Ponte de Lima and Viana Private Wine Tour and Tastings Full Day 1 Winery

Ponte de Lima and Viana Private Wine Tour and Tastings Full Day 1 Winery

Extending practically throughout the natural region between the Douro and Minho rivers, the Demarcated Region of Green Wines produces wines that occupy a prominent position among Portuguese wines, due to their unmistakable characteristics. There are nine sub-regions that constitute this demarcated region.
If there is a highly versatile and gastronomic wine is the Green Wine. And if only one wine accompanies several dishes throughout a meal, it is likely that Green Wine is the best choice.
The excellent freshness and lightness of Green Wine, with delicate fruity or floral notes, make it an unbeatable option as an aperitif. At Table White Greens Wines are the perfect choices to marry light and elegant dishes from contemporary cuisine. Salads, fish, seafood, white meats, vegetables, pasta and risottos are the classic partners of White Green Wines.

Itinerary
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Pass By: Liberdade Square, Avenida dos Aliados Baixa, Porto 4000-322 Portugal

The Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Square) is Porto’s main square and it connects the old town with the modern part of the city.

The plaza is in the heart of Porto, very close to the Torre dos Clérigos (Clérigos Tower) and São Bento Railway Station.

In the middle of the Praça is a 10-meter bronze equestrian statue of King Peter IV from 1862. The King holds the Constitution in his hands and shows it to the people, itself a symbol of the King since he fought to protect it during the Liberal Wars.


Stop At: Igreja da Misericordia de Ponte de Lima, 4990 Rua do Postigo, Ponte de Lima 4990-103 Portugal

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Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Pelourinho de Ponte de Lima, Passeