This 10-day family-friendly tour of Portugal and Spain includes Madrid, Salamanca, Porto, and a riverboat cruise deep into the Douro River Valley for an authentic taste of life in a seldom-visited region steeped in a wine-making culture thousands of years old.
- Priced from $5990 per person
- Departure choices June 26 or July 17, 2024
Overview
Begin in Madrid, where you can get a taste of Spain at an historic food market, take a bicycle tour of the city’s largest park, and peruse art masterpieces at the Prado. Explore the medieval university-town of Salamanca, where the gorgeous architecture seems to glow. Board a luxury riverboat and wind along Portugal’s Douro River Valley, the world’s oldest demarcated wine region, where you’ll find miles of mountains and hills carved into vineyard terraces. Explore prehistoric rock-art on a 4×4 safari in Foz Coa. Visit medieval towns, castle ruins, and palaces, and immerse yourself in local history and culture, kayaking on the Douro River, and bicycling through Vinho Verde country. Ride a cable car and a three-wheel taxi on a sightseeing tour of Porto, an enticing labyrinth of winding streets and stairways, baroque churches and palaces, street art, and colorful bohemian enclaves, and cycle from the waterfront Ribeira district, one of the city’s oldest, liveliest, and most picturesque neighborhoods.
Highlights
- Seven nights on the Douro aboard a new riverboat
- A bicycle tour of Porto's colorful Ribeira district
- Ride a 4x4 in search of prehistoric art at an archaeological site in Foz Côa
- Ride a 4x4 in search of prehistoric art at an archaeological site in Foz Côa
- Visit to the Museu do Douro, a museum of local viniculture in Peso de Régua
- Visit to the Museu do Douro, a museum of local viniculture in Peso de Régua