Hey Expats and Travelers, we're building this series out right now and the next episode comes out on Sunday May 16th at 1:00 PM local time. We're working hard to make sure that we can get you all 2 episodes a week until we finish. Please hit the subscribe button and notification bell so you don't miss when the next episode goes live. 🙏 Thank you all, you wonderful people! 😁 - Josh & Kalie
My wife and I will be in this neighborhood for 5 weeks this coming May, yeah! The Airbnb is right around the corner of that Lider restaurant. We have been following your channel for a while, last year we spent a month in Coimbra, and this year Porto. Your channel is SOOOOOO informative and this serious is no exception. Because of you, we are also seriously thinking about moving to Portugal in the future. Look forward to visiting Porto soon
I'm with you, things look a lot more inviting now that Winter is past and the trees are out. Looking forward to seeing more. Oh, and the house at 3:27 would be wonderful to have when fully restored. That caught my eye immediately. Sort of reminds me of houses I'd see along the costal South of the U.S., like in Charleston or Beaufort or Savannah.
John, we completely agree. When we were walking around, I knew exactly when I wanted to use this shot and all because it needs work, has huge potential, and also reminds me of the South. It's really hard to know what's going on with these building and exactly why they're in the state they're in. - Josh (& Kalie)
Yay! So excited about this series! And you started with the neighborhood I was most curious about! Can’t thank you guys enough. You are so on it! ✨🙏✨👏✨
Thank you sooooo much for this video! We just rented an apartment in this neighborhood (we haven't arrived yet) and your video is WAY better than Google Earth! We are so excited and beyond thrilled at this area. A million thanks for your efforts in putting this together for future expats/immigrants like myself.
I heard a rumor that Josh was letting his hair down in a video so I had to see what all the fuss was about! All joking aside, another fantastic video that truly helps us in relocating to Portugal. Really appreciate this content!
😂Thanks. My new barber got me sorted. I do have hair. 😅 Thanks for your kind words. We're trying to get better at this whole filming and editing thing. Thanks for the patiences as we try to find good ways to deliver information. 🙏 Cedofeita went live today. - Josh & Kalie
Hey you guys need to start to find the "tradicional tascas", where the locals go eat at lunch time from work. Where in some places is the most tradicional portuguese food and one plate is enough for the family and never going to cost more than 6€ with the cheap (but taste wine from local farms) and a coffee.
Thank you very much. We appreciate the feedback. We've started the next one and have planned to get it out on Sunday. Our goal is two a week until all 7 are done. - Josh & Kalie
LOVING your content @Expats Everywhere! I don’t plan to move for some time but I’m missing my favourite city in the world and living vicariously through y’all. Keep up the great work :)
Thank you, thank you! This series has been fun for us. A lot of walking recently! 😂 The beard is in the coming episode too. Thanks for the comment. 🤗 - Josh & Kalie
I was living in Marques for around 6 months. Loved every minute of it, my office was within a walking distance. Beautiful & quiet neighbourhood, relatively pocket friendly and well within the vicinity of almost everything, and my apartment was a great find (Cant overemphasise). Miss Oporto so much. Thanks for this wonderful trip down memory lane.
Nice footage captures well Porto over the beautiful spring and summer time. Keep it up. By the way, Portughandi that is the best name there is for a restaurant in porto.
Thank you so much 🙂 We're filming Cedofeita now and hope to have it ready on Sunday. We'd love if the weather would cooperate with us. 😂 We appreciate the feedback and hope to capture Porto well and do this amazing city justice. - Josh & Kalie
Oh boy, we don't know if this is sarcasm or now. 😂😅 We're definitely try to improve our pronunciation. 😬We agree, the parks are really pretty and great spaces for young and old. - Josh & Kalie
Great vid! Looking forward to the other Porto neighborhoods so I'm better prepared when I visit. BTW--Marques looks rather flat and easy to walk around. Correct? Obrigado.
