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            LMZ`_ bSZ XLVP^ T_ MP^_  LYO dZ`] ?]T[ 7PLOP]         an elegant glimpse into past eras, even while
            is sure to have a suggestion or two.                  ^_TWW MPWZaPO Md WZNLW^ _ZOLd
            Breakfast, Lunch
                                                                  Our tour concludes with a tasting of vinho
                                                                  verde—“green wine.” Alluding to the wine’s
                                                                  young age and not its color, vinho verde may
            Day 4 Explore Douro River region •
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            Visit wine farm
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            ?ST^ XZ]YTYR  bP QZWWZb _SP /Z`]Z =TaP] _Z            afternoon.
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            []ZO`NPO TY _SP _ST]O NPY_`]d , /  BPɪWW ^_Z[         Or, enjoy a day at leisure for discoveries on
            _Z aT^T_ L QLXTWd ZbYPO quinta (port wine             dZ`] ZbY  BP XPP_ LRLTY QZ] OTYYP] _ST^
            QL]X  TY =PR`L  bSP]P bP WPL]Y LMZ`_ SZb              evening at a local restaurant.
            port is made and also enjoy a tasting.                Breakfast, Dinner


            After an included lunch, we return to Porto,
            where dinner is on your own this evening.
                                                                  Day 6 Explore Gaia • Gaia wine-tasting
            Breakfast, Lunch
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                                                                  region, one of the oldest protected wine
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            Day 5 Optional Minho region tour
                                                                  panoramic tour of the city, where a sea of red
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            _Z`] _ZOLd  1]ZX T_^ =ZXLY P]L ]ZZ_^  8TYSZ           _SP /Z`]Z =TaP]  2LTL T^ MP^_ VYZbY QZ] T_^
            SL^ SLO T_^ ZbY ʮLaZ]  bT_S .PW_TN STWW QZ]_^         wine caves, where port wine is aged. Port
            and ruins still dotting the landscape. Our            SL^ MPPY L ^_L[WP ZQ _SP WZNLW PNZYZXd ^TYNP
            OT^NZaP]TP^ SP]P MPRTY TY 2`TXL]«P^  VYZbY             "    bSPY _SP -]T_T^S ʭ]^_ MPRLY TX[Z]_TYR
            as the “cradle of Portugal” for its role in           T_ Q]ZX ;Z]_`RLW  LYO ]`WP^ QZ] T_^ ZʯNTLW
            the nation’s origins. In the tenth century, a         NWL^^TʭNL_TZY SLaP SPW[PO XLTY_LTY STRS
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            Q]ZX L__LNV^ Md 8`^WTX LYO 9Z]XLY ]LTOP]^             _SP /Z`]Z =TaP] ALWWPd T^ ]PNZRYTePO L^ _SP
            0c[LYOPO ZaP] _SP YPc_ NPY_`]d  T_ bL^                bZ]WOɪ^ ʭ]^_ WPRLWWd OPXL]NL_PO bTYP ]PRTZY
            the royal residence until the dawn of the             BPɪWW aT^T_ ZYP ZQ _SP QLXPO bTYP NPWWL]^ QZ] L
              _S NPY_`]d  =PXL]VLMWd  WZNLW L`_SZ]T_TP^           tasting. Then, we enjoy an included lunch and
            considered tearing it down in the 19th                return to Porto.
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            visit the restored and preserved castle today.        /TYYP] T^ ZY dZ`] ZbY _ST^ PaPYTYR
                                                                  Breakfast, Lunch
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            ^P__WPO ^TYNP _SP =ZXLY P]L  LYO ZYP ZQ _SP
            world’s oldest Catholic archdioceses. Its heart
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            Z`_ TY _SP 8TOOWP ,RP^  BT_S T_^ L]NS ʭWWPO





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