Private day tour from Lisbon
Private Tour: Sintra & Cascais
Pena Palace, Quinta da Regaleira, Cabo da Roca and Cascais, in a private day from Lisbon.
9hfrom€620private tour
Private day tour from PortoPorto & Douro Valley Private Experience
10h, from 07:00
Up to 16 people
Your Porto hotel
Free cancellation, 24h
The oldest demarcated wine region in the world, an hour and a half inland: terraces cut into schist above a river, and the quintas that have been shipping port down it for three hundred years.
The day
Two quintas rather than four. The valley is better seen slowly, and the roads are not built for rushing.
07:00
Porto, your hotel door
Inland along the river. The first hour is motorway; after that the road follows the water and does not stop being beautiful.
09:00
Peso da Regua
Where the valley opens out and the terraces start climbing both banks. The first proper view, and the one that explains why this is a World Heritage landscape.
10:15
A quinta, and a tasting
A working estate: how the grapes are still trodden by foot in some of them, how the wine is fortified, and why the port went downriver in flat-bottomed boats.
Tasting not included
11:45
Pinhao
A small railway town with a station tiled in azulejos showing the harvest. The centre of the valley, and the prettiest stretch of the river.
12:45
Lunch above the river
At a quinta or in a village, with the valley below. Your guide books it in the morning once you have said what you like.
14:00
A second quinta
A different scale from the first — usually a smaller, family-run estate, where the person pouring made the wine.
Tasting not included
17:00
Back at your hotel
Roughly. Nobody has ever complained that this day ran long.
Photos by Rach Sam, Tim Broadbent, Daniel Sessler on Unsplash
In the price
- Private vehicle and driver-guide for the whole day
- Pick-up and drop-off at your Porto hotel
- Two quinta visits arranged for you
- Fuel, tolls and parking
- Itinerary changed on the day, as you like
Not in the price
Tastings and lunch are not included — they are paid at each quinta, which keeps the price honest whether you taste two wines or eight.
Before you book
- Pick-up
- Any hotel or address in Porto. Tell us where when you book.
- The driving
- About three hours in total, on roads that twist. Worth knowing if anyone gets car sick.
- Harvest
- September and early October are the vintage. The valley is at its best and the quintas are at their busiest — book further ahead.
- Tastings
- Your driver does not drink. That is rather the point of a private tour here.
- Start time
- Starts at 07:00, every day. Every tour is customisable: a different start time, extra stops, more time where you like it, or a longer day. Tell us when you book.
- Language
- Guided in English. Other languages on request, if we have notice.
- Cancellation
- Free up to 24 hours before, refunded in full.
Questions
Yes. The tour is private, and the price depends on how many of you travel, starting from €710. Choose the number of people when you book.
Because they vary from a few euros to a lot, and bundling them would mean charging everyone for the expensive option. You pay at each quinta for what you actually taste.
Yes. There are one-hour rabelo trips from Pinhao that fit the day well. Tell us when you book and we will time the itinerary around it.
Two vehicles travelling together, on one booking. Message us and we will price it.
Yes. Every tour is customisable: a different start time, extra stops, more time where you like it, or a longer day. Tell us when you book.
Message us and we'll move it if we can — we work with several drivers, so there is usually room. More than 24 hours ahead costs nothing.
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