I didn't find any way to do so. I spent my time
exploring around outside the city.

By the way, after many frustrating attempts (and lost
spell points) to open a portal ON any of the various
portals, I finally figured out that you have to be
facing the portal square, and not actually be standing
on top of it. It's a nice option. I hope this helps.





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