Day 1 Porto – Dinner
Day 1
Day 1.- We encourage you to come a few days early to enjoy Portugal before our Expedition. Some of you may want to join our partner Portugal Green Walks for one of their extensive list of walks (www.portugalgreenwalks.com). Our hotel for this first night in Porto is the Hotel Moov Porto Centro. At 3 pm, in the hotel breakfast room, you will meet your Douro Kayak guide and receive a detailed explanation of the expedition. At 4 pm a local guide we take you on a 3-hour walking tour of the Centre of Porto declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We’ll end our first night with dinner in a typical Porto restaurant.Day 3 Foz do Sabor – Mos 7.6 miles 12.231 Km
Day 2 Porto – Pocinho – Foz Coa
After an early breakfast today, our adventure really begins with a train ride on the Linha do Douro. (www.roughguides.com/destinations/europe/portugal/porto-rio-douro/douro/linha-douro-portugals-best-train-ride) We’ll meet at the Sao Bento train station at 09:00, so we have time to look again at the wonderful azulejos which are hand-painted tile scenes of historical events on the upper Douro. At 09:10, we’ll board our train with Pocinho as our destination. Upon arriving at the end of the line in Pocinho at 12:41, we will have lunch at a family-run restaurant in Pocinho and then go to the Prehistoric Rock Art Museum https://www.arte-coa.pt/ Rock art is mankind’s oldest graphic memory, and the Foz Coa Valley is a Rock Art World Heritage Site. The view from the Museum alone is worth the visit. Tonight we will stay in a beautiful working wine estate where we will also have dinner.
Day 4 Mos – Ferradosa 7.4 Miles 12.310 Km
Today we have another beautiful and relaxing day. After breakfast, we paddle down the river for about 2 miles to the most famous Quinta on the river. (http://www.quintadovesuvio.com) The history of port wine and the Douro River would be very different without the Quinta da Vesúvio. Under a very special authorization, we will visit the grounds and the garden and learn more about winemaking and the history of the Upper Douro. The Symington family owns this Quinta and many others in the Upper Douro, and here they are producing some of their finest wine. After the brief visit, we’ll return to our kayaks to paddle past the Quinta de Vargelas to Ferradosa. At take-out, we will have another wonderful picnic. After lunch, we'll return to Bairro Casal with a stop to visit an 8th-century castle. Dinner will be nearby.
Day 5 Ferradosa – Tua 7.7 Miles 12.400 Km
Day 6 Tua – Pinhao – Folgosa – Peso da Regua 7.7 Miles 12.400 Km
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