Heart of Douro Valley

Discover the Douro wine landscape, classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and enjoy its several wines of excellence, known worldwide.

This tour starts in Favaios, one of the 5 villages in the Douro Demarcated Region that is officially known as “Aldeia Vinhateira” (wine-growing traditional village) and where you will get to know the famous “Favaios bread” and the well-known and distinctive Favaios Moscatel wine.

The next day we will do a trail that starts and ends in Alijó, near the century-old sycamore tree of this small town. In this village you can find constructions, among others, that dates back to past centuries.

The hiking trail of the 3rd day follows through the village of Murça toward Tinhela river. In this day you will get to know more about Murça, namely about the most decorated Portuguese soldier of World War I - the “Soldado Milhões” and the history of the Sow of Murça, among others.

The trail of the following day is integrated in the Alto Douro Wine Region landscape, which is listed by the UNESCO as a living and evolving cultural landscape. It departs from the village of Casal de Loivos and follows towards the village of Vilarinho de Cotas. This route also passes through several historical Douro farms. Finalized the trail we will visit an emblematic winery and there have a tasting experience of the regional wine.

The next hiking trail starts from Provesende, one of the six wine villages in the Douro region, and finishes in Pinhão. There we will visit an emblematic winery and taste the regional wine.

In the 6th day, the trail begins and finishes in the parish church of the village of Samodães, walking throught it we will get to see the paronamic views of the Douro Valley. After we will visit an emblematic winery and there have a taste of the regional wine.

In the final day of hiking, the trail begins in Vila Real and ends in the village of Nogueira. It goes through the old railway of the Linha do Corgo. Concluded the hike we will have a wine tasting experience and later a pottery experience .

You will spend the last day of the tour as a free day at Porto

 

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