O Alto Douro Vinhateiro é uma zona particularmente representativa da paisagem que caracteriza a vasta Região Demarcada do Douro, a mais antiga região vitícola regulamentada do mundo. A paisagem cultural do Alto Douro combina a natureza monumental do vale do rio Douro, feito de encostas íngremes e solos pobres e acidentados, com a acção ancestral e contínua do Homem, adaptando o espaço às necessidades agrícolas de tipo mediterrâneo quea região suporta. Esta relação íntima entre a actividade humana e a natureza permitiu criar um ecossistema de valorúnico, onde as características do terreno são aproveitadasde forma exemplar, com a modelação da paisagem em socalcos, preservando-a da erosão e permitindo o cultivo da vinha. A região produz o famoso vinho do Porto, representando o principal vector de dinamização da tecnologia, da cultura, das tradições e da economia locais. O grande investimento humano nesta paisagem de singular beleza tornou possível a fixação das populações desde a longínqua ocupação romana, e dele resultou uma realidade viva e em evolução
The viewpoint of São Salvador do Mundo is located on the left bank of the Douro river in the Douro Demarcated Region, an area classified as World Cultural Heritage. The place is constituted by an imposing granite cone with an altitude of 493 meter...
North bank of the Douro River, with exposure mostly to the South, is the first farm in the Douro Superior. This region, with great thermal amplitudes and very little rainfall, meets all the conditions for the production of grapes of excellent qual...
At the limits of the parish of Seixas do Douro we find prehistoric remains in the place called CASTELO VELHO, located next to the Teja stream, right there along the path that led to Numão. For the collected materials it will be a fortification of ...
As with the other parishes in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Côa, the main activity of the inhabitants of this parish is agriculture, although it is still possible to speak of trade and services. In agriculture, as a main activity, the popul...
Here we are at the mouth of the Rio Sabor, which is a tributary of the Douro River. It is the parish Cabeça Boa, with 428 inhabitants, which is located between mountains and overlooks the valley of Vilariça and the Douro River, in the extreme west...
The Lousa, is located on an extensive plateau, 800 meters high, to the west of the municipality on the right bank of the Douro River, delimiting the municipality of Moncorvo to the west with that of Carrazeda de Ansiães. Integrated in the Douro De...
This is a valley facing the Douro, with olive trees on the slopes, and the vineyard of two farms. There is an old olive press that produced the oil from all these olive trees. On the other side of the Douro, on the south bank there is a valley ide...
Aerial view in the region of Santo Amaro, a parish from Vila Nova de Foz Coa. Before being a parish, Santo Amaro was a popular place of pilgrimage.The agricultural productions of the parish, which are: almond, olive oil, fine and table wine.
At its roots, Vila Nova de Foz Côa meets the Paleolithic man who, with modest artifacts, marked in the hardness of the schist ambitions and projects of his spiritual and material universe, making this sanctuary the largest open air rock art museum...
The Pocinho pier, anchoring point for tour boats that go up and down the Douro River. Cruises on the Douro River on a ship with on-board meal service and Port wine tasting. Several options for hotel stays, visits to the region and going or returni...
Pocinho is one of the connecting points between the districts of Guarda and Bragança, connecting the municipalities of Vila Nova de Foz Coa and Torre de Moncorvo. Before the construction of the dam, the crossing was made through a road-railway bri...
