Complete Douro Valley Wine Tour with Lunch, Wine Tastings and River Cruise

What you pay for

Central Porto hotel pickup with 2 quinta tastings and estate lunch; the rabelo trip is included, tips excluded

Living Tours runs this tour from Porto to 2 Douro quintas, with tastings included. The day takes 10 hours and costs from €99 per adult. You have lunch at the Sabrosa estate and spend 50 minutes on a rabelo from Pinhão. The English pickup option leaves daily at 8:10 from central Porto hotels. That option uses a minivan with 8 seats.

The catch: Bad weather can replace the 50 minute rabelo trip.

Duration

10 hours

Price unit

Per adult

Departures

Daily; 8:10 pickup; 8:00, 8:20 or 8:45 meeting point departures

Start

Central Porto hotel pickup on the English option; Calçada da Vandoma for meeting point options

Quintas

2 visits in Sabrosa and Folgosa; 6 wines

Lunch

At the first quinta

Boat

50 minutes on a rabelo from Pinhão

Group

8 seat minivan with English hotel pickup; up to 27 on other options

Main trade-off

Boat trip subject to weather and navigation conditions

In the price

Professional Guide & Transportation; Porto City Walking Tour (available from the day after your experience); Guided visit to 2 wine estates with tastings of different wines and port.; 50 minutes - Traditional Rabelo cruise departing from Pinhão; Lunch (Vegetarian & Gluten-free options available if informed in advance)

Not in the price

Gratuities; Personal expenses; Hotel pick up and drop off (included if you choose the option ''English Hotel Pick-up & Drop-off'')

Guide languages

English, Spanish, French, Portuguese

Cancellation

free cancellation until 24 hours before

Itinerary

The route links 2 quinta visits through lunch in Sabrosa and a rabelo trip from Pinhão before the tasting in Folgosa.

1. 1
   Start in Porto Meeting Point: Calçada da Vandoma, Porto, just next to Porto Cathedral (Sé do Porto). Look out for our friendly staff dressed in red and cle
2. In the Douro Valley
3. 2
   Sabrosa 2 h

   The first quinta visit explains wine production before the tasting; lunch follows at the same estate with Douro red or white.

4. 3
   a Douro viewpoint 10 min

   After lunch you pause for photographs on the road towards Pinhão.

5. 4
   Pinhão 50 min

   Board the rabelo at Pinhão for views of the vineyard slopes from the water.

6. 5
   N222 Pass by, no stop

   The drive follows the N222 beside the river.

7. 6
   Folgosa 1 h

   An estate guide takes you through the second quinta and explains the work behind its wines. The visit ends with 3 wines to taste.

8. →
   Ends Rua de Alexandre Herculano (next to Praça da Batalha)

The Sabrosa visit and lunch share 120 minutes; the second quinta has 60. Meeting point passengers finish on Rua de Alexandre Herculano beside Praça da Batalha. The hotel option includes the ride back to your hotel.

What is included

Options and departures

Daily options differ by guide language and whether you use hotel pickup or the cathedral meeting point. Meeting point departures are at 8:00, 8:20 or 8:45; English hotel pickup starts at 8:10.

Means: Take the 8:10 English pickup option for a central Porto hotel; other addresses need the meeting point.

Meeting point and pickup

Hotel collection

Collection starts 10 minutes before departure on the English hotel option. You wait at your hotel in central Porto.

Cathedral meeting point

Meet the staff in red at Calçada da Vandoma beside Porto Cathedral. They have Living Tours identification.

Separate reservations

Tell Living Tours before departure if your companions have separate bookings, or you may travel in different vehicles.

Regarding pick-up option, please note that the pick-up is only available from hotels in Porto city center.

The booking page lists the 145 pickup points.

Who it is for

Choose this if you want 2 quinta tastings with lunch and transport from a central Porto hotel. The English pickup option has 8 seats. You need to accept a replacement activity if weather prevents the boat trip.

For Gaia pickup, Living's small group costs from €135 per adult; tastings can include other groups. For more estate visits, EFun's 3 quinta tour costs from €110 per adult; there's no boat.

Means: The English 8:10 hotel option suits a first visit when you want transport arranged at both ends.

Not for

• Travellers needing hotel pickup beyond central Porto
• Anyone booking solely for the boat trip
• Travellers with less than 10 hours

In harvest: book ahead for September and October quinta visits. Grape treading needs its own arrangement.

Know before you go

Cancellation and booking

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

Confirmation: instant. Ticket: show it on your phone. Up to 27 travellers per booking.

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