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback. We would say that Marques is flat compared to the other neighborhoods for sure. Going from Marques to the other ones is downhill so for people that find hills rough, we would suggest taking the Metro to Marques and then working your way back downhill towards Baixa or Ribeira. 😁 - Josh & Kalie
Love your hair Josh!! I've to pay someone to get those ash highlights, can you imagine? lol 😅 Thank you for showing us around the neighborhood (s)! It's exciting to say the least. :-) I especially like the idea of compose. Cia is always so cheerful, love her smile ❤
🥰 🤗 Thank you! "I got it from my momma." - Josh Actually both of Josh's parents have salt and pepper hair although more salt than pepper these days. We're glad you're enjoying this series. We're going to try our best to get the next one out tomorrow. Working on it now! - Josh & Kalie
Jardim de Arca dÁgua is actually named Praça 9 de Abril, after the battle of La Lys in 1918. Portugal had fought till the end at the side of the Allies. Arca de Água refers to a water supply that flows via a tunnel to Praça dos Leoes and feeds the great fountain there. The tunnel was open to visits untill 2007, but was closed due to "safety reasons".
I don't know your criteria, but i wouldn't mix Arca d'Agua with Marques, Arca d'Agua is part of the northernmost Paranhos, newly urbanized with the universities, while Marques has an older character and nearest to the center of the city. Just my opinion. Cheers!
Thank you for making Porto neighborhoods a near-term focus. I have booked a scouting trip for September and already secured Airbnb in Matosinhos for the Porto area stay, but intend to explore broadly throughout the greater Porter region (south of the river as well). If the stars, consulate, realtors, and tax accountants align, I could be strolling down the streets of Porto come January--armed with an umbrella, of course! It's also helpful when locals comment from their experience, adding to what Kalie and Josh present. Muito obrigado!
Thanks, Scott. We appreciate it. We actually going to try to start getting locals and expats take on the streets if we can find people willing to talk to the camera. Wishing you the best and that it all aligns. - Josh & Kalie
I made a big boo boo and got myself into a rental in Lisbon even though I had enjoyed visiting Porto early last year. Last week I spent another perfect 6 days in the city around Boa Vista area. I look forward to your videos on Boa Vista and/or surrounding neighbourhoods if and when you do these coz I aim to make more visits to the city...great content in these videos and in your channel overall by the way
Thank you very much! This comment is really, really edifying. We appreciate it tremendously and glad that you get what we're trying to do and provide our audience. We're aiming for 2 videos per week until all 7 neighborhoods are complete. - Josh & Kalie
Thanks, João. We certainly can see how it has or has had that edginess, but it doesn't feel unsafe now at all. Where's the NEW Red Light District? 😅 - Josh & Kalie
I'm not sure if demand decreased or it's just pandemic effect (some strip clubs in Constituição closed too) but you can still see "ladies waiting for the bus on the wrong places" in Rua Gonçalo Cristovão or S Lazaro Square. About francesinha, close to Bugatti, suggest Chamiço, a bit more expensive but one of the bests in town in my opinion
@@ExpatsEverywhere been living away from Porto almost 5 years ago so probably a lot things changed, especially because of covid. Would say some time ago was Marques area (Rua da Alegria, Santos Pousada, Santa Catarina), area around Belas Artes Faculty/Batalha/Campo 24 de Agosto, moving a bit to another area, Parque da cidade was also a "hot spot", avenida Antunes Guimaraes and the Industrial area (Ramalde district between Avenida da Boavista and where the factories were), some corners had some 'ladies'. RIght now, I have no idea but pay attention, it shouldn't be hard to find.
@@jsoeiroable 😂 that’s just it, we don’t wanna find them. Pretty sure there’s a building on Rua da Alegria that still has some ladies because the door is open to a hallway and there are always 2-4 ladies sitting or standing just inside the entrance. Just putting 2 and 2 together.
First, be very welcome to my home town. Some of the places you mentioned, like between Combatentes and around Praça Velásquez, locals like me would say it's Antas not Marquês. If you haven't done sou and if you love francesinha you must try Bufete Fase (Rua de Santa Catarina). Ask for the super spicy hot sauce, molho à Super Dragão.🤭
Josh, esse corte de cabelo lhe deixou muito parecido com um Portugues do Norte. Passaria facil como um Portugues nascido nas terras lusitanas! Saudações!
Aguardente for me is the portuguese "moonshine" (yes i know they use to make port wine). But aguardente have lots of alcohol normally for commercial purpose they have between 38º to 40º (but at home made from grape pomace(?) they can reach 60º).
@@ExpatsEverywhere In Porto. My late uncle had land in Benavente almost 6 ha of land and he used to make wine/olive oil he sell most part to "friends" that every year buy his wine (to avoid taxes like alcohol tax and IVA) and he only need 300 litres of wine for himself and with all grapes pomace (?) he used to make the pure Aguardente/bagaço. He use to roast chouriço or to put a little drop in the coffee, but he never drink it pure, he always used the most of it like fuel to a water pump (he put half aguardente and half of tratol (i dont know the word in English, i do think is very similar fuel to Kerosene).
Hello, I lived in Marques for a month in July 2020 and I hated it. This beautiful church rings its very loud bells every 15 minutes from 9am to 9pm. Let me tell you that it is very annoying if you live close-by 🙄 And the park is very depressing mostly homeless people. At night it is not a secure neighborhood due to many drug addicts. Also I was bitten by small insects at night, very painful and they are not deterred by anything 😢 So Marques is definitely not my choice. But Bonfim is definitely on my list when I move from Santo Ildefonso which is a nice neighborhood but too touristic. Thanks for all those infos on Porto. I love this city 💙 ❤ 😍
Hey Helene, you're certainly right about living too close to the church. We had friends that lived a few buildings away from the church and from their back garden, you should see and hear the church. Inside their apartment wasn't as noticeable. The plaza definitely gives off a different vibe now, but it's still not at nice as plazas in say Braga. Thanks for watching our videos. We love this city too! - Josh & Kalie
Hey Expats and Travelers, we're building this series out right now and the next episode comes out on Sunday May 16th at 1:00 PM local time. We're working hard to make sure that we can get you all 2 episodes a week until we finish. Please hit the subscribe button and notification bell so you don't miss when the next episode goes live. 🙏 Thank you all, you wonderful people! 😁 - Josh & Kalie
My wife and I will be in this neighborhood for 5 weeks this coming May, yeah! The Airbnb is right around the corner of that Lider restaurant. We have been following your channel for a while, last year we spent a month in Coimbra, and this year Porto. Your channel is SOOOOOO informative and this serious is no exception. Because of you, we are also seriously thinking about moving to Portugal in the future. Look forward to visiting Porto soon
I'm with you, things look a lot more inviting now that Winter is past and the trees are out. Looking forward to seeing more. Oh, and the house at 3:27 would be wonderful to have when fully restored. That caught my eye immediately. Sort of reminds me of houses I'd see along the costal South of the U.S., like in Charleston or Beaufort or Savannah.
John, we completely agree. When we were walking around, I knew exactly when I wanted to use this shot and all because it needs work, has huge potential, and also reminds me of the South. It's really hard to know what's going on with these building and exactly why they're in the state they're in. - Josh (& Kalie)
Yay! So excited about this series! And you started with the neighborhood I was most curious about! Can’t thank you guys enough. You are so on it! ✨🙏✨👏✨
Yay! Thank you! We're excited too. They're fun to shoot. Thanks for the support. - Josh & Kalie
Thank you sooooo much for this video!
We just rented an apartment in this neighborhood (we haven't arrived yet) and your video is WAY better than Google Earth! We are so excited and beyond thrilled at this area. A million thanks for your efforts in putting this together for future expats/immigrants like myself.
Thanks for this wonderful video.
So nice of you. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere 😀
Your channel is just a lifesaver. Can't wait to get to Portugal when the time is right!
