As you set your 2019 travel goals, imagine drifting down a lush river, surrounded by vineyards and blue sky. Portugal's Douro Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site and it's the country's oldest ...

Wine has been produced by traditional landholders in the Alto Douro region for some 2,000 years. Since the 18th century, its main product, port wine, has been world famous for its quality. This long ...

ENTRE-OS-RIOS, Portugal – Beneath terraces of vineyards and olive trees in the undulating landscape of northern Portugal so alluring that the region has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a ...

In the Douro Valley near Pinhao, Portugal. The Douro Valley is one of the world’s best known wine regions. (In fact, it’s the oldest demarcated wine region—declared way back in 1756, when it was a ...

Portugal’s Douro region is famous for its port, but also produces fine, good-value reds and top nosh. Perfect, then, for thirsty foodies like our writer The Douro river is wild and tamed, fertile, ...

From Portugal’s dramatic Douro cliffs to Wales’ glacial valleys and Greece’s mythic mountains, Europe’s national parks and trails offer unforgettable hiking adventures. These landscapes combine ...

One of Portugal's most endearing slices is the Douro River Valley, the winding, terraced region that produces the country's beloved port wine. This is Portugal's answer to Germany's romantic Rhine ...

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The Douro Valley is a place of extremes. Heat that shimmers off the schist, slopes so steep they’d give a mountain goat vertigo, a river that slices through the landscape like a well-aimed sabre. It’s ...