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INSIDER KNOWLEDGE:<br />
MAURA MARVAO<br />
The agent for Phillips<br />
auction house in Portugal<br />
and Spain flits between<br />
Brazil, Madrid, London<br />
and New York, but was<br />
born and raised—and still<br />
has her home—in Porto.<br />
HOW DO YOU SEE<br />
THE CITY’S RECENT<br />
DEVELOPMENT?<br />
Many things have changed<br />
for the better. The city center<br />
was very decadent before,<br />
and its recovery has been<br />
very positive. Tourism and<br />
foreign investment have<br />
obviously helped. We need<br />
to be a little bit careful with<br />
tourism, and hopefully we<br />
can learn from other cities’<br />
mistakes. Good things in<br />
excess become bad things!<br />
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE<br />
CULTURAL HOTSPOT IN THE<br />
CITY? I love the Serralves<br />
Foundation (serralves.pt),<br />
a masterpiece by Porto’s<br />
famous architect Álvaro<br />
Siza. There’s a brand new<br />
section inside the property,<br />
the Casa do Cinema—it’s<br />
focused on Portuguese<br />
director Manoel de<br />
Oliveira, but open to films<br />
from all over the world.<br />
The Quinta do Vallado<br />
vineyard hotel in the<br />
Douro Valley<br />
AND A FAVOURITE CHILL-<br />
OUT SPOT? The Parque da<br />
Cidade in Foz, one of the<br />
biggest city parks in Europe.<br />
There are lakes, and it ends<br />
at the seaside. It‘s perfect<br />
for running, yoga, picnics.<br />
Take your dog!<br />
55 NetJets
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