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We'd planned to visit the wine caves, then do a boat trip, but decided we needed to eat first, and decided to eat in Gaia.
On our way we were approached by a girl ( working for Portowellcome ) asking if we'd like to do the boat trip and visit 2 wine caves (Croft and Calem) for 10 Euros . We agreed to this, and bought our tickets for the 15.30 departure ( giving us an hour to eat before the trip )
Bear in mind that these 2 wine caves have free admission anyway- but we decided for convenience- boat trip and wine caves, we'd pay the 10 Euros.
Just before 15.30 we walked the gang-plank , and waited for the tour boat to pull alongside. We then transferred to this boat for the 50 minute trip up river, under 4 bridges, then down river to the mouth of the Douro, under 2 more bridges.
The bridges (Pontes) are Freixo, S. Joao, Dona Maria Pia, Infante, Dom Luis 1 and Arrabida.
There was no commentary on this trip, which might have been helpful.
There was a bar on the boat- Don't know what the prices were-as we were intending to visit 2 wine caves after the boat trip, I didn't buy any drinks on board.
After 50 minutes, we arrived back to the quay.
We headed for the Croft wine caves- took us a while to find from the map!
Surprisingly when we arrived at the Croft caves, there was no one from the boat on our tour of the cave.
We enjoyed our Croft cave experience (check out tips below) but didn't have time to visit Calem. We intended to visit the next day, but we didn't get around to it.
Trips daily 10 euros free for under 12 year olds
Portowellcome organise a variety of tours from 50 mins to 1/2 day, full day of Porto and surrounding region, plus Santiago de Compostelo in Spain for 152 Euros Leave a Comment Address: Av. DiegoLeite, 426 4300-111 Vila Nova de GaiaPhone: 22 374 73 20Directions: Our trip went from the Gaia side, but there are similar trips from Ribeira side too. Portowellcome office is in Gaia, about 200 mtres from the bridge.Website: www.portowellcome.com Other Contact: fax 22 374 73 29
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Cruises on the Douro - List of Companies
Barcadouro
Edifício Via Gaia - Rua Rei Ramiro, 870, 1º H
4400-280 Vila Nova de Gaia
Booking Office:
Tel. (351) 223 722 415 // Tel./Fax (351) 223 723 116
Rota do Douro
AVª Diogo Leite 250 2º
4400 - 111 Vila Nova de Gaia
Tel. (351) 223 759 042 // Fax (351) 223 759 043 Leave a Comment
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 sailing under one of the
bridges on the rio douro. by cachaseiro, 2 more photos
there are trips lasting from around 30 minutes to trips that last you for several days.
i have taken the 1 hour tour a couple of times that takes you through the most central part of the river banks in porto and under all the main bridges.
when i have the time for it i would like to cruise further up the river for a few days, but if you have limitied time then the one hour tour is very nice too. Leave a Comment
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 Douro Cruise by antistar
A number of tours are operated by different companies, and you can combine them with a train ride like I did, but they all take a good day to complete. Even with a relatively fast train taking up part of the journey, and travelling the shortest distance to Regua, I was still out of Porto from 9am until 6pm. That with only enough time in Regua to walk from the train station to the docks!
You can easily book the tours from the tourist office near the Town Hall, and the costs are pretty reasonable. I paid 55 euros for the full day, including a meal. I also got lucky and sat with the tour leaders for the train journey to Regua, and got to learn ten times more about Porto, Portugal and the river than I would from any book. Leave a Comment
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 by agarciaLeave a Comment Other Contact: Tickets cost 8€
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 by diamond7Leave a Comment Phone: +351 22 340 25 00Directions: Douro river in PORTOOther Contact: Fax: +351 22 208 34 07
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Cruising the Douro is a relaxing float up and down the river for about an hour, taking you under the 6 bridges of the town and giving you a different perspective and nice views of the city. There are some lovely old buildings along the water, old and modern bridges, a view of parts of the old city wall and a look at some of the steep landscape in process of being redeveloped as well as some that has fallen into a pretty sad state. The tours may vary in price but ours was 10 Euros. Leave a Comment Directions: Along the Ribeira
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 boats stationed in Gaia by arasnosliwLeave a Comment Directions: on the banks of the river
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