Enjoy a full day tour in the region of Douro, listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Stop in the small villages of the Douro Region during the tour, and learn about the history, culture and people that live in this region. Lunch included in a small, local restaurant, as well as a visit to two Portuguese Port Wine and Wine producer (winery, cellars and vineyards) with tastings.
Posted By : Road288485
Diana was amazing on our tour. Super knowledgeable and charming. The tour was so much fun and I usually don’t like tours. Lunch was great and winery’s picked were excellent. Very fun day
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Posted On : 2024-04-25 05:27:01 
Posted By : birgitp44
Highly recomandable tour to see the alto Douro region with breathtaking views and very pleasent stops to visit beautiful old Quintas, their wineyards and gardens.
The whole region is pictoresque enough to seem nearly unreal.
A must for winelovers, fotofreaks and lovers of nature and arquitecture.
Our guide Joao was very amiable and caring and an extremely competent driver.
This is not to be underestimated on very winding roads on cliffedge high above the river.
Overall a pure pleasure, even with 34°C.
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Posted On : 2023-07-03 13:27:16
Posted By : AndrewVH43
This day trip out to the Douro valley was the highlight of of two week trip around Portugal. Diana, our guide and the company are well organised and efficient. Diana was very knowledgeable, unhurried, good-humored and made our trip very enjoyable. After a pleasant boat trip on the Douro river admiring the scenery of the valley and just relaxing, we went to a small little winery close by up on a high hill with great views over the valley. Here we had a tour on how they make olive oil, afterwhich we had some wine tasting, together with almonds, bread and local olive oil. This really got everyone relaxed and in an enjoyable spirit. We were then taken back down the valley to a restaurant for lunch and enjoyed good company with good food and wine. In the afternoon we were taken to a larger wine and port producer and had a tour on how they make Port, followed by some port wine tasting, which was very yummy and enjoyable.
From here we headed back to Porto, but after all the wine and Port, we slept the whole way home.
Overall, a great experience with professional company and superb guide.
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Posted On : 2019-10-29 06:17:12
Posted By : Lisa_M
Our guide David, drove us to the beautiful Douro Valley. Two wineries, olive oil production and lunch were great tours. Our group of 5 had a fantastic day.
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Posted On : 2018-08-14 07:04:58 
Posted By : mqmann1
Just got back home after visit to Porto where my wife and I spent 5 days. On one of the days we fancied going out of the city and this was ideal. The mini bus picked us up from our hotel on time and drove us in comfort with just four other passengers to the Douro.
The wine and oil tasting was informative and the optional boat trip was good and the cool breeze was most welcome. Lunch was very good and included wine. This was then followed by the tour of the Croft vineyard with more tasting, this time of Port and a tour.
All in all an excellent day with good tour guides and good company.
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Posted On : 2018-06-24 08:46:32
Posted By : NewYorkNative
We were 4 family members who signed up for the full day Duoro Valley tour from Porto. We were picked up by the small van, and unfortunately the back seats (the only ones remaining besides the front next to the guide/driver) were not too comfortable, and our 4th person had to sit up front, away from us. Our guide was pleasant and knowledgable and an excellent driver on those hairpin curves/turns once we arrived in the Valley. The hour boat ride was lovely. Our main criticisms- we did one of the two wine tastings before lunch, but it was already early afternoon. We were hungry and the wine just so so. THEN. MY MAJOR CRITICISM. The advertisement said "lunch at a villa." (I've had lunch at a villa before. In Tuscany. It was divine. We hoped for a repeat performance.) WE WERE DEPOSITED AT A CAFETERIA. IN A LITTLE HOLE IN THE WALL TOWN. WITH METAL CHAIRS AND HORRIBLE FOOD. I am not being dramatic. The food and location and "ambiance" (if you can call it that) were horrible, and certainly NOT AS REPRESENTED. We complained upon returning home. Viator said they checked with the subcontractor and the "food was fresh and as advertised." ABSOLUTELY NOT. I WAS ENTERTAINING FAMILY AND I WAS EMBARRASSED BY THE LUNCH LOCATION AND FOOD. We took tour #12546DuoroValley. DO NOT TAKE THIS TOUR.
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Posted On : 2018-06-07 11:04:33
Posted By : travelwithamission
My friends and I wanted to do a private tour, and this one was perfect. The tour guide picked us up from our hotel, and we headed to the Douro Valley. Our first stop was in Pinhao for the boat tour. It was very relaxing, however, there was no guide to tell us a little bit about the river. We then visited our first winery, which also had a room where they used to make olive oil. Very interesting! Lunch was back in Pinhao, followed by a visit to a port winery. This too was very interesting. Both places had tastings, which were very good and generous with their pours.
My only complaint here was that they sent us a guide with only 3 weeks experience. While she was very sweet, she was also very inexperienced and couldn't answer the majority of questions. Very frustrating, considering we paid WELL about the small group tour price. My advice is if you book with this company, ask about how much experience your guide will have. I am sure if we had someone with more experience, it would have been a more fulfilling tour.
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Posted On : 2018-05-28 16:23:06
Posted By : Fx_London_20001
We really enjoyed this day & would recommend The Other Side as a company. We were picked up on time & the trip was exactly as advertised. The scenery was great - even on a rainy day! Our guide was lovely and very knowledgeable & it was a good size of group to travel with. The wine tasting was fun & the food at lunch good. (We also did the walking tour with The Other Side which was good. Saw the main sites & a couple of quirky places too).
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Posted On : 2018-05-24 06:27:36
Posted By : Kayla W
We had a great trip through the douro area. We visited a vineyard, a winery and a port winery. They were all very beautiful places. The Douro is very picturesque. We also stopped in pinhao for optional cruise which we did not do. Lunch was included there and it was one of the best meals we had while on our Portugal vacation. Our tour guide was very knowledgable and accommodating.
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Posted On : 2018-05-20 21:51:28
Posted By : Ravishankar_R
We were in Porto last week and took this tour spanning the whole day. Andrea the guide and driver met us at the Hotel as arranged and we found we were the only tourists on board. The drive started with inclement weather and rain though the rain stopped once we reached the Douro valley. We went to an independent small winery which sells only directly and we had the process of wine and olive oil making explained to us along with tasting of a few red and white wines, olive oil and Grape Juice. We had lunch at a small local restaurant on the way back after visiting a winery making mainly Port wine and having tasted a few wines of varying vintage. We were then dropped back to Porto. All in all a very enjoyable excursion which is highly recommended.
Visited December 2016
