Douro Valley Small-Group Tour with Wine Tasting, Lunch and Optional Cruise | La Vacanza Travel

Douro Valley Small-Group Tour with Wine Tasting, Lunch and Optional Cruise

Duration: 10 hours
Destination: Portugal, Porto, Porto
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  • 10 hours
  • Porto
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Visit Portugal’s prestigious Douro Valley on this full-day wine tour from Porto! Famous for its production of port wine, this UNESCO World Heritage-listed region is indisputably scenic, with swathes of vineyards clinging to the hills around the Douro River. Admire the scenery around the village of Pinhão, where you will have time to enjoy your lunch and visit a winery estate for a tasting session of award-winning local wines. To enjoy more of the countryside on the way to the Douro Valley, upgrade to include a sightseeing river cruise tour along the Douro River, departing from Pinhão.

Numbers are limited to eight people on this small-group tour, ensuring a more personalized experience.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Pinhao Railway Station, Largo da Estacao, 5085, Pinhao 5085-037 Portugal

You will visit Pinhão train station and it's famous tile panels that portrait the landscapes and life in the Douro Valley. Your guide will happily explain to you the meaning and scenes portrait on the panels.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Casal de Loivos Viewpoint, Cabo da Rua, Casal de Loivos 5085-010 Portugal

Considered one of the most beautiful view points on the Douro, from here you can admire the river peacefully flowing while downhill you watch the village of Pinhão being embrace by the river that gave life to the village has a meeting point to board on the old times the barrels that carried the Port wine to it's aging place in Gaia.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: The Douro Valley, Pinhao 5085-060 Portugal

The Douro Valley is a magical place where man overcome nature to create an amazing landscape where hills are covered by vines that produce a wine recognized worldwide "the Port". His a wine region like no other in the world, the wine is produced in the hill sloops where the cooperation of men hard work and nature allowed the creation of this "reino maravilhoso" (marvelous kingdow) has the poet Miguel Torga described it.

Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Douro River, Porto Portugal

If you wish you can upgrade your tour with an optional 50m boat cruise on the Douro River that will allow you to admire the landscape from a different perspective. Going upstream from the village of Pinhão admire the river banks covered by vines and bordered by wine estates of some of the most know Port wine brands, before starting going back to Pinhão.

Duration: 50 minutes

Inclusions
  • 3-course Lunch paired with Douro wines
  • Private boat cruise max 16 people (if option selected)
  • Wine and port tastings
  • Professional guide
  • Hotel pickup
  • Drop off at two locations: Trindade Station & Bolsa Palace
  • Comfortable and modern Minivan
  • Bottled water in sustainable packaging

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for infants
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

1: Bolsa Palace, R. de Ferreira Borges, 4050-253 Porto, Portugal
2: Torre dos Clérigos, R. de São Filipe de Nery, 4050-546 Porto, Portugal
3: Trindade, 4000-059 Porto, Portugal
4: Statue of Vímara Peres, Calçada de Vandoma, 4000-013 Porto, Portugal
5: Rua de Júlio Dinis 724, 4050-320 Porto, Portugal
Traveler pickup is offered
Most centrally located Porto hotels (when accessible). We will confirm your pickup time and location the day previous to the tour.


Departure Time

08:30 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

10 hours


User's Reviews

Claude_S

15 Apr, 2024

Tasting the great port wines and the views in the Douro Valley. It’s just amazing The guide was friendly and knowledgeable. We learn a lot on how Port wine is done. And the two. Quintas where we stop were nice and offer a great choice of wines.

PatriciaLynne_R

15 Apr, 2024

We had an amazing day with Monica, our tour guide, and our new friends from Scotland and New York! We loved visiting the quaint Quinta Santa Eufemia were we enjoyed tastings of wine and port paired with orange cake and snacks. The views of the Duoro Valley were breathtaking on the boat tour as well as along the route. Lunch at Vista D’ouro was very tasty and relaxing giving our group a chance to learn about each other. Quinto do Portal was very interesting, demonstrating how a larger scale Quinta has combined architectural design and natural surroundings to make wine and Port. Monica was truly excellent! She was fun, engaging and a great driver! We would highly recommend this tour.

Brian_C

14 Apr, 2024

The whole day was memorable. 90 minute drive to first location, private tasting for group, photo stops, amazing views from the boat, nice lunch up the hill in an old school house, 2nd winery, then home. Great dat

Judy_S

14 Apr, 2024

Disappointing that such an expensive tour had little to offer on the way to the wineries - no commentary on where we were while driving or interesting information. The first winery was very good, lunch was fine, second winery was rushed and busy. The boat tour had limited commentary. Such an interesting area deserves better.

Chrystal_H

13 Apr, 2024

Excellent tour with Paulo, our tour guide. Paulo was punctual with pick up time and communicated what the day would entail. The wineries were excellent choices, with great wines and snacks. Each winery provided history of the family running the winery, and general info on how the wine is produced. The cruise was also excellent. Boat was very clean and the cruise was enjoyable in this beautiful area. The Douro valley is stunning! Excellent day tour!

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Nice Day Trip

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Lovely tour of Douro Valley

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Wonderful Adventure and Unique Quintas in the Douro Valley

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12/10

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Great small tour, very competent guide (Rodriguez), well timed so no need to compete with other tourists!

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Perfect day spent doing something I love tasting lovely wine and eating wonderful local food 😋

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Journey of a thousand years!

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Fantastic option to enjoy the Douro Valley for the day

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Amazing wine/port tour with boat ride through Douro Vally.

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Full day tour in the Douro Valley

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Don’t miss this if visiting Porto!

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