Douro Valley

Our days will always start at 9.30 in the morning. Does it look good to you?

Porto: in a relaxed walk from Aliados  Avenue to Ribeira, you cannot miss the Cathedral; the Clérigos Tower; Santa Catarina Street and its Café Majestic; the famous São Bento Station and the not less famous Bookshop Lello which inspired Harry Potter's author.

Next to Carmo Church we can't stay indifferent to the Lions Fountain. Then, we'll  cross the Luís I bridge, looking towards the bright waters of the Douro River and the traditional Rabelo Boats. 

Gaia awaits us with its magnificent Port Wine Cellars and the most appetizing Portuguese snacks called 'Petiscos', at the Gastronomic Market.

But it will be the riverside area of ​​the city or “the Ribeira” as they call it - where the narrow and colorful houses descend from the top of the city, to the waters of the Douro - will amaze you. The most characteristic neighborhood of Porto and one that makes the city go around in the world, in images .

Classified by UNESCO in 1996, the city of Porto and its harmonious historical set will present you with a river full of life, in its 850 kilometers of extension between Portugal and Spain and navigable, since the Roman Empire.

Green in summer and golden in winter, the slopes of the Douro River will not leave anyone indifferent. We will take the road that connects the city of Régua to the place of Pinhão, considered by AVIS, World Best Driving Road - the best road in the world to drive!

On this day, you can't miss a visit to a winery and a stop at the nineteenth century Railway Station of Pinhão, with its captivating more than three thousand tiles alluding to the Douro lands.

If you wish, a scenic boat trip on the river, a train ride along the river banks or a visit to the Port Wine Museum can be arranged.

This is one of the oldest demarcated wine regions in the world, and therefore classified by UNESCO since 2001. Man's works, by shaping the valley in terraces, transformed the Alto Douro Wine Region, into a unique and inspiring landscape for the production of internationally recognized wines.