Your biking holiday in the Douro will acquaint you with fascinating, magical natural surroundings, the best cuisine and some of the world’s finest wines including, of course, Port Wine for which the region is famous.
Visit Pinhão, around which most of the famous Port wine estates are located, and Peso da Régua, the International Capital of Wine and Vineyards. The accommodations are chosen with the greatest care, and each in their own way offers you a taste of local life and customs. You will stay in a time-honoured hotel with a view of the river canyon, on a traditional olive oil estate, in an elegant townhouse, and on a farm (wine estate), a Douro manor where you may assist the owner in the kitchen if you wish so.
DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION | Porto Airport, Portugal | |||||||||
WEAR | Comfortable athletic clothing, hat, jacket, and sunscreen. | |||||||||
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Group quotes, Tastings and Wine & Dine experiences available under request.
NOTE
The shown price refers to the value per person in a minimum group of two people. For more information please contact us.
PRICE
Since 995€ per person.
TERMS&CONDITIONS
For more information please contact us.
Miranda do Douro
Miranda do Douro to Mogadouro
Day 2, the first stage of your biking holiday takes you through some of the eastern parts of the International Douro Nature Reserve. Wilderness and radiant landscapes are its most striking characteristics. The stretch you shall cycle along is a gentle one, across a highland plateau. This is a quiet land, populated by over 170 species of birds, wild boars, and the occasional Iberian wolf. Even the farmers shepherd their goats and cattle in silence. Study the skies to see an Egyptian vulture or a Bonelli’s eagle.
– Arrival at Café Montanha, in Mogadouro
– Transfer at 15h00 to the accommodation
Mogadouro to Torre de Moncorvo
Torre de Moncorvo to Vila Flor
Vila Flor to Sabrosa
– Transfer to Samões in the morning – starting point
– Transfer on a rabelo boat to Pinhão at 11h45
– Transfer from Pinhão train station to the accommodation in Sabrosa at 15h00
Sabrosa to Peso da Régua
At the end of this beautiful day, you will arrive in Peso da Régua, the International Capital of Wine and Vineyards, at the centre of the Port wine-growing region. Here, the owner of one of the quintas will welcome you with a fine wine on the terrace and invite you to share a cooking experience with her.
Peso da Régua to Porto
End of the programme
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