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Transport from Porto Cathedral with 1 quinta tasting and restaurant lunch; the rabelo trip is included, hotel pickup excluded
Living Tours takes you from Porto through Amarante to the Douro for a quinta tasting and a boat trip from Pinhão. The tour takes 10 hours and costs from €95 per adult. You meet at Calçada da Vandoma beside Porto Cathedral for the daily 8:00 departure. Restaurant lunch is included. The route allows 45 minutes in Amarante and 30 at São Leonardo de Galafura, with only 1 quinta visit.
The catch: The 10 hour route includes just 1 quinta visit.
The route starts with 45 minutes in Amarante before the Galafura viewpoint and the river section at Pinhão.
The Tâmega runs through Amarante beside its bridge and cafés. Cafés sell the town's local sweets.
The viewpoint stands above the river between Vila Real and Peso da Régua, looking across the vineyard slopes.
The N222 follows the Douro's south bank.
A rabelo takes you along the river, with vineyard terraces on both banks.
Your guide walks you through the quinta before the tasting. The return to Porto follows this visit.
Lunch has 60 minutes, followed by the river section and a 90 minute quinta visit. The return ends beside Praça da Batalha on Rua de Alexandre Herculano.
Options differ by guide language, with every departure at 8:00 from the cathedral meeting point. French runs on selected dates; the other language options run daily.
Means: Choose English for a daily 8:00 departure; French has fewer dates.
If you want time in a town alongside wine, this gives you 45 minutes in Amarante. The day runs to 10 hours with lunch in a restaurant and a boat from Pinhão. One quinta visit needs to be enough.
For hotel collection in central Porto, Complete Douro costs from €99 per adult; its boat depends on the weather. For 3 estates, EFun's quinta tour costs from €110 per adult; you give up the boat trip.
Means: The daily 8:00 English departure suits you if you can reach Porto Cathedral and want Amarante before the Douro.
In harvest: arrange September and October dates ahead if this town and tasting route suits you. Grape treading isn't part of the tour.
The shared tour has a lower rate for ages 4 to 12 and requires an adult on each booking. Infant seats can be provided.
Arrange a vegetarian meal or food without gluten before departure if you need either at the restaurant lunch.
English departures run daily at 8:00; the French option leaves at the same time on selected dates. A second language may be used.
One reservation can include up to 27 travellers, and your ticket is supplied for use on a mobile phone. Children need an adult on the booking.
You have a 50 minute rabelo trip in the itinerary, with another activity possible if adverse weather prevents sailing. The boat remains weather dependent.
Cancel at least 24 hours before departure if you need a full refund for your place on this tour. No refund follows a later cancellation.
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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The historical Douro tour costs from €95 per adult for the 10 hour outing with restaurant lunch and a boat trip. Hotel collection is excluded.
Departure is at 8:00 from Calçada da Vandoma beside Porto Cathedral, where you meet the Living Tours team dressed in red. You make your own way there.
You visit 1 quinta for a guided tasting of 3 wines, with 90 minutes allocated to that stop. The estate can change with availability.
Amarante has 45 minutes within the 10 hour day, before the drive towards the São Leonardo de Galafura viewpoint. The viewpoint stop has 30 minutes.
Central Porto hotel collection
Complete Douro costs from €99 per adult if you want English hotel pickup in central Porto with 2 quinta visits. Accept a replacement if weather prevents the boat.
A day of quinta visits
For time at 3 estates, EFun's quinta tour costs from €110 per adult with lunch at the third. No boat trip is included.
Vinho Verde in Amarante
For Vinho Verde as well as Douro wines, Touch Tours costs from €127.50 per person with a tasting in Amarante. Budget for the boat ticket separately.
