As you set your 2019 travel goals, imagine drifting down a lush river, surrounded by vineyards and blue sky. Portugal's Douro Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site and it's the country's oldest ...

Wine has been produced by traditional landholders in the Alto Douro region for some 2,000 years. Since the 18th century, its main product, port wine, has been world famous for its quality. This long ...

Portugal’s south, starting with Lisbon, is a tourism magnet. But in the country’s north, Porto, its second largest city, sends visitors into the scenic, historic, prime wine producing Douro Valley. It ...

ENTRE-OS-RIOS, Portugal – Beneath terraces of vineyards and olive trees in the undulating landscape of northern Portugal so alluring that the region has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a ...

Portugal’s Douro region is famous for its port, but also produces fine, good-value reds and top nosh. Perfect, then, for thirsty foodies like our writer The Douro river is wild and tamed, fertile, ...

Take a flight of discovery high above the breathtaking beauty of the Douro Valley with an aerial view captured by drone. Known for its terraced vineyards stretching along the Douro River, this UNESCO ...

The Douro Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site, pulses with life during the grape harvest, a period of intense activity and time-honored tradition. From late August to October, the steep, terraced ...

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The Douro Valley is a place of extremes. Heat that shimmers off the schist, slopes so steep they’d give a mountain goat vertigo, a river that slices through the landscape like a well-aimed sabre. It’s ...