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Douro Valley small group tour, Mateus Palace, Lunch and Wine tastings
(59) Reviews
Porto
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
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Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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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.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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No other Douro Valley tour gives you such a rich cultural, historical and gastronomy experience.
Each stop in the tour program will bring new stories about Portugal history, the importance of Port wine for the region and the country along with delicacies and wines of this amazing region!
Highlights
10 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
10 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hot & Cold Drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Coffee and Pastries in Amarante
Regional Lunch in Douro Valley with white and red wines, Favaios muscat and Port Wine.
Luxury Air-Conditioned Van
Photo & Video
Visit to São Gonçalo church and the old bridge in Amarante
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
Largo dos Lóios 3
Black Mercedes van
Return
Douro Valley small group tour, Mateus Palace, Lunch and Wine tastings
(59) Reviews
Porto
About
No other Douro Valley tour gives you such a rich cultural, historical and gastronomy experience.
Each stop in the tour program will bring new stories about Portugal history, the importance of Port wine for the region and the country along with delicacies and wines of this amazing region!
Highlights
10 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
10 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hot & Cold Drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Coffee and Pastries in Amarante
Regional Lunch in Douro Valley with white and red wines, Favaios muscat and Port Wine.
Luxury Air-Conditioned Van
Photo & Video
Visit to São Gonçalo church and the old bridge in Amarante
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
Largo dos Lóios 3
Black Mercedes van
Return
Itinerary
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Amarante
From your hotel in Porto, you’re picked up in the morning for the drive to Amarante. We will stop at the city of Amarante to visit its old bridge and São Gonçalo Church, a symbol of the local identity built in the XIII century by the city's patron saint São Gonçalo, a benedictine monk. Amarante's sweets and cakes are extremely famous and you will have the opportunity to taste them at a well known cake-shop.
2 hours
2
Vila Real
After Amarante we will proceed to the Mateus Palace in the city of Vila Real. Mateus Palace, set in beautiful gardens on a vast farm, is considered to be one of the finest examples of baroque civil architecture in Portugal. You will learn from a certified guide the story of the palace and at the end enjoy walking and taking pictures in the gardens.
2 hours
3
Favaios
The highlight of the voyage is the lunch in the wine region of Favaios. Before lunch an aperitif is served in the gardens of the estate.The all-included lunch includes several tasting starters (alheira, pataniscas, rojões), Sopa de Pedra (Stone Soup) in iron pot, a veal stew or roast, and a fruit and dessert buffet.White and red Douro wines are served, as welll as Muscat wine of Favaios and Port wine. After lunch you will visit the estate wine cellars.
2 hours
4
Pinhao
The tour continues driving downhill from the Favaios region to Pinhão, on the right bank of the Douro river. In Pinhão you will visit the train station with its fantastic azulejos (tiles) pannels from early XX century and take the one-hour Douro river cruise in a typical Rabelo boat to contemplate the world heritage beauty of the Douro Valley vineyards. Navigation upstream toward the Romaneira estate, in a very beautiful stretch of the Douro river where you will see some wine producing farmhouses, terraces until the river and vineyards, forming a unique landscape considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
We will return to Porto via the road N222 Pinhão - Peso da Régua, that is considered one of the most beautiful in the world. 17 miles, 93 soft bends and breathtaking views of the Douro Valley. Your NOW Douro Valley full-day tour ends with return transport to your Porto hotel.
