Douro Valley Tour: Wineries Visit, Lunch, and River Cruise
4.8
73 Ratings
Porto
Embark on a captivating Douro Valley tour filled with winery visits, a delicious lunch, and a scenic river cruise. Explore local wineries, indulge in wine tastings, and savor a delightful meal. Relax with a boat cruise along the Douro River. Book now!
Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Pinhao - Pinhão is the center of the Douro Valley and the most historical and beautiful village at the valley
What's Included
  • Loads of fun and wine
  • Expert local guide
  • Unique tasting of regular and homemade Port wines
  • Tour insurance included
  • 1-hour scenic boat ride on Douro Valley River
  • Regional lunch provided
What's Not Included
  • Breakfast
Additional Information

During this day-long journey, we’ll be circumnavigating the valley by car, stopping at three significant points. Two of these stops will entail visits to intimate, local wineries where a local producer will guide us through their vineyard and offer us a sample of their products, including everyday wines, homemade Port wine, olive oil, bread spread, homemade jams, and seasonal fruits.

For our midday meal, we’ll head to a charming tavern in Pinhão. We’ll be offered two main courses, a choice of meat and fish along with a salad, and drinks. For those with specific dietary preferences, excellent vegetarian and vegan options are available, but we would need prior notice.

We’ll conclude our day with a serene 1-hour boat excursion on the Douro River, where we’ll witness the wild vine terrains and vintage wineries and terraced landscapes.

We should reach Porto around 6:30 in the evening.

  • At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
  • Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
Location
R. de Mouzinho da Silveira 34
Rua de Mouzinho da Silveira
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Chingmanamy_c
Dec 19, 2023
Rui is our guide and is... - Rui is our guide and is very familiar with the region and its history. We enjoyed the trip very much.
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Alexander_h
Oct 19, 2023
Wow! Just Wow! - 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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Jessica_g
Oct 10, 2023
Definitely book this tour! - 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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Deborahd951
Oct 2, 2023
A beautiful day of wine and views in the Douro Valley. - 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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Empress_cherry
Oct 1, 2023
Really glad I did this - 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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Hvalsey
Sep 26, 2023
What a magical day! - João was an exceptional guide, his storytelling was engaging and educational. The Douro valley is spectacular, couple that with rolling vineyards enjoying vinho tinte and vinho branco with the most amazing olives, olive oil, warm bread, and travel companions, and you have the perfect formula for a fantastic day.
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Christine_sf05
Sep 23, 2023
Wonderful wine valley tour! - Our tour guide was fantastic. During the drive to and through Douro Valley he described the history of the area and of Portugal and was detailed. We had great wine and the lunch was excellant. Highly recommend this tour.
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Mikek174
Sep 20, 2023
Fantastic day in the Valley - Our tour with Pedro as our driver was first class . From beginning until end. It was very informative , the farms we visited fantastic. Especially the first one we visited . It was a great day and we enjoyed it very much !
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Cathy_s
Oct 17, 2023
Without the rain there is no wine - 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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Diane_o
Oct 25, 2023
Douro cruise and wine tastings, a delightful experience!ic experience - 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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