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| Tunnels at Sao Bento |
The snap of the tunnels gives an idea of how old these tunnels are. They remind me of the tunnels on the Mumbai Pune train route, especially the tunnel just after Thane while traveling on the fast track towards Dombivili. A clear distinguishing feature of the train stations in Portugal is the amount of ceramics and tile art present in these stations.
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| At Sao Bento |
The above snap is one such wall near the entrance/exit of the train station. The top portion of the wall has a beautiful tile art of a village scene where the people are welcoming a steam train. The colors were really beautiful but I was a bit upset as the one with most colors was at the top of the wall. The ones on the wall accessible and clearly visible were blue in a white background depicting various scenes.
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| Tiles at Sao Bento |
The above snaps shows a typical village scene with bulls working on the farm. On getting out of the station one can see even more tile works such as that seen in the picture below.
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| At Sao Bento train station |
Important Websites:
- The most important website is Visit Portugal. The places to visit in Porto is available here.
- For the trains cp.pt website is the site I found the most useful