Rabelo Boat Cruise from Pinhão ★ 4.4
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.
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 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 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 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.