Douro Valley by the hands of a portuguese

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Douro Valley by the hands of a portuguese

The Douro Valley is a beautiful wine region of Portugalclassified as World Heritage by UNESCO in 2001. The Douro river, born in Spain,sculpts the valley from its birth in the region of Soria until its mouth inPorto. With beautiful landscapes, over 26.000 hectares of vineyards and morethan 2000 years of wine production (yes, it is that old), the Douro regionbecame one of the most visited of Portugal and the majority of the credit hasto go to port wine. This brought the attention to the valley and now their drywines are also beginning to be very famous worldwide.

 

Picture #1 - The view of the valley

DISCLAIMER - This little paragraph is very important toread.

 

Now, who am I? My name is Patrícia (@notjustatourguide oninstagram), I’m a tour guide from Porto who’s currently working for a companycalled Portugal Excellence Tours (https://www.excellence-tours.com/pt)that provides tours across the north of Portugal. And yes, Excellence is ourmiddle name and a very accurate one. We’re not a lot! Two vans and three tourguides, as easy as that. Our focus? Smaller tours, to run away from themassified tourism that is invading Portugal and to provide a much cosierapproach to whoever chooses to see our country by our hands and with our eyes.We want people do, see and feel what it is the portuguese culture and, aboveall, to learn from it because, despite us being small, we’re a very old countrywith a lot to teach.

 

Picture #2 - Our roads

 

What will you do with us in the Douro Valley? Visit twofarms (one of Port and another of Douro wine), taste the best the region has tooffer to you like olive oil and wine, enjoy a very delicious lunch cooked by alocal lady, see breathtaking views and enjoy a very relaxing one-hour boatride. You’ll be guided by us during thewhole day in our van, we’ll pick and drop you up in Porto and share ourexperience of what it is to be Portuguese with you.

 

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Pictures #3, 4 and 5 - Photos taken during our tours.

 

If any of this called your attention (or even if it didn’t)send us an e-mail, send me a message, whatever makes you happy. Above all, bevery welcome to Portugal. Our people, our food, our wine, our culture and ourtraditions are extraordinary. Take the best of them.