Itinerary

1. Provesende Village

   
   

   Walking tour at the vineyard village of Provesende that will take you to a journey between the past and the present.

   Here we find an old Pillory of the sixteenth century, an 18th century baroque Parish Church and a Fountain from the same century. 

   We will also see several manor houses that attest the economic power of this wine-growing village.

   
   

2. Casal de Loivos Viewpoint

   
   

   This stop is located in one of the most beautiful viewpoints of the Alto Douro Vinhateiro, elected a UNESCOs World Heritage site in 2001.

   From here you can enjoy a landscape full of vineyards.In addition to the vineyards, other elements such as mountains, fields and villages stand out.The rich fauna and flora also stand out in this location.

   
   

3. Pinhão Village

   
   

   This beautiful village is considered the heart of the Alto Douro Vinhateiro, where the many farms that produce Port wine are located, inserted in one of the areas classified by UNESCO as a cultural heritage of humanity.

   
   

   Pinhão owes its toponym to the river of the same name, a tributary of the Douro River, whose beautiful mouth is in this locality.

   
   

4. Pinhão Railway Station

   
   

   Early 20th century railway station decorated with tile panels of great beauty of the Fábrica Aleluia, 1936, which depict daily scenes of Pinhão, as well as the production of Port Wine, from the harvest, through the stepping of the grapes to the transport in the Rabelo boats to the warehouses of Porto.

   This early 20th-century railway station is decorated with tile panels depicting scenes of Pinhão and its wine traditions from the harvest, the tread of grapes and the transport of wine in Rabelo boats to the warehouses of the city of Porto.

   
   

5. National Road 222 Peso do Régua to Pinhão

   
   

   The section of National Road 222, which combines Weight of the Ruler to Pinhão, is considered one of the most beautiful in the world and classified as the best road to drive in the world by the Avis Driving Index than the Big Sur Road (California, USA) and the Bad Urach (Hohenzollern, Germany); the A535, in central England, came third on the podium.

   On this road you will cross the Douro valley always accompanied by the Douro River and taking advantage of its breath-taking views.

   
   

6. Peso da Régua Metal Bridge

   
   

   The metal bridge was built in 1872 by King D.Luís I for road crossing of the Douro River and was deactivated since 1949 due to the state of degradation of the wooden board.

   The initial project belongs to engineer W.Liebe, and was later changed by engineer Johann Gaspar Harkort and the construction work was under the guidance of German engineer Wilherm Dulhener from the Eifel team.

   
   

7. Peso da Régua City

   
   

   Peso da Régua had its great development after 1756 with the creation of the Real Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro (Royal Company of Vine-Growers from the Alto Douro Region), which set up the world's first ever demarcated region for wine production.

   Situated on the banks of the River Douro, Peso da Régua played a fundamental role in the production and sale of Port wine, for it was from here that the barrels were transported in the special boats known as Barcos Rabelos to Vila Nova de Gaia, where the wine is left to age in the local wine cellars.