Canidelo

A bit further south hugging the Atlantic coastline is Canidelo, a Porto bedroom community of about 27,000. The Romans and Moors passed through here, and I could’ve sworn I saw a Neolithic stone hut way out in a field. Life in Portugal is considerably cheaper than in the rest of the European Union, but it makes sense for many who work in Porto to make their home outside the city and commute across one of the half-dozen bridges.

Pretty 17th-century Church of St. Andrew.

Portugal's ceramics are all they're cracked up to be.

Pit stop at Margem do Atlantico cafe.

Nothing but Portuguese spoken in these hills. Bring your phrasebook.