Douro Valley Helicopter Tour ★ 4.4
A helicopter flight over the terraced Douro vineyards from Porto, with options to land at a quinta for a tasting, framing the UNESCO landscape from the air.
One of the Douro's oldest estates near Régua offers harvest-day grape picking and treading in eight granite lagares from 1916, with tastings and optional dinner.
Address: Rua do Relógio do Sol 261, Cambres, 5100-424 Lamego, Portugal, Douro Valley
A helicopter flight over the terraced Douro vineyards from Porto, with options to land at a quinta for a tasting, framing the UNESCO landscape from the air.
A cruise on a traditional rabelo boat, the wooden vessel once used to carry Port barrels downriver, taking in terraced vineyards on the Pinhão to Tua stretch.
A guided estate visit at Dow's Bomfim ending with a premium flight of Vintage Ports and Dow's Old Tawnies, tasted overlooking the river at Pinhão.
An in-depth Port tasting at Taylor's Gaia lodge stepping through Chip Dry, LBV and aged Tawnies to show how styles are built, after the cellar audio tour.
A heritage train of vintage carriages running the scenic Régua to Tua line along the river, with onboard music, a glass of Port and regional sweets, in season.
A hands-on vindima day at the organic Tedo estate: harvest grapes in the vineyard, lunch with the pickers, then tread the grapes barefoot in granite lagares.