The Douro: Rail, River and Wine

A seven-night, half-board holiday based for six of our seven nights at the Régua Douro Hotel. From our base in Régua, we explore the Douro Valley by rail and by boat, with a trip on a steam train through some of the most beautiful scenery in Portugal, visits to wine cellars to taste their excellent wines, travelling the whole length of the Douro Valley railway line with a visit to a pre-historic rock art location and ending our holiday with a cruise down the River Douro to Porto. Many of the trains on this line are now diesel loco hauled with 1940s Schindler carriages with opening windows, a huge improvement on the previous rolling stock.