Douro Valley Bike Tours
Portugal’s Douro Valley has been made famous by Port wine and designated with UNESCO World Heritage status, but there’s an emerging wine revolution and a tendency towards luxury that’s contributing to its rising reputation. What’s wonderful about Northern Portugal is how wine shapes the scenery—during a thrilling descent to the Douro River via vineyard-wrapped hills or in the chameleon-like landscape of Lamego where vines shift colors with the seasons.
The Douro Valley tells a proud origin story: Portugal’s proclamation of independence is written in the walls of historic Guimarães, ancient granite hamlets are a fixture in the Trás-Os-Montes region, and ubiquitous egg-yolk pastries nod to the resourceful nuns who inhabited the countryside. On a bike tour of Portugal, your cup will overflow with history, culture, and cuisine, and you’ll share in the love that locals so clearly have for their home.
Eat
Smoked meats, sharp sheep’s milk cheese, salted cod roasted in local olive oil and garlic, hearty wild boar stew, and crispy suckling pig
Drink
Dark, luscious Ports with flavors of dark berries, licorice, and chocolate, plus a new generation of full-bodied and velvety fruit-bomb table wine
What Locals Love
Douro Valley Bike Tour
Oporto and Northern Portugal's World Heritage Wine RegionAny scheduled tour can be made private. Your group, your dates. Go Private