A Day in the Douro Valley

by backpackingbill

We started the day with breakfast at the hotel, it was excellent.

We signed up for an all day tour of the Douro. We will be on a bus for most of the tour and a portion by boat. We found that Ubers are common here so we Ubered to the starting point. This will be our first bus tour on the trip. Looking forward to riding and not having to find places to eat.

We have been reading about the protests going on around Europe. Porto is not exempt. The bus has to alter the drop off place in the evening due to anticipated protests.

Group of gals from Ireland on the tour
Super grand views
Proper decant of Port  demonstrated by our guide for the day, Phillipe

We started the day with two types of port wine

They served us a large luncheon with two wines, the dessert with a third port wine
We met the very animated Bernardino Oliveira owner of the vineyard as he was leaving
Bridge where scene from “Fast and Furious” was made
Tour boat on the Douro
On our river cruise where we were served a very nice rose wine
Last stop at a vineyard in the Vinho Verde region
At the Vineho Verde vineyard we started with a lecture and a Vineho Verde wine
At this last stop we had snacks. They serve the red wine in cups because it turns glass pink they also served a rose
End of the day

The tour was ten hours, all were ready to end the day. Nobody wanted another glass of wine.

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