Cycling Portugal's Duoro Wine Valley

Cycle one of Portugal’s most emblematic regions, the Douro Valley.

This Portuguese bike tour takes in an area in Europe renown for its wine making and Port Wine, which has carved this landscape into the photogenic stepped hillsides, alive with green vines. It is considered a UNESCO World Heritage area, as the oldest controlled wine making demarcation in the world and it has had a huge influence on the peoples and thus their culture here. The winding Douro, a river which is the source of life essence to these vines, giving the soil a richness to grow, is your companion on this bike trip as are the mighty gorges, forests, vines, olive and almond trees you pass by.

Stay in local places, all giving you an idea of the traditional customs, products, and history of the area including a special family run Quinta (wine making estate) and an olive oil press. Two meals are included in this bike tour, to really get the essence of this remarkable area.

You will relish cycling the river gorge landscape and as well, spotting the bird life of this area is diverse with kingfishers to Golden eagles.

And of course, you will enjoy trying the local produce, both the very finest wines and of course, Port Wine, a delectable way to finish your cycle ride each day!

Highlights

• Explore the Douro Wine making Region, a UNESCO world heritage Area
• Cruise down the Douro river canyon on a local boat
• Spend the night on a family run Olive oil Estate
• Pass through typical villages in a terraced landscape
• Relish traditional local food & natural products like wine & olive oil
• Discover Peso da Régua, a Capital of Wine at the heart of the Douro wine region

Quiet country roads with some unpaved trail riding on this tour.