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Vila Nova de Gaia
Porto
Portugal
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Seaside by the Douro River. Rabelo boats – used for transportation of port wine in the early years. Now replaced by trucks and trains.
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Port wine tasting Sandeman
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Sandeman wine cellar, Vila Nova de Gaia
Porto
Portugal
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Take a day of your holiday in Porto by the riverside in Vila Nova de Gaia. Port wine tasting on Sandeman or other port wine cellars.
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 port wine cellar Porto
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Av. Ramos Pinto, Vila Nova de Gaia
Porto
Portugal
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Visit Sandeman in Vila Nova de Gaia in Porto to taste the port wine from Sandeman. Watch the wine cellars, eat great food and try both the red and the white port wine.
Overview of the port wine boats
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Vila Nova de Gaia
Porto
Portugal
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Avenue Ramos Pinto and Avenue Diogo Leite creates the perfect scenery for late walks with wine cellars on one side and port wine boats and the Douro River on the other.
Port wine producers
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Vila Nova de Gaia
Porto
Portugal
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The hills of Vila Nova de Gaia houses some of the worlds most famous port wine produsers like Sandeman, Ramos Pinto, Offley, Taylor and Graham’s. The port wine tasting attracts millions of tourists to Porto every year.
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.
Café Guarany on Avenue Aliados in Porto
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Avenue Aliados
Porto
Portugal
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Historic café well-known for it’s great food, portuguese wines and serviceminded staff.