Lusovini Wine Center ★ 4.3
Lusovini's tasting room at the Pedra Cancela winery in Areal, pairing flights of the house range with Serra da Estrela cheese and charcuterie beside the Taberna da Adega dining room.
The wine shop and tasting counter at the centre of the Santar garden village, with guided garden slots at 10:00, 12:00, 15:00 and 17:00 through the summer season.
Address: Avenida Viscondessa de Taveiro, 3520-127 Santar, Nelas, Portugal, Dão
Lusovini's tasting room at the Pedra Cancela winery in Areal, pairing flights of the house range with Serra da Estrela cheese and charcuterie beside the Taberna da Adega dining room.
José Lourenço pours his own bottlings at Abrunhosa do Mato, with three flight sizes and an optional catered lunch for booked groups. Phone ahead to confirm the slot.
A Swiss-run estate at Oliveira do Conde with four booked tasting tiers capped at six to ten guests, run in Portuguese, German, Swiss German and English with 24 to 48 hours notice.
A century-old burel textile mill at the edge of the Serra da Estrela natural park, converted into a winery with three priced tasting tiers at 10:30 or 15:00 on weekdays.
Booked visits at the 19th-century Passarella house above Gouveia, on fixed slots at 10:30, 14:30 and 16:30 from April to October and at 10:30 and 14:30 the rest of the year.
Global Wines' visitor cellar beside a 17th-century manor house and chapel at Carregal do Sal, combining a booked cellar and vineyard walk with tastings and a bottle shop.
After hotel pickup in Coimbra, we take direction to activity start in Viseu. Day dedicated to bicycle touring on an old railway branch that has 130 years of transpor...