Hiya,
My husband and I are in Porto.
Wanting to do the train from Porto to the Douro Valley. We want to go to a winery (or two) in Pinhao for tasting.
Then go back to Porto. Hoping for the train again.
Any help or suggestions appreciated!
We thank you in advance.
-Olga and Ed
I can’t speak to the train from Porto to the Douro Valley, but I can recommend a winery that our RS Tour stopped at for lunch & wine tasting/tour. They offered many options as well as their great olive oils. This was on our way to Porto. Enjoy your stay!
https://www.qtastaeufemia.com/i-index.html
We went one way by boat, returned the other way by train, a nice way to mix it up.
Thank you!
There is a direct train from the Porto Campanha station to Pinhao (2h 15m).
I ended up taking an organized small group in a van day tour of Duoro from Porto but before travel I had looked into taking the train to Pinhao. I kept the following in my notes but I don't have a record of the source.
I read that you can walk to 3 vineyards from Pinhao (2 were basically in town and the other is a 10 minute walk). They are Real Companhia Velha (which offers an open top van ride through their vineyards before a tasting), Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta de la Rosa. There are other vineyards to visit within a few miles of Pinhao. There are taxis at the train station. Contacting vineyards you want to visit in advance to make reservations was strongly suggested.
Elsewhere I had read that the Quntas closest to Pinhao were more commercial than some of the smaller family run vineyards that require a car or a day tour to visit. If I remember, the RS book describes a number of Quintas and how to contact them. Hope this helps.
We did a Douro river cruise for a week, it was super. I noticed that there are train tracks along the northern bank of the river.
