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hillside. Many open their to British-run Taylor’s
barrel-lined cellars for (%223 742 800; www.taylor.
TRIP HIGHLIGHT
guided tours and tastings pt; Rua do Choupelo 250; tour
1 Porto – usually of three differ- €5; h10am-6pm Mon-Fri, to
Before kick-starting your ent ports – that will soon 5pm Sat & Sun) (don’t miss
road trip, devote a day or help you tell your tawny the immense 100,000L
two to Porto, snuggled on from your late-bottled barrel), Graham’s (%223
banks of the Río Douro, vintage. Top billing goes 776 484; www.grahams-port.
where life is played out
in the mazy lanes of LINK
the medieval Ribeira YOUR
district. From here, the
double-decker Ponte de TRIP
Dom Luís I, built by an Alentejo Historic
apprentice of Gustav Eif- x & Algarve u Castilla y León
fel in 1877, takes the river Beaches
in its stride. Cross it to For a taste of historic
reach Vila Nova de Gaia, Do one trip in reverse: Spain, head east from PORTUGAL 32 DOuRO VALLEY VINEYARD TRAILS
where grand 17th-century about four hours south Miranda do Douro across
port lodges march up the from Porto are great the border to Tordesillas,
beaches and towns with then southeast to Madrid
Moorish heritage. (about 3 hours).

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do Douro
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Mirandela # \
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Igrejas
IP2
to
Murça 45 km
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Mogadouro 30
Lodões / · # \
# \ IC5 ‚
# \ Alijó
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# \ Tua N102 Fornos
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0 ¸ Rio Douro
N222
Pinhão # \ São João de # \ Pocinho Parque
Pesqueira S P A I N
Natural do Douro
International
# \ Duero
# # \ Saucelle
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9
Vila Nova Barca # \ Rio # \ Vilagudino
de Foz Côa de Alva
Marialva / · # \ Lumbrales
IP2
Figueira
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0 ¸ Rodrigo San Felices
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N102
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Gallegos
Martin de Yeltes
Trancoso Pinhel # \
# \ # \ 451
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