Douro Valley Premium Small-Group Tour: Wine, Lunch & Cruise
Description
Good for avoiding crowds, we guide small groups that give you a more local immersion personalized experience. The quality of our guides, wines and the wineries visited stand out from other tours. The tour begins with a visit to a port wine producer: Quinta da Roêda. There will be a personalized guided tour on the vineyards where the process of making the port wine will be explained. The wine tasting will be accompanied by a careful selection of Portuguese cheeses. After tasting, we will embark 1 hour boat ride where the calm of the river will inspire us. This soothing ride is the best time to contemplate the landscape and nature of the Douro Valley. Lunch is served in a beautiful farm overlooking to the vineyards where there are several food options: fish, meat or vegetarian. Everything are included in the price. The second winery is a small table wine producer, It will be an interesting opportunity to have more contact with the locals. The visit ends with an olive oil tasting.
Tour Options
Itinerary
The pickup will be made at a pick-up point in the city of Porto, the journey to the Douro Valley is about 1h30 minutes.
Visit to Quinta do Panascal where we will take a tour to the vineyards and a tasting of 3 Port wines.
One-hour trip on a typical wooden boat from Pinhão.
Brief passage through the village of Pinhão in the heart of the Douro Valley.
Passing through the Pinhão train station.
Lunch in a winery with a choice of fish, meat or vegetarian dishes. Panoramic view of the vineyards.
Visit to a local producer where we will taste table wines, olive oil and honey. Excellent time for interaction with the locals.
Return to the city of Porto with drop-off at the pick-up point.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
When you make your reservation, mention your hotel and we will be assigned a meeting point closest to you.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Good for avoiding crowds
Reviews(1,433)
Nunos the driver was fantastic. The scenery was fantastic. The meal provided should have been better. Overall, we had a great time.
Dear Steven, Thank you so much for your review and for sharing your feedback. We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed the beautiful scenery and that Nuno helped make your day a great experience. We also appreciate your comments about the lunch, as guest feedback helps us continue improving our tours. Thank you for choosing Portugal Excellence Tours. We hope to welcome you again in the future! Warm regards, Maria Antunes
We had an incredible tour to the Douro valley. Our guide Sarah was fabulous. She arrived right on time, was friendly, knowledgeable, funny, excellent English, and a good driver (very important in Portugal where some drivers are definitely not!) The tour itself was wonderful. We had booked this tour because it included options other than port, which we had tried at home and didn’t really love. Port here in Portugal is way way better! The first stop had 3 different ports - a white, a ruby and a tawny and all were excellent! The next stop was the boat ride which was beautiful. After this was a delicious lunch (I had chicken and my husband had fish and both were great. Lots of wine with lunch. Next we went to an organic winery and had a white, a rosé, 2 reds and a port. We bought some to take home it was so wonderful (note only one place was selling things which was perfect for us - don’t love being asked to buy over and over). They also had olive oil and 3 types of honey. Highly highly recommend!!!
Dear Aliza, Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're thrilled to hear that you had such an incredible day in the Douro Valley with Sara. It's fantastic to know you enjoyed every part of the experience, from the tastings and river cruise to the delicious lunch and organic winery. We'll be sure to share your kind words with Sara. Thank you for your recommendation and for choosing Portugal Excellence Tours. We hope to welcome you back again soon! Warm regards, Maria Antunes
Do not pick this company if going with a group bigger than 8. We had a group of 10 and I found out the day before our tour (and after we had been charged) that 2 people were going to be split from our group and put with another group and tour guide. The company acted like it was no big deal, we would only be separated for the driving part. It was a big deal. The driving is the majority of the trip. It was unfortunate because 2 people from our group had a completely different experience than the rest. We were under the impression from the beginning that they could accommodate a group of 10. If we would have known that they couldn’t then we would have went with another company.
Dear Guest, Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry to hear that this aspect of the experience did not meet your expectations. As stated in the tour description, this is a Small-Group Tour, with each vehicle accommodating a maximum of 8 guests. Since your booking was for 10 people, the group had to be divided between two vehicles. We understand this was disappointing, but unfortunately it is not possible to exceed the vehicle capacity. We appreciate your comments and wish you all the best. Kind regards, Maria Antunes
Great way to spend the day just enough to show you the region and all the locations on the trip were beautiful and the wines were delicious
Dear Candice, Thank you so much for your lovely review! We're delighted to hear you enjoyed your day in the Douro Valley and that you found the itinerary to be the perfect introduction to the region. It's wonderful to know you enjoyed the beautiful locations and the delicious wines. Thank you for choosing Portugal Excellence Tours. We hope to welcome you again in the future! Warm regards, Maria Antunes
We took the Douro Valley Premium Small-Group tour with guide Sergio, had a wonderful day from pickup from our hotel in Porto, very picturesque ride to the Douro Valley, two stops at lovely wineries with tastings of Port and wine while enjoying scenic overviews of the beautiful Douro Valley, informative tour of how Porto is made, scenic stops for pictures, a lovely river cruise then fantastic lunch with wine outdoors in the shade at a winery turned boutique hotel. We finished with a final Port and wine tasting at a unique winery before heading back to Porto and drop off at our hotel. Sergio was a fantastic tour guide, knowledgeable, considerate, so pleasant and fun to spend the day with! We highly recommend this tour for a great day out!
