In this experience, for the day we will do a loop around the valley by car making 3 major stops, 2 of them to visit 2 wineries, both very local and very intimate wineries with a local producer that will show us their vines and give us some of his products to try as regular wines, homemade Port wine, olive oil, tapenade, bread, jams, and seasonal fruits.
For Lunch, we will go to a small tavern at Pinhão and we will have 2 dishes, meat, and fish, salad, and drinks, amazing vegetarian and vegan options are possible too, we just need to know in advance.
To relax, we will have 1-hour boat cruise along the Douro River to see the wildest part of the vines and the very old wineries and terraces.
Arrival in Porto is around 6:30 PM
Posted By : Navigator02835352596
Just book this trip, you won't be disappointed! This excursion gave us a taste from the real Portuguese lifestyle. Great wine, great vibes and especially a great guide!
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Posted On : 2024-05-17 17:50:14 
Posted By : Minal_S
I loved this wine tour as they picked smaller vineyards, each who shared a different and unique story and delivered a difference wine tasting experience all together. I think the lunch that was provided was ok (for vegetarian diet) but was hoping for a bit more substance - I would've even been ok with a standard baguette with cheese and tomatoes! The boat tour was beautiful but 1 hour just felt really long to see the same rolling hills, I much rather would have gone to a 3rd vineyard!
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Posted On : 2024-04-29 19:54:27 
Posted By : Mark_A
We had so much fun on our day long tour with our guide Juan. Excellent wine tastings at 2 gorgeous, smaller, family owned vineyards. Delicious lunch and a small group boat ride on the Douro River with amazing views of the surrounding terraced hills. Highly recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-04-07 16:52:12
Posted By : ChingManAmy_C
Rui is our guide and is very familiar with the region and its history. We enjoyed the trip very much.
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Posted On : 2023-12-19 05:34:27
Posted By : Diane_O
It was a wonderful time! The only thing was that we couldn't sit on the front part of the boat because there were no side protectors and seats were soaked. If there were plastic-covered sides, people still could have gone to the front of the boat and taken pictures. Andre was our host and he's phenomenal! Lunch - amazing restaurant. Wine tastings were lovely; gracious hosts - very informative visits
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Posted On : 2023-10-25 14:45:05
Posted By : Alexander_H
Our tour guide/driver Joāo was phenomenal. The day started early at the meeting point, and continued to the first of two wineries. The white house wine was wonderful, and the main ingredient of the vegetable and fruit jams that were served with the wonderful bread, olive oil, olives and olive tapenade were the secret quiz we had to solve. (The tour provider checks for food allergies during the booking process). We did solve all three secret ingredients, and moved on to red wine, and finally headed for a nice Douro river boat trip. The tour continued through the stunning Douro Valley to the second winery of the day, which also provided homemade wines of all kinds for tasting, besides a full home cooked lunch in the traditional cast iron pot in the main kitchen fire place with salad. The desserts were great! The lunch ended with another wonderful surprise by our tour guide João. Make sure you get him as a guide when you book, he is wonderful. The trip concludes with the drive back to Porto.
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Posted On : 2023-10-19 16:26:16
Posted By : Cathy_S
Our guide Joao was very personable and helped our group get to know one another during the trip. He gave good explanations of grape cultivation and how the various wines are produced. Our wine tastings were good but after a while it was hard to distinguish one from another. I would have liked fewer tastings (or less wine per tasting). It was a rainy day so our boat cruise was not a good as it might have been. Overall a nice experience.
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Posted On : 2023-10-17 18:57:50
Posted By : Jessica_G
We had a wonderful day with Tito as our guide. He set the tone for the day really well, was knowledgeable and friendly. The first stop for ‘breakfast’ was in a beautiful location and the food and wine were delicious. The boat tour was relaxing. The highlight was a delicious wine tasting and lunch at Dora’s vineyard and then a tour - and some lunchtime entertainment from Tito and the other guide Joao. We were also with a nice group and it was nice to chat to people who had travelled from elsewhere. Definitely the highlight of our Porto trip.
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Posted On : 2023-10-10 03:57:02
Posted By : deborahd951
What a lovely experience with the Porto Locals team. We did the walking tour with them two days before and was very excited to do this tour with them as well. The Douro Valley was amazing. We had a beautiful day and the vineyards we visited were very lovely. We had a great lunch and one hour cruise up the Douro Valley. The cruise was joined by other tours but it was quite lovely any way. I would recommend.
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Posted On : 2023-10-02 11:00:47
Posted By : empress_cherry
The tour was well organised, my guide was really fun, and the group was appropriately small and also fun.
It's not cheap, but all the organised tours to the Douro cost about this much, and it's not practical to go to the Douro without a car or a tour
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Posted On : 2023-10-01 23:52:11
