Marma - 1 Day Journey
Pinhão
MARMA - 1 Day Journey
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Duration
- 9H
Timetable
- 10H-19H
Highlights
This 1-Day Luxury
Tour in the Douro Valley was designed for those who want to enjoy a day in
perfect harmony with nature aboard an exclusive cruise on a Vintage Boat.
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Details
Douro Valley is a UNESCO
protected site, birthplace of Port wine and home of the first demarcated wine
region in the world.
Its unique wines
and impressive landscapes should be on your bucket list.
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Welcome drinks
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1 Day Exclusive
cruise on a Vintage Wood Boat
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1 Exclusive guided
visit with Port Wine Tasting at 1 renowned Winery
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1 Lunch at Michelin
Star Chef Rui Paula’s Restaurant
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1 Guided walk tour
in the vineyards
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1 Exclusive guided
visit with Premium Wine Tasting at 1 renowned Winery
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1 Picnic by the Riverside
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All the insurances
required by Turismo de Portugal
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Itinerary
Start your journey
sailing from Pinhão, a little village located north of the Douro River and centre
of the oldest demarcated wine region in the world. Delight yourself with the
views to this cultural landscape from the river, listed as a World Heritage Site.
Be amazed by all the sceneries while we set sail to Quinta do Panascal, where you will have the pleasure of tasting some of the best Port Wines in the world.
Besides its beauty, this farm enabled the group FONSECA to become one of the pioneers of organic viticulture, as it converted Panascal in 1992 to serve this organic purpose. This allowed them to produce the first Port made entirely from certified organic vines.
A number of factors
combine to make Panascal an exceptional vineyard site.
Located on the steep right bank of the Távora River, Panascal is one of the most highly reputable vineyards in the Douro Valley. In the words of a local saying, 'From Roncão and Panascal come the finest wines of Portugal'. The different elevations of the vineyard allow Quinta do Panascal to produce rich wines, with voluptuous fruitiness, mouth filling density and a velvety texture.
The river will be
like a road, with all its secondary roads, and we will be able to sail along one
of them, Távora river, a tributary of the Douro River. This tributary will lead
us from Panascal back to our main road - The Douro River - and towards DOC, our
next stop.
Take a moment here to acknowledge all the wine producing estates that surround you. From our classic wooden boat, you’ll be able to count them all: Quinta do Pôpa, Quinta Nova, Quinta do Crasto, Quinta do Tedo and Quinta dos Murças.
Be ready to be
blown away by Michelin Star Chef Rui Paula, who will forever change your palate
at his restaurant - DOC.
DOC is a space to “Taste, Dare and Communicate”, where
Rui Paula, with a modern and inventive touch, turns the kitchen into a
historical laboratory based on several generations of culinary recipes.
Here, every meal is a unique and a special moment. Either from the glazed room or from the suspended terrace over the river, the view is breathtaking.
After this lovely food moment, we will take you up the river, towards Spain. Don’t worry, we won’t get that far. We will berth in a picturesque place, called Quinta do Ventozelo, and trust me, if you haven’t yet fallen in love with this wine region, this is where the magic will happen.
Ventozelo is one of
the largest and oldest wine farms of the Douro Valley. It has passed through
different hands over the centuries, hands that have been shaping and transforming
it into what it is today. This is a farm that seeks to offer Douro’s genuine
welcome to those who come here.
During the year, a lot changes and happens at Quinta de Ventozelo, and you will be able to observe and explore its nature while immersing yourself in its vastness by taking one of the 7 circuits that are available, through different natural settings of the Quinta.
Are you thirsty
from all this walking?
A wine tasting
awaits you, with some of top wines from Quinta do Ventozelo and there’s no
better away to end this, than to grab your glass and enjoy a picnic under the
farm’s olive trees by the river.
Sit here, enjoy the view and finish your journey with a beautiful sunset that makes the river shine.
Drop-off will be at
Pinhão, where it all started!
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Schedule
10H - Boarding at Pinhão
10H30 - Visit Távora Valley
11H - Exclusive guided visit with Port Wines tasting at Quinta do Panascal
12H30 - Lunch at DOC Restaurant
15H - Walk through the vineyards at Quinta do Ventozelo
16H30 - Exclusive guided visit with Premium Wine tasting at Quinta do Ventozelo
17H30 - Picnic by the riverside
19H - Drop-off at
Pinhão
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