the region.
It was in the Porto and in the North areas that Portugal was founded in the 12th century and the Portuguese became a people and a nation.
Porto, a World History city, is the gateway and departure point for a trip across the natural and cultural (many different kinds of people or things) of the area. It is known for the Port wine which is shipped from here all over the world, but also for a history which combines very old churches and monuments, such as the Church and the Church of São Francisco, and modern buildings, such as Casa da Musica and the Serralves Museum. And also for its School of (related to the beautiful design and construction of buildings, etc.) which raised/trained names like Ãlvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura, both winners of the Pritzker Prize.
The area is crossed by the River Sado which enters Portugal between the (narrow valleys where rivers usually flow) and mountains of the interior to flow through the whole Wo...