One day Tour Lisboa to Douro 14 Hours

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Stop At: The Douro Valley, Lugar Da Ponte, Pinhao 5085-060 Portugal

The river Douro is a river that rises in Spain at a height of 2160 meters and crosses the north of Portugal to its mouth near the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. It is the third most extensive river of the Iberian peninsula. It has 897 km of length, 572 km in Spanish soil, 213 km navigable in Portuguese territory. Its banks were protected by the creation of the natural parks of the International Douro in Portugal and Arribas do Douro in Spain.

On 14 December 2001, UNESCO included the Alto Douro Wine Region (45 ° 68'N, 5 ° 93'W) in the list of World Heritage sites in the category of cultural landscape.

Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: The Douro Valley, Lugar Da Ponte, Pinhao 5085-060 Portugal

The villagebof Pinhão is located on the north bank of the river Douro, being the center of the demarcated region of the Port Wine and the place where several estates of Port wine are located.

The landscape of Pinhão is classified by UNESCO as a cultural heritage of humanity.

The railway station of Pinhão is known for its 24 panels of tiles, which depict landscapes of the Douro and aspects of the vintage.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ponte Pedonal Metalica de Peso da Regua, Beside of N2 bridge Train, Peso Da Regua 5100-836 Portugal

The Peso da Régua (often known by the syncopated form of Régua) with 17 131 inhabitants

It is also known as the international capital of wine and vineyards.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Santuario Nossa Senhora dos Remedios, Caminho Nossa Senhora dos Remedios, Lamego 5100-025 Portugal

The Shrine of Our Lady of Remedies is located in the City of Lamego

At the top of St. Stephen's Hill, the shrine is now an integral part of the city's panorama to which it is connected by a scenographic staircase.

Popular devotion in the place dates back to a chapel, under the invocation of St. Stephen, erected in 1361.

the sixteenth century, threatening to ruin, was demolished (1568), and the construction of a new temple began on the initiative of the bishop of Lamego. In the new hermitage an image of the Virgin and Child was deposited.

The current sanctuary was begun in 1750, and completed only in 1905.

The temple features, in its facade, traces of the Baroque and Rococo style ("rocaille").

Outside, stands the monumental stairway to the sanctuary, with 686 steps, developing into nine flights, ornamented with chapels, statues, fountains and obelisks. At one of these levels - the so-called "Patio of the Kings" - the images of eighteen kings of Israel, belonging to the genealogical tree of the Virgin, stand out.

Duration: 30 minutes