Day: 25 April 2019

Douro Valley

Today we were travelling along the Douro river to the east. Here an immense wine area spreads from the river into all the valleys to both sides of the Douro. In this area wine is cultivated since 2000 years and in 1756 it became the world’s first wine region to have a formal demarcation. Since …

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Ecopista do Corgo

In Vila Real starts a former railway line along the Corgo river, which was converted into an Ecopista. The colors of the hills this time of the year were amazing! The route starts from an old train station on the outskirts of Vila Real (41.312678, -7.718249) There are no signs and it is just a …

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