Aww, that's so nice to hear! - Josh & Kalie
I heard a rumor that Josh was letting his hair down in a video so I had to see what all the fuss was about! All joking aside, another fantastic video that truly helps us in relocating to Portugal. Really appreciate this content!
😂Thanks. My new barber got me sorted. I do have hair. 😅
Thanks for your kind words. We're trying to get better at this whole filming and editing thing. Thanks for the patiences as we try to find good ways to deliver information. 🙏 Cedofeita went live today. - Josh & Kalie
Hey you guys need to start to find the "tradicional tascas", where the locals go eat at lunch time from work. Where in some places is the most tradicional portuguese food and one plate is enough for the family and never going to cost more than 6€ with the cheap (but taste wine from local farms) and a coffee.
Do you have any recommendations for Baixa/Sé area? Thanks, Artur! - Josh & Kalie
Very informative video guys... Waiting for other districts
Thank you very much. We appreciate the feedback. We've started the next one and have planned to get it out on Sunday. Our goal is two a week until all 7 are done. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere looking forward to it...
@@piyushbisht4360 thank you.
LOVING your content @Expats Everywhere! I don’t plan to move for some time but I’m missing my favourite city in the world and living vicariously through y’all. Keep up the great work :)
Thanks, Wendy! Hope you like the next one. 😁 We appreciate your message and support. We're going to try to keep improving. - Josh & Kalie
Wow, wow, wow! This is so great. Love your content!
Thanks so much 😊 We really appreciate the support. This stuff (content creation) isn't possible without you. - Josh & Kalie
Excellent guide, thanks Josh and Kalie. Looking forward to more in this series.
PS Josh rocking a barba dele👌 suits you
Thank you, thank you! This series has been fun for us. A lot of walking recently! 😂 The beard is in the coming episode too. Thanks for the comment. 🤗 - Josh & Kalie
Great video and content! Keep them coming!
Thanks! We just finished the series yesterday. There are now 7 episodes for you to get through. - Josh & Kalie
I was living in Marques for around 6 months. Loved every minute of it, my office was within a walking distance. Beautiful & quiet neighbourhood, relatively pocket friendly and well within the vicinity of almost everything, and my apartment was a great find (Cant overemphasise). Miss Oporto so much. Thanks for this wonderful trip down memory lane.
You're welcome. Thanks for sharing your experience. - Josh & Kalie
Which apartment? I'm looking for a place!
Very informative video!
Glad you think so! 🙏 - Josh & Kalie
Great video! Lovin' your hair, Josh.
Thank you! 🤗 "I got it from my momma!" - Josh & Kalie
Nice footage captures well Porto over the beautiful spring and summer time. Keep it up.
By the way, Portughandi that is the best name there is for a restaurant in porto.
Thank you so much 🙂 We're filming Cedofeita now and hope to have it ready on Sunday. We'd love if the weather would cooperate with us. 😂 We appreciate the feedback and hope to capture Porto well and do this amazing city justice. - Josh & Kalie
Hi guys, I like your new videos..more exciting and informative. Thank you ❣️
Thanks for the feedback. We're glad you like them. - Josh & Kalie
I love your pronunciations! Beautiful parks.
Oh boy, we don't know if this is sarcasm or now. 😂😅 We're definitely try to improve our pronunciation. 😬We agree, the parks are really pretty and great spaces for young and old. - Josh & Kalie
Amazing. I never thought that the obscure area where my granny once lived would be divulged throughout the World as an exparts "hotspot". 😆
😁 It's not really an expat "hotspot" but it is one of the top 7 neighborhoods in Porto to live. - Josh & Kalie
I'm josh's barber. Hey! :)
And i love bugatti cafe, friday is the day to go! Excelente video, casal! Vocês são demais! CongratS
Hey, Luis! Thank you.
Y'all go visit Luis at Tony Barbershop Oporto Rua de Costa Cabral 316, 4200-222 Porto 😁- Josh
Loving your work, sir 👏
Great vid! Looking forward to the other Porto neighborhoods so I'm better prepared when I visit. BTW--Marques looks rather flat and easy to walk around. Correct? Obrigado.
