Portugal with Michael Portillo
Season 1 Episode 1 of 6
Michael explores highlights and hidden secrets of the country, starting out in the cosmopolitan second city of Porto, whose chic shopping boulevards and tourist hotspots hides a proud industrial past making it the 'Manchester of Portugal'. In Braga, he finds the awe-inspiring Born Jesus shrine, built into the side of a mountain, visits one of Portugal's biggest festivals, the Feiras Novas, where a million revellers enjoy three days of singing and dancing, and discovers a network of busy canals in Aveiro, reminiscent of Venice
Portugal with Michael Portillo airs on Channel 5 at 8:30 PM, Saturday 1 March. (Subtitles, new, series.)
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Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Foreign Countries ➝ Expeditions