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View over the River Douro and the Douro Valley and the riverfront town of ±Ê¾±²Ô³óã´Ç, Portugal. The Douro Valley is one of the most prominent wine regions in Portugal

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Encircled by terraced hillsides that produce some of the world’s best port – and some stellar table wines, too – pretty little ±Ê¾±²Ô³óã´Ç sits on a particularly lovely bend of the Rio Douro, about 25km upriver from Peso da Régua. Wineries and their competing signs dominate the scene. Even the delightful train station has azulejos (hand-painted tiles) depicting the grape harvest. The town itself, cute though it is, holds little of interest, but does makes a fine base for exploring the many surrounding vineyards.


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