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2024 Tour code: DOZ24
About the tour
The magnificent Douro is Iberia's most famous waterway, winding through golden valleys alongside enchanting towns and past regal wine estates. This cruise on board the MS Amalia Rodrigues reveals the timeless beauty of this serene river, stopping at wonderful ports along the way.
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Today is the start of our amazing holiday. We gather at the airport, ready to embark on an adventure to the charming city of Porto. On arrival, we travel by comfortable coach to our ship. After settling into our cabins, we're greeted with a welcome cocktail. Later, we sit down to our first delicious meal on board, followed by a panoramic evening coach tour of the city of Porto by night.
From our comfortable seats, we see the lovely old, preserved areas of the city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hopping off the coach for a brief stop at the Sao Bento railway station, we admire its magnificent azulejos.
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4.6 / 5 · 23 reviews
Anne
Submitted 24 Sep 2023
Well organised. Pleasant accommodation; high standard of cleanliness throughout. Friendly helpful staff . Great service in restaurant. Food plentiful and varied;maybe not always as hot as expected. Most enjoyable cruise with right balance of excursions and free time.
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Margaret Ricardo
Submitted 24 Sep 2023
Great people. Really interesting guide. Superb entertainment. Beautiful scenery.
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Rosemary Martin
Submitted 24 Sep 2023
It was lovely we enjoyed the scenery and the shop was really nice. The only thing was we were in cabin 224 and it was very noisy from the engines and also the toilets flushing during the night. Couldn't sleep well. The food and the staff were lovely especially the your manager Rob. He was great.
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E Newcombe
Submitted 21 Sep 2023
Our guide was superb and the whole trip was most enjoyable - good food and excellent staff on board. Our only complaint was that there was no representative to meet us at Gatwick and so the four of us had to sit separately on the plane. We tried to check in on line but of course were not able to as we had no reference.
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Harry Orchard
Submitted 19 Sep 2023
Well organised tour with excellent scenery As an engineer the experience of going through the locks in excess of 34 meters high was a marvel of ingenuity The only criticism would be the 2 hour each way coach ride to Salamanca, any coach ride in excess of one hour is to much when on holiday of this type Other than that a very nice relaxing holiday
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Mr. Donald Mcquistan
Submitted 04 Jul 2023
Excellent Trip, good boat and Cruise Manager
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