The Douro, Porto & Salamanca Cruise
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£1,899pp
The Douro, Porto & Salamanca River Cruise
One of Europe’s best kept secrets, explore the sleepy villages and medieval towns unchanged for centuries, amongst the breathtaking rolling hills and terraced vineyard slopes of the stunning Douro Valley.
Overview
Commencing in the Roman city of Porto, the home of Port wine, Portugal’s once wild river Douro has been tamed by locks into resembling a series of finger lakes, adding greatly to the valley's ambience. Leaving behind the Atlantic influenced greenery of the coast, you are soon immersed in a Mediterranean land of olives, vines, and picturesque, medieval hilltop villages.
Our destination is the higher reaches of the valley from where we visit Salamanca - home of one of Europe’s oldest universities, two of its finest cathedrals, Spain’s finest city square and even the Inquisition! You will adore the away-from-it-all experience and visit some of Iberia’s most beautiful medieval towns, monasteries and vineyards, and feel you have been away for months!
Itinerary
✓ Day 1: Arrival in Porto
✓ Day 2: Pinhão
✓ Day 3: Castelo Rodrigo
✓ Day 4: Salamanca
✓ Day 5: Mateus Palace or Régua Douro Museum
✓ Day 6: Lamego
✓ Day 7: Porto
✓ Day 8: Return home
- Guests: 2 Adults
- Duration: 7 Nights
- Board: Mixed meal plan
- Departing: Bristol
- Offer Date: Multiple departures for 2027
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Why book this tour?
Price includes:
✓ All-inclusive drinks package
✓ 7 nights on board a five-star ship
✓ Return flights & transfers
✓ 10 included experiences
✓ Full board dining
✓ Complimentary on-board tea & coffee
✓ Free Wi-Fi
✓ Expert Riviera Cruise Director & Cruise Host
✓ All port charges
✓ All additional taxes
✓ Checked luggage
Tour Highlights
✓ Enjoy a guided tour of Porto and a visit to a famous port producer with plenty of opportunities to taste their fortified wine.
✓ Follow in the footsteps of St. Francis with a visit to Castelo Rodrigo in the highland ranges near the Spanish border.
✓ Visit two historic Quintas to learn all about the stages of wine production, from planting to tasting and labelling, enjoying dinner with a selection of their wines at Quinta da Pacheca.
✓ See historic Salamanca, one of Spain's most beautiful cities, and enjoy a Flamenco show over a typical tapas lunch.
✓ Discover Lamego with its Sanctuary of Our Lady of Remedies church, and the iconic Mateus Palace and its gardens.
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