Europe
Douro Valley
Portugal's quietest luxury: terraced vineyards and river quiet.
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When to go
May to June and September for harvest
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Douro Valley
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The Douro is what Tuscany was thirty years ago: astonishing terraced landscape, serious wine, and hotels that have not yet been discovered by the volume of people who will eventually find them. Two hours from Porto, the valley rewards a slow four nights, one river trip and no attempt whatsoever to see all of it.
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