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Whether you’re interested in the arts, culinary culture or history, 2021 brings a host of new museums, festivals and dates to remember


PORTO, PORTUGAL OLD-WORLD WINE IN A BOLD NEW SETTING


The introduction of cheap flight routes has led to Porto soaring in the city break rankings in recent years. Its dramatic, hilly layout lends itself to surprising discoveries: landscaped lookout points are snuck into the gaps between precipitous winding streets and, down on the banks of the Douro River, the Ribeira neighbourhood hints at the city’s rich Age of Discovery heritage. And now there’s a new reason to visit Porto: World


of Wine, based in the riverside Vila Nova de Gaia district, which has long been where port wine from the Douro Valley has been stored for export. Set in former warehouses, its six museums cover the history of wine, cork and drinking vessels, as well as chocolate, fashion and city history. There are also restaurants, shops and a wine school. The new attraction serves as the centrepiece of a newly invigorated cultural district. It’s a brave new opening for our times, a 55,000sq metre space that cost £95m and took five years to come to fruition. wow.pt visitportugal.com TRAVELLER UK


COVENTRY, UK


COMMUNITY AT THE CORE OF THIS YEAR’ S UK CITY OF CULTURE


‘Sending someone to Coventry’ used to be a punishment, but how things have changed. The UK’s City of Culture for 2021, which brought us Lady Godiva and the jet engine, will focus on making the arts accessible as part of an overhaul of a traditional ‘city of culture’ programme. From 15 May through to May 2022, the calendar is packed with events, including the Turner Prize (29 September to 12 January, at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum). Much of what’s on offer will revolve around social


responsibility. There’s CastAway, an all-female dance show focused on the single-use plastic crisis (staged on the water in Coventry’s Canal Basin in August), while CVX Festival (12-15 August) will bring together role models to work with the city’s youth on social change and unity. This is unmistakably a lineup for a post-Covid world, with community-strengthening at its core. coventry2021.co.uk TRAVELLER UK


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