Day tours in Oporto & surroundings
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Douro
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Program
Douro valley, the most ancient demarcated area of wine in the world, considered worldwide heritage. Amarante
typical town where we stop to taste the delicious pastry and visit Saint Gonçalo convent.
Afterwards we go to Régua (capital of Port wine) where we'll visit a wine producer farm and afterwards we'll go to
Régua. On the way back we'll visit an aristocratic palace, Solar da Rede, housing a "Pousada" (inn).
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...The River Douro rises in Spain and flows more or less East – West across Northern Portugal reaching the sea at Portugal’s
second city, Oporto. Once a fast flowing river of rapids and narrow ravines it has been tamed over the past 25 years by the
construction of 8 dams along its length giving it, in most places, a tranquil, lake-like appearance. The valley is spectacularly beautiful
with the hills falling steeply down to the water´s edge becoming more and more sparsely populated and wild the further inland one
travels, with more of the land being given over to terraces of vines. This is port country and was, in fact, the world´s first demarcated
wine region in 1756. The color of the land changes throughout the year as the vines mature. The reaches of the Douro have a
microclimate, allowing for cultivation of olives, almonds, and especially grapes, with its picturesque quintas or farms clinging on to
almost vertical slopes dropping down to the river...
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