CMTOUR · From Porto
CMTOUR's day is the standard Douro route from Porto: a tasting at a cooperative in Peso da Régua, lunch with wine pairing, the N222 to Pinhão, a one-hour boat cruise and a second cellar. It is efficient and well run, and it can be a big group.
This is the Douro day most people picture. The bus leaves Porto at about 7:30 or 8:30, depending on your option, and takes roughly 80 minutes to reach Peso da Régua. After a 20-minute photo stop by the pedestrian bridge, you visit a winemaking cooperative founded in 1959 for a 75-minute tour and tasting. Lunch follows in a wine cellar, 1.5 hours with Douro wines paired to the food.
In the afternoon the guide narrates the drive along the N222, the riverside road that an Avis study named the best driving road in the world in 2015. In Pinhão you board a one-hour boat cruise, then visit a second cellar for another 75-minute tasting. An olive oil tasting is part of the day too. A last photo stop, and the bus takes about 95 minutes back to Porto, dropping off by the Igreja da Lapa among other points.
The trade-off is scale. The listing warns that groups can grow and the tour may become bilingual, and one guest mentioned a very large bus and short stops. If you want conversation with a winemaker, a small-group van suits you better. If you want a full, organised day and are happy in a crowd, this does the job. Half-day and no-lunch options also exist.
Leave Porto at about 7:30 or 8:30 depending on your option; arrive 15 minutes early, or take the optional hotel pickup.
A short stop by the pedestrian bridge over the Douro.
A tour of a winemaking cooperative founded in 1959, then a tasting.
Lunch paired with Douro wines, with vegetarian and gluten-free options.
A guided drive along the river road.
A one-hour cruise on the river from Pinhão.
Another cellar visit and tasting in Pinhão, with an olive oil tasting.
A 15-minute photo stop, then about 95 minutes on the bus back to Porto.
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The listing does not fix a group size. It warns that groups may grow and that the tour may run in two languages. Expect a coach, not a van.
The listing names a winemaking cooperative in Peso da Régua founded in 1959 and a second cellar in Pinhão. Other estates are not named.
No. It is a one-hour loop from Pinhão. Our cruise guide explains how it differs from longer Régua and Porto cruises.
Yes, as an option, between about 7:30 and 8:00. Drop-off points include the Igreja da Lapa.
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The classic route: a Régua cooperative, lunch in a wine cellar, an hour on the river and a second tasting in Pinhão.
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