Tag: wine

Cable cars in Vila Nova de Gaia

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Vila Nova de Gaia
Porto
Portugal

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The cable cars in Vila Nova de Gaia offers you the best way to get an overview of Porto. See the Douro River, the historic center, the bridges in Porto, rabelo boats and the port wine cellars.

Price: 5 euros
Takes about five minutes

Cruise boats in Porto

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Vila Nova de Gaia
Porto
Portugal

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Most of the small tourist boats takes you on a cruise that lasts about 45 minutes from Vila Nova de Gaia, under six bridges and out to the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of the bigger boats offers cruise with accommodation, dinner, wine and breakfast. The perfect, romantic moment in Porto.

Rabelo boats in Porto

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Riverside of Vila Nova de Gaia
Porto
Portugal

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The Rabelo boats were used for transportation of port wine until tanker trucks took over their job. The riverside of Vila Nova de Gaia houses a lot of traditional port wine boats with sail and barrels. The part of the Douro Valley called Vinhateiro is classified as a World Heritage Site.

Sandeman in Porto

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Sandeman, Vila Nova de Gaia
Porto
Portugal

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Port wine is a huge part of the culture of Porto and Sandeman is one of the biggest producers and maybe the best known. The picture shows a winebar situated right next to Sandeman’s main building. The blue ceramic tiles on the middle building further tells us that we are in Portugal.