Douro Valley Tour: Wine Tasting and River Cruise

Experience the beauty of Douro Valley with a wine tasting tour. Explore vineyards, enjoy a river cruise, savor a winery lunch, and indulge in tastings of delicious Ports and wines.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Lamego - After meeting with your tour guide, leave from Porto, and travel to the beautiful Douro Valley in a comfortable climatized vehicle.

  • Lamego - After the first stretch of the journey and having arrived to the Douro Valley, we will be visiting a small family owned vineyard, with a wine tasting of their own production.
    Here we will have a commented wine tasting we will also enjoy some wonderfull views of the terraced hills that make the Douro Valley so unique.

  • Douro River - After the first winery, enjoy a scenic drive through the world famous National Road 222, to the heart of the Douro Valley, the beautifull village of Pinhão.

  • Pinhao - In Pinhão we will embark on the unique experience of doing a short 1 hour river cruise, to soak in the beautiful landscape while admiring the terraced hills with the quintessential vineyards and estates that turn the margins of the Douro River into a true “Geologic Poem”

  • Miradouro Torguiano De Sao Cristovao Do Douro - After the scenic cruise it´s time to drive up the hills, through the windy Douro roads and get on our way to Sabrosa, for lunch.
    It´s time to discover more of what the Douro Valley has to offer and to enjoy the breathtaking views from up the mountains.

  • Sabrosa - In Sabrosa we will stop at another family owned winery, where we will have a traditional portuguese lunch complete with 4 courses, entrance, salad, main dish and dessert, all paired with their delicious Douro red and white wine.
    For the grande finale we will visit their cellar where we will try some of their fantastic ports.
    After a full day of exploration and discovery, relax and enjoy your journey back to Porto.

What's Included
  • On-board WiFi
  • Lunch
  • Visit to two Vineyards with wine tastings (Samples of several different wines, honey and olive oil)
  • Hotel Pick up and Drop off (when selected)
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • 1 hour river cruise in Traditional Rabelo boat, departing from Pinhão
  • Professional Tour Guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Breakfast (please eat before joining the tour)
Additional Information

Leaving from Porto, meet your tour guide at 08:30 a.m and travel to the beautiful Douro Valley in a comfortable climatized vehicle. After the first stretch of the journey you will be visiting a small family owned vineyard, with a wine tasting of their own production. Next enjoy a scenic drive through the world famous National Road 222, to the heart of the Douro Valley (Pinhão) where we will embark on the unique experience of doing a short 1 hour cruise in the Douro River, to soak in the beautiful landscape while admiring the terraced hills with the quintessential vineyards and estates that turn the margins of the Douro River into one of the most unique in the world. Then, in order to complete this experience, enjoy a traditional lunch in a vineyard of a small-medium producer, finishing with a delicious port wine tasting, at their cellars. After a full day of exploration and discovery, relax and enjoy your journey back to Porto.

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking;
  • The day before the tour, you will receive the pickup or meeting point details (depending on option selected).
  • Parents should bring the baby car seat ajusted to infant’s age (1 to 3 years old). We only have seats available after 4 years old.
  • This tour may be done in two languages. We try to avoid it, but sometimes we have no other solution.
  • For the ones that choose hotel pick-up, if your accomodation is not in a very easy to reach location, we might ask you to meet us at a close by location;
  • Private option it’s done in a private vehicle only with your private guide. The vineyards and rest of the locations are shared with other participants.
  • For lunch we provide meat, fish, vegan and vegetarian option.
  • We do tours all year round, in the winter it is cold and in the summer it’s hot, please dress appropriately
  • There is not much walking involved, but please bring comfortable shoes;
  • Don´t forget to bring your camera with you!
  • This tour last around 9 hours, but it´s subject to local traffic conditions or visit schedules;
  • Reschedulings with less than 24 hours before the start of the tour will be charged a 30% fee (subject to availability);
  • The order of the tour or partners visit are subject to change depending on availability;
Location
Bolsa Palace
Rua de Ferreira Borges
Normally on this option pick ups starts at 8:30 am. If we need to change it we will contact you. Please meet us at the main entrance of Bolsa Palace, on the sidewalk by the street. We will send a message trough the App with final details (time and photos of the meeting point).
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Starlene_m
Jul 30, 2024
Highly recommend! - Highly recommend this tour! The sites up in the vineyards and the duro valley were absolutely stunning!! The lunch in the shade underneath a massive walnut tree overlooking a beautiful vineyard was also spectacular! Our guide Joao was fantastic!!! Shared so much general knowledge of Portugal and made some wonderful recommendations for the rest of our stay!
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Amanda_b
Jul 30, 2024
Amazing tour - A great tour for a family of 11! Our tour guide Pedro was amazing and so friendly. Great experience.
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Irina_p
Jul 30, 2024
great experience with EFun tour guides - the guides of EFun tours knowledgeable and friendly, tour well balanced so you are neither drunk nor exhausted but instead full of great impressions from the views, the stories, the tastes!
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W1409knoliviaw
Jul 30, 2024
Amazing tour through the Douro valley - What a wonderful tour of the Douro valley! It was fantastic views and well organized. The lunch was delicious and the wines at the winery were amazing. Highly recommend this tour. Rita was also an amazing, and funny guide.
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Robert_h
Jul 29, 2024
Great trip - Amazing experience in the Douro river valley with our guide Sara. She was knowledgeable and informative. Definitely recommend if you are visiting Porto
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Irinaps2854zf
Jul 29, 2024
Douro valley great experience! - Perfect day, perfectly balanced activities with a boat trip between the tastings. Warmest great guides who share really interesting facts about the area and the wines. Absolutely recommended!
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Jose
Jul 29, 2024
A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE - WONDERFUL TRIP....5 STARTS I have been in Napa Valley and many other wineries in Spain....but this one has been one of my favorite ones....loved the places...the viewed, the food, and the wine tasting experience. Our tour guides were awesome. Rita and Sarah....the were wonderful and made it more enjoyable. I highly recommend it. I loved it and enjoyed it very much.
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Coastal14054188977
Jul 29, 2024
Wonderful experience! - Our tour guides Sara and Rita were exceptional, knowledgeable and funny! The wineries had very tasty wine and port. The food was also delicious. Highly recommend this tour 👌
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Ceryskins
Jul 29, 2024
Great tour! - Great tour. Guides Rita and Sara were very friendly and funny, lots of knowledge too. The vineyards we visited were lovely, and the lunch was yum!
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Go20992349156
Jul 29, 2024
Picturesque tour with great energy! - The tour was great - highly recommend to anyone looking for winery tours in Douro Valley. Rita and Sarah were lovely tour guides and had great energy throughout the day. I would book them again next time!
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