Famous railway station and other Pinhão, Portugal Things to Do Tips

This station has 24 azulejos, representing all subjects of the region.
The trip by steam train from the well known railway station at Pinhao to Regua is fascinating, it takes about 1 hour 30 minutes, and you can take the trip back to Pinhao with a cruise boat.
The region is still served by narrow gauge railways that cling to the sides of the mountains. The "Tua Valley" line is the most spectacular in Portugal as the train hugs the side of the rocky ravine and climbs for over an hour and a half through a wild and unspoilt area of tiny isolated villages.

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Address: In the center of Pinhao

The Rabelo boat, it is a typical boat from Porto. This kind of boats is not used anymore , except to tourism trips along the river.
In old times those were the boats that brought the Port wine in big barrels fromthe "quintas", to the cellars in Porto and Gaia.
You can take part of a mini cruise on a rabela boat. You start from Pinhao for about 2 at 3 hours cruising either stream up- or downwards. It's a very interesting trip because you are only with max. 10 people aboard and after one hour of sailing you can get acquanted with people from different parts of the world. We met a couple of South Africans who were involved with the wine industrie in their country.

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Address: You can make reservations in any hotel
Directions: On the river banks of the Douro

Quinta de La Rosa consists of 135 acres of A grade vineyards in the heart of the upper Douro, recently classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The property is owned by the Swedish Bergqvist family, formerly trading under the family name of Feuerheerd Bros, who have been shipping Port Wine since 1815.
In 1988 Tim Bergqvist, and his daughter Sophia, decided to re-launch Quinta de La Rosa as an independent estate. They took advantage of the change in Port Wine regulations which enables producers to sell Port direct from their estates and not through the established houses based at Vila Nova de Gaia, near Oporto.
Nowadays, all aspects of production are done on site: growing, harvesting, treading and vinifying followed by maturation, blending and bottling.
This is still one of the few Quintas, where you get a personal guided tour.
If you are lucky, Sophia Bergqvist can be your guide - she speaks Portugese/Swedish/French and German.
The Quinta has 6 rooms and 2 cataring houses, all with a splendid view over the river Douro.

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Phone: +351.254.732254
Address: Pinhao - 5085
Directions: About 2km. outside of Pinhao, on the norhtern bank of the river.
Website: http://www.quintadelarosa.com
Other Contact: eMail: sophia@quintadelarosa.com