Porto · FOOD TOURS IN THE DOURO VALLEY
Good food tours in the Douro Valley fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Cruise the Douro from Pinhão on a quiet solar boat, enjoy two Adega de Favaios wines, and take in the vine-covered hills for $19.
“The Guide was fabulous. He would make a great partner for the business. Very knowledgeable. This solar vessel is the future. Bravo for leading this blue revolution in boat tours on the Douro.”
Cruise the Douro from Pinhão, visit a local winery, taste regional wines, and enjoy valley views with a small group and local guide.
“The guides were excellent. We really liked the tour, first it started by a bout ride and the second part was a car ride. We had to opportunitie to see the Douro valley from the low and from the high. The wine tasting was nice, but for me it was not the highlight of the tour.”
Explore Quinta do Bomfim in Pinhão with a museum visit, vineyard walk, historic cellar, and three-port tasting on the Douro terrace.
“Great! Beautiful place, clean, personnel is very kind and knowledgeable.”
Spend a full day in Portugal’s Douro Valley with wine tasting, a scenic train ride, river cruise, lunch, and Porto transport.
“The view is great. No need to add to repeat what other wrote but there are some small issues that can be improved. Here some examples 1. The night before the tour got a message that the tour was changed and the train ride was cancelled instead we would visit stores. We had no time to change the tour. 2. After two hours of drive without a stop we board the boat with a single tiny toilet for 20 people. Not fun. Need to have a body call stop before 3. After the complete day we had to wait more than 15 minutes to the van. It could be better…”
Visit Quinta da Foz in Pinhão for a barefoot winery tour, five wines, Port, olive oil, and a close look at traditional Douro wine-making.
“This was a great experience learning the process of port wines. I am a newbie to wine so found the process and wine tasting extremely valuable.”
Tour a small Douro estate near Pinhão, learn winemaking from grape to bottle, and taste three wines above the river for $35.
“This tour is the best wine tour ever! The views are insane, high in the Douro Valley. Our guide, Rueben, was super knowledgeable, friendly, informative and generous! We really recommend this winery, the tasting was incredible. Thank you Rueben!”
Tour Quinta da Foz in Pinhão, taste five Douro wines and olive oil, explore an old cellar, and enjoy vineyard views for $41.
“Great tour, great guide. Perfect balance between educational, fun & tasting.”
Explore the Douro by 4x4, boat, and wine tasting with a private local guide, traditional lunch, village stops, and striking valley views.
“Nuno the tour guide was full of knowledgeable and gave us the full experience of the Duoro valley. He was very professional and made our trip interesting and gave us an experience we would never forget.”
Taste five Douro wines, enjoy a generous estate lunch, cruise from Régua to Pinhão, and return by train through Portugal’s wine country.
“Each winery we visited was amazing! Loved the Douro river cruise. Our tour “guide” was more of driver, not informative. Nice man, good driver but didn’t converse with us.”
Explore the Douro Valley from Pinhão with a 50-minute river cruise, two winery tastings, local lunch, azulejos, and scenic viewpoints.
“Our boat guides, Bruno and Sergio, were brilliant! Informative and entertaining. Crispin was a great guide for the rest of the day and made us feel very comfortable and taken care of. Would recommend!”
Tour historic Douro cellars, see old stone lagares, walk vineyards, and taste three Port or DOC wines above the Douro River.
“our tour guide was Bruno who knew what he was talking about. Answered our questions and was very informative on all aspects. The wine tasting was absolutely delicious and do take the porto vintage. And do take the time to walk around and explore as the vineyard is absolutely beautiful. We had the chance to speak with Kay and it was wonderful to hear her vision of what the vineyard is. When making our purchases we were served by Lara who also gave us an amazing experience. If you want to experience a vineyard that is in the makings of old traditions this is the place to go.”
Review of a Douro Valley day tour from Porto with wine tastings, Portuguese lunch, river cruise, transport, and practical booking tips.
“We had a wonderful time and Milena was FANTASTIC! She was very informative, helpful, and funny! The wines, ports, and lunch were very good. We recommend the pasta with the meat!!”
Taste Douro and Port wines, eat at a family farm, cruise from Régua to Pinhão, and return by train on this full-day wine tour.
“If you are looking for a tour from Regua, this is your answer. This was a fantastic tour. We were looking for a tour that left from Regua where we were staying, and could only find them leaving from Porto. Then we found this. It was an intimate tour with only 8 people. The tasting at Quinta dos Mattos was really great. They gave us more tasting than advertised and the surprise was a 40 year Tawny Port that was amazing. The lunch that followed at Quinta Da Laceira in Guiaes, Vila Real, was also really good with three course meal and two more wines. Following lunch we had a…”
Review this private solar boat ride from Pinhão, with Douro Valley views, Favaios wine, snacks, and practical booking advice.
“Guide très sympathique, bateau neuf électrique très appréciable de naviguer en silence, vin et apperitif offert, seules manquaient les explications et un peu d'histoire mais tout etait idyllique.”
Tour Quinta de S. Luiz in Portugal’s Douro Valley, walk the vineyards, see the river views, and taste classic or premium Kopke wines.
“Considering that you pay 14€ for a very basic tour of 20minutes. At the end of the tour we still were not sure of the differences between the types of port. Our guide seemed bored and did not encourage questions or conversation. They gave us 2 samples-one of the white port and the other tawny. We were told that these were their most basic ports to encourage us to buy ‘up’. I think they could have ‘upped’ their tour.”
Pick a bank of the river, a valley or a kitchen.
