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Today, and after airport formalities, you will be collected outside customs, and transferred, by Deluxe vehicle with English speaking chauffeur, to your hotel in Porto.

After check-in procedures, take your time to unwind and relax!

During the afternoon, venture on a special tour. Your driver/guide will take you on a “Mercedez Maria”, a Ural Ranger, a charming vintage motorcycle, with the look of Second World War but with all the modern safety features of an XXI century motorcycle and with room for two each. The rhythm is slow-paced with a lot of conversation, historical facts and curiosities, lots of stops for photos and to enjoy the views. Through the Historical Center, you’ll see places like S. Bento station and the Stock Exchange Palace, along the Douro River with its bridges, the Miragaia neighborhood, and all the way to the beach to understand the connection of the city’s history with the ocean. Return to the city center, explore Cristal Palace and neighborhoods like Virtudes, Vitória, and Clérigos, learn all their history and see the great views that Porto has to offer. 

Cross to Gaia, on the other side of the river and see the D. Luís bridge and the Port wine neighborhood.

Sidecar tour ends at your hotel in Porto.

Begin your day with a private guided visit to the newest of the British-owned Port companies, founded in 1981 by Johnny Graham. As the name Graham would suggest, Johnny’s family has a background in the Port trade: his family-owned Graham, one of the most well-known of the Port houses which was sold to the Symington’s in 1970. Churchill’s Port grew from John Graham’s desire to continue his family’s Port making tradition by setting up a company to produce his own, individual style of wine. It was his wife, Caroline Churchill, who provided the company with its name. 

Churchill’s is today positioned in the industry as a high-quality boutique Port and Douro Wine Company, specializing in premium Port and Douro Wine categories. You will be invited to a lectured wine tasting with some of their best wines.

Lunch (not included) will be served in a highly recommended restaurant born out of a wish to reflect the specific terroir of our wines, combined with the international and cosmopolitan flavor of Portuguese cuisine.

After being delighted with the tasty lunch, enjoy a private guided visit to the leading producer of quality Port company, which was founded in 1820. The impeccable pedigree of its superb Vintage Ports represents the pinnacle of fine winemaking. The supreme quality benchmark set by these wines is presented throughout the entire Graham’s range of Ports. The keynotes of the Graham house style are exceptional concentration and power, opulent richness, great poise and elegance as well as remarkable longevity. Enjoy a private lectured VIP wine tasting.

• Possible wine cellar upgrade;

• Not feasible on Sunday’s afternoons, June 24th, December 24th, 25th and 31st and January 1st.

Hit the road towards Douro Valley, the world’s oldest wine region. Your journey begins with a stop on a charming family-owned wine estate, one of the best-known properties in the Douro and also one of the first to bottle wines with its own brand. 

This Wine Estate is mentioned for the first time in a document dated April 1738. However, it was only in 1903 that Dom José Freire de Serpa Pimentel decided to develop his interest in oenology, bought the property and began to devote to the winemaking business.

You will be warmly received and will enjoy a private tour through the cellars, followed by lectured wine tasting. 

Lunch (not included) will be served in the charming restaurant of the wine estate. The building, construction of the 18th century, is decorated in an authentic style, yet with modern conveniences, and offers a gourmet cuisine based on local products, with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside.

Afternoon at leisure to rest and relax.

• Possible winery upgrade;

• Not feasible on December 24th and 25th;
• Suggested dinner (not included) at a local restaurant overlooking the river serving a combination of flavors and traditional techniques with notes of modernity and lightness (closed on Sundays and Mondays).

Today, marvel with a private river cruise aboard a typical Rabelo boat.

Until the end of the 19th century, the Douro River was the main access route to the interior regions and the only means of importing foreign products. A difficult river and risky to navigate, there was only one type of boat that could overcome its natural obstacles, the Rabelo Boat. The robustness of the boat and the ability of the first crews made it possible to carry large barrels of wine above the river. 

With the help of a local guide, discover the green vineyards, stratified culture and stunning natural beauty of the Douro Valley. Marvel at the beautiful slopes, heavily planted with vines, which offers breathtaking views of one of the most impressive man-shaped landscapes in the world.

For lunch (not included), we suggest an innovative restaurant combining history and modern cuisine.

Afternoon at leisure.

• Possible cruise upgrade;

• Suggested dinner (not included) at an elegant restaurant settled in a building of contemporary lines with a picket based that extends along an elegant wooden deck overlooking the river (closed on Tuesdays).

Drive towards a magnificent estate with a total surface area of 234 hectares and with altitudes which vary between 110 and 340 metres, this estate has 150 ha of vines with an average age of 30 years old. The vertical form of planting has been exclusively used. Only 10% of the varieties produced there are white. 

Enjoy a guided visit to the winery and to the Rock Engravings of the Archaeological Park.

The Côa Valley Archeological Park was created in 1992 when an extraordinary Stone Age art gallery was discovered extending for 17km (10 miles) along the Côa River valley. The sensational find is the biggest ever made in Europe, with the site having been protected over the years by the valley’s resistant schist bedrock and Mediterranean microclimate. New discoveries of carvings dating back to tens of thousands of years are still being made on the site, with depictions of horses, deer, and extinct creatures. These carvings are unique in Europe for being the only examples outside rather than inside caves, and today the park encompasses the largest known array of open-air Paleolithic art in the world.

Lunch paired with wines will be served on a private setting (pre-set menu with wines).  

Leisure afternoon to rest and relax.

• Suggested dinner at your hotel restaurant;

• Not feasible on Mondays, January 1st, Easter Sunday, May 1st, December 24th and 25th.

According to your flight departure time, and after check-out procedures, your private chauffeur will meet you at the lobby and take you towards Porto International Airport.