Where the Douro meets the Atlantic. Sea-facing terraces, the city's seafood rooms and Sunday morning brunch by the lighthouse.
Cafeina in Foz do Douro, Porto, occupies a tiled corner villa where the kitchen pairs Portuguese classics with international turns and a serious wine cellar.
Signature: Bacalhau a la Cafeina, Tournedos with foie
Order: Bacalhau a la Cafeina, then the chocolate cake in port-wine reduction.
Tip: Closed Mondays; lunch and dinner Tuesday to Sunday. The walled garden books out on Saturdays.
Brasao Foz on Rua de Gondarem in Porto is the Foz neighbourhood site of the Brasao group, with the pork-loin francesinha a antiga and truffled meat rissois on the Brasao group menu.
Signature: Pork-loin francesinha, Truffled meat rissol
Order: Pork-loin francesinha, truffled rissol to share.
Tip: Open daily, kitchen until 23:30. The back garden terrace is the move on summer evenings.