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback. We would say that Marques is flat compared to the other neighborhoods for sure. Going from Marques to the other ones is downhill so for people that find hills rough, we would suggest taking the Metro to Marques and then working your way back downhill towards Baixa or Ribeira. 😁 - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Thanks!
@@lucchese20 you’re welcome 😉
Love your hair Josh!! I've to pay someone to get those ash highlights, can you imagine? lol 😅
Thank you for showing us around the neighborhood (s)! It's exciting to say the least. :-)
I especially like the idea of compose.
Cia is always so cheerful, love her smile ❤
🥰 🤗 Thank you! "I got it from my momma." - Josh
Actually both of Josh's parents have salt and pepper hair although more salt than pepper these days.
We're glad you're enjoying this series. We're going to try our best to get the next one out tomorrow. Working on it now! - Josh & Kalie
Jardim de Arca dÁgua is actually named Praça 9 de Abril, after the battle of La Lys in 1918. Portugal had fought till the end at the side of the Allies.
Arca de Água refers to a water supply that flows via a tunnel to Praça dos Leoes and feeds the great fountain there. The tunnel was open to visits untill 2007, but was closed due to "safety reasons".
I don't know your criteria, but i wouldn't mix Arca d'Agua with Marques, Arca d'Agua is part of the northernmost Paranhos, newly urbanized with the universities, while Marques has an older character and nearest to the center of the city. Just my opinion. Cheers!
Yup, that's right. The streets that line the plaza are Praça 9 de Abril. We got a shot of it but we didn't use it in the end. - Josh & Kalie
Thank you for making Porto neighborhoods a near-term focus. I have booked a scouting trip for September and already secured Airbnb in Matosinhos for the Porto area stay, but intend to explore broadly throughout the greater Porter region (south of the river as well). If the stars, consulate, realtors, and tax accountants align, I could be strolling down the streets of Porto come January--armed with an umbrella, of course! It's also helpful when locals comment from their experience, adding to what Kalie and Josh present. Muito obrigado!
Thanks, Scott. We appreciate it. We actually going to try to start getting locals and expats take on the streets if we can find people willing to talk to the camera. Wishing you the best and that it all aligns. - Josh & Kalie
I made a big boo boo and got myself into a rental in Lisbon even though I had enjoyed visiting Porto early last year. Last week I spent another perfect 6 days in the city around Boa Vista area. I look forward to your videos on Boa Vista and/or surrounding neighbourhoods if and when you do these coz I aim to make more visits to the city...great content in these videos and in your channel overall by the way
Thank you very much! This comment is really, really edifying. We appreciate it tremendously and glad that you get what we're trying to do and provide our audience. We're aiming for 2 videos per week until all 7 neighborhoods are complete. - Josh & Kalie
*Boavista
@@antoniof9756 is it one word? thanks for the correction
@@moowam1 Yes it is. If you'd search as "Boa Vista" you'd probably find something different.
Marques district changed a lot, it was considered a not so safe place and sort of RED Light Distric of Porto. Glad it changed. Enjoy
Thanks, João. We certainly can see how it has or has had that edginess, but it doesn't feel unsafe now at all. Where's the NEW Red Light District? 😅 - Josh & Kalie
I'm not sure if demand decreased or it's just pandemic effect (some strip clubs in Constituição closed too) but you can still see "ladies waiting for the bus on the wrong places" in Rua Gonçalo Cristovão or S Lazaro Square.
About francesinha, close to Bugatti, suggest Chamiço, a bit more expensive but one of the bests in town in my opinion
@@ExpatsEverywhere been living away from Porto almost 5 years ago so probably a lot things changed, especially because of covid. Would say some time ago was Marques area (Rua da Alegria, Santos Pousada, Santa Catarina), area around Belas Artes Faculty/Batalha/Campo 24 de Agosto, moving a bit to another area, Parque da cidade was also a "hot spot", avenida Antunes Guimaraes and the Industrial area (Ramalde district between Avenida da Boavista and where the factories were), some corners had some 'ladies'. RIght now, I have no idea but pay attention, it shouldn't be hard to find.
@@jsoeiroable 😂 that’s just it, we don’t wanna find them. Pretty sure there’s a building on Rua da Alegria that still has some ladies because the door is open to a hallway and there are always 2-4 ladies sitting or standing just inside the entrance. Just putting 2 and 2 together.
Thanks, Pedro. Noted. - Josh & Kalie
First, be very welcome to my home town.
Some of the places you mentioned, like between Combatentes and around Praça Velásquez, locals like me would say it's Antas not Marquês.
If you haven't done sou and if you love francesinha you must try Bufete Fase (Rua de Santa Catarina). Ask for the super spicy hot sauce, molho à Super Dragão.🤭
Loved seeing the local neighborhoods around Porto!! When will you take your first trip outside of town?
Awesome. Thank you. At the beginning of June we'll have an announce to make. - Josh & Kalie 😉
Belo passeio belíssima família.felicidades
Obrigado, Jorge! - Josh & Kalie
Josh, esse corte de cabelo lhe deixou muito parecido com um Portugues do Norte. Passaria facil como um Portugues nascido nas terras lusitanas! Saudações!
😁 Obrigado...eu acho? 😅 - Josh & Kalie
Aguardente for me is the portuguese "moonshine" (yes i know they use to make port wine).
But aguardente have lots of alcohol normally for commercial purpose they have between 38º to 40º (but at home made from grape pomace(?) they can reach 60º).
Our more
Hey, Artur. I literally described it like that to another foreigner the other day who didn't know aguardente was in Porto. - Josh
@@ExpatsEverywhere In Porto.
My late uncle had land in Benavente almost 6 ha of land and he used to make wine/olive oil he sell most part to "friends" that every year buy his wine (to avoid taxes like alcohol tax and IVA) and he only need 300 litres of wine for himself and with all grapes pomace (?) he used to make the pure Aguardente/bagaço. He use to roast chouriço or to put a little drop in the coffee, but he never drink it pure, he always used the most of it like fuel to a water pump (he put half aguardente and half of tratol (i dont know the word in English, i do think is very similar fuel to Kerosene).
@@arturjcrebelo3275 wow 😳 That’s really interesting.
Hello, I lived in Marques for a month in July 2020 and I hated it. This beautiful church rings its very loud bells every 15 minutes from 9am to 9pm. Let me tell you that it is very annoying if you live close-by 🙄 And the park is very depressing mostly homeless people. At night it is not a secure neighborhood due to many drug addicts. Also I was bitten by small insects at night, very painful and they are not deterred by anything 😢 So Marques is definitely not my choice. But Bonfim is definitely on my list when I move from Santo Ildefonso which is a nice neighborhood but too touristic. Thanks for all those infos on Porto. I love this city 💙 ❤ 😍
Hey Helene, you're certainly right about living too close to the church. We had friends that lived a few buildings away from the church and from their back garden, you should see and hear the church. Inside their apartment wasn't as noticeable. The plaza definitely gives off a different vibe now, but it's still not at nice as plazas in say Braga. Thanks for watching our videos. We love this city too! - Josh & Kalie
Marquês - without the ^ in the "e" the sound it´s different.
Thanks, we put a lil' hat on it. - Josh & Kalie
when you pronounced "Marquês" it sounded like you´re saying "Marrakech" to me... :)
😂😅 You should hear us say, "Marrakech" then. 🤣 - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I will pay attention to future videos :)
My dad is Marques
First name or last name? 😁 - Josh & Kalie
Say J like joker not like in Spanish example the way we say in English word using the letter J
Life and language are a dance you learn as you go. 🙏 - Josh & Kalie
Did you'll get your teeth whitening in Porto?
Nope. We did get a teeth cleaning though. 😁 - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere what's the cost of a teeth clean in Porto?
INDIAN FOOD!
Yup! There are a few restaurants around town. - Josh & Kalie