Pinhão (Douro Valley) - Portugal

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Pinhão: vines, vineyards and prodution of Port Wine. Hotel Vintage.

Douro River (Portugal)
Heart of Douro Valley.

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Twenty two kilometres upstream of Peso da Regua is Pinhao, the current port wine capital. The town lies at the base of hillsides covered in vines where the Douro and Pinhao rivers meet.

Pinhao is dominated by the various port wine lodges and once again there are a variety of quintas from which you can taste the local wines. Even the train station has an azulejos display illustrating the wine harvest.

Pinhao is a good base from which to explore the Douro wine region and the Tourist Information office in the town can provide information on trips, tours and tastings. One of Portugal's most beautiful narrow gauge railway journeys, the Linha da Tua, runs from near Pinhao at Tua. The journey travels up through the Tua Valley, ending at the pretty market town of Mirandela and takes two hours.

Cruises along the River Douro of either one or two day trips leave or stop off at both Peso da Regua and Pinhao. Trips naturally tend to focus on the wine growing and production of the area and overnight trips incorporate stays at country estates and manor houses alongside the River Douro. This is a leisurely way to visit the historic sights of the area and get a riverside view of the countryside of the region. The main routes usually end up in Porto and can be started or ended at either Peso de Regua or Pinhao. Cruises run from March through to November.

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