The Quinta do Tedo estate where Port Wine is produced

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The Douro Valley is located in the North of Portugal, extending from the city of Porto to the eastern border, where the Port wine production activities and the unique scenery sculpted by the Douro river and its tributaries are highlights not to be missed. The sun-bleached town of Régua abuts the Rio Douro at the western edge of the demarcated port-wine region. As the region’s largest riverside town, it grew into a major port-wine entrepôt in the 18th century, and remains an important transport junction. Despite the changes that the famous Port wine brought to the region, the Douro Valley has maintained its rural character and traditional roots with its handicrafts and religious customs. Stunning landscapes that yield produce and wines of excellence.

The Douro River and the Douro Valley are known primarily for Port, a sweet wine that has been produced here for two thousand years, along with less well-known red and white table wines. The Alto (upper) Douro, also known as the Douro Vinhateiro is dominated by big placards on the hillsides bearing the names of famous Port producers such as Cockburns, Taylors and Sandeman. The Douro Valley can be accessed by roads that zig-zag up and down the steep hills, although it is probably easier and certainly more scenic to travel by rail or boat. In the heart of Portugal’s Alto Douro, surrounded by terraced vineyards that climb high above the dramatic confluence of the Douro and Tedo rivers, sits an eighteenth-century estate, Quinta do Tedo. Photo of the Tedo river surrounded by the Quinta do Tedo estate where Port Wine is produced.

De Douro-vallei zou ook de betoverende vallei kunnen genoemd worden, zo adembenemend mooi is het landschap. Vanaf Porto, bij de monding van de rivier waar de in de vallei geproduceerde Douro-wijnen (tafelwijnen) en de portwijnen (versterkte wijnen) worden bewaard, kunt u dit als Werelderfgoed erkende cultuurlandschap op verschillende manieren ontdekken: met de auto, met de trein en met de boot. In Peso da Régua leert u in het Museu do Douro de wijnbouw en de regio vanuit een ander perspectief bekijken. Niet ver hier vandaan, aan de zuidelijke oever, ligt Lamego, een van de mooiste steden van Noord-Portugal. Een immens trappencomplex met blauwe en witte azulejos leidt naar het heiligdom Santuário de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios. In Pinhão, aan de oever van de Douro, moet je zeker een bezoek brengen aan het treinstation en de oude azulejos met taferelen uit de wijnbouw bewonderen. De Alto (Upper) Douro, ook bekend als de Douro wijnstreek wordt gedomineerd door grote plakkaten op de hellingen met de namen van bekende producenten zoals Port Cockburns, Taylors en Sandeman. Foto van de Tedo rivier vlakbij de wijngaarden van Quinta de Tedo alwaar de Port wijnen worden geproduceerd.

Taken in: Portugal / Viseu / Marmelal (show map)

Taken on: May 8, 2016

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