Dear Joanne, Thank you so much for your wonderful review. We're delighted to hear that you had such a memorable day in the Douro Valley with Sérgio. It’s fantastic to know you enjoyed every part of the experience, from the winery visits and scenic viewpoints to the river cruise and lunch. We'll be sure to share your kind words with Sérgio, who will be thrilled to know he helped make your day so special. Thank you for your recommendation and for choosing Portugal Excellence Tours. We hope to welcome you back again soon! Warm regards, Maria Antunes
Our guide, Nuno, was very friendly and knowledgeable. The tour itself is well-structured to give you a perfect day-trip glimpse of the beauty of the valley and great variety of wines while never feeling rushed. Overall, amazing tour well worth the price. However, it would be great if the company could be more flexible with pickup location. Our group (which consisted of us and another family) were all staying on the Gaia side and were all told we could only be picked up on the Porto side of the Luis I bridge - which for us was a 25 minute walk from our hotel in the early morning. If the company knows there are only two groups of guests all staying on Gaia, it shouldn't be so difficult to adjust the pickup strategy.
Dear Jaycee, Thank you so much for your thoughtful review and for your valuable feedback. We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed the tour and that Nuno's knowledge and friendly approach helped make your day so memorable. We completely understand that a pickup in Gaia would have been more convenient. However, our tours include pickup within Porto city only, as stated in the tour description. To ensure consistency and fairness for all our guests, we need to maintain the same pickup boundaries for every tour. Thank you again for choosing Portugal Excellence Tours. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back in the future! Warm regards, Maria Antunes
Fantastic day trip to give you a sense of the beauty and wines of the Douro valley. Perfect outing from Porto! Our guide Nuno was amazing!!
Dear Leslie, Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed your day in the Douro Valley and that it gave you a great taste of its beauty and wines. We'll be sure to share your kind words with Nuno. Thank you for choosing Portugal Excellence Tours. We hope to welcome you again on your next visit to Portugal! Warm regards, Maria Antunes
What a wonderful day from pick up to drop off!! Jorge was very knowledgeable and gave us lots of great information. Wine tastings, river cruise and lunch were all fantastic. I’d highly recommend this tour!!
Dear Jennifer, Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're delighted to hear that you had such a fantastic day from start to finish. It's great to know you enjoyed Jorge's insights, the wine tastings, the river cruise, and the lunch. Thank you for your recommendation and for choosing Portugal Excellence Tours. We hope to welcome you again in the future! Warm regards, Maria Antunes
What a wonderful experience. Nuno was our guide and was truly excellent and so caring. We happened to get lucky being paired with just one other couple for the trip and they were awesome. We started out driving to Douro valley. Stopped at one place and got to try 3 different port wines. Then we went to the boat ride which was really lovely. After that we stopped at a lookout point to take a photo. Next we had lunch and it was just the perfect setting outside. The chicken was absolutely delicious. We had white and red wine at this stop. Lastly, we stopped at an organic winery and had such a lovely man show the group around. It was informative and very well done. We had a few wine and port tastings, got to try 3 types of honey and their olive oil. After the tour you were able to purchase whatever you liked. It was a full day from 830-530 but I wouldn't have changed a thing.
Dear Dana, Thank you so much for your wonderful review. We’re delighted to hear that you had such a memorable day in the Douro Valley with Nuno. It’s great to know that you enjoyed the small-group atmosphere, the Port tastings, the scenic boat ride, the beautiful lunch setting, and the visit to the organic winery. Your detailed feedback means a lot to us, and we’re so pleased that every part of the day contributed to a truly special experience. Thank you for choosing Portugal Excellence Tours. We hope to welcome you again on another adventure in Portugal. Warm regards, Maria Antunes
We had the best time on our tour! Sergio was informative and fun, and the estates were beautiful. Everything was so well coordinated, went off without a hitch, and allowed us to spend a relaxing day tasting port, wine, honey and olive oil in a gorgeous setting. Would highly recommend this tour!
Dear Anna, Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're delighted to hear you had the best time with Sérgio and enjoyed the beautiful estates, the tastings, and the relaxed pace of the day. It's wonderful to know that everything ran smoothly and made for such a memorable experience. Thank you for your recommendation and for choosing Portugal Excellence Tours. We hope to welcome you back again soon! Warm regards, Maria Antunes
