{"id":3701,"date":"2025-10-25T09:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2025-10-25T09:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:15:20","slug":"portugal-2025-day-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3701","title":{"rendered":"Portugal 2025 | Day Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Douro River Valley. The home of some amazing wines, including Port wine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our second day in Porto brought a road (and boat) trip through the Douro Valley. This is the home of Port wines as well as just some amazing wines in general. As I’ve mentioned, I hadn’t found a beer I liked. It’s probably because this isn’t beer country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s wine country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the two wineries we visited.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inside the winery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cheers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We tasted them all. And we hadn’t even made it to the Port winery yet…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Color-coordinated. Didn’t even try.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While I never found a beer I liked, there wasn’t a wine I DIDN’T like. Even the Ports, which I normally find too sweet and too strong. But the Ports we had this day were awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We toured two wineries. The first had a variety of wines. All amazing. The second specialized in Ports. Also amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had perfect weather (again). A good lunch. Beautiful scenery and a nice, relaxing boat trip on the Douro River for a very scenic stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Winery along the Douro River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The “group”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Amazing view of the valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This trip was probably one of my favorite days on the whole trip. Relaxing. Great wine. Nice boat ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walkway in Porto. Ignore Google Maps. Ignore Siri. Neither one got it right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After we returned to Porto, we decided to take a walk up to the Jardins do Pal\u00e1cio de Cristal. The building there is a stadium\/arena and not much to look at. The gardens were average (wrong time of year, I think). But the view of Porto and the river was wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Especially at sunset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunset in Porto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Afterward, we walked to a nearby restaurant to try some Francesinha, a layered sandwich that originated in Porto. Layers of bread, meat and cheese. And cheese. And cheese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Francensinha originated in Porto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our second day in Porto brought a road (and boat) trip through the Douro Valley. This is the home of Port wines as well as just some amazing wines in general. As I’ve mentioned, I hadn’t found a beer I liked. It’s probably because this isn’t beer country. It’s wine country. While I never found … <\/p>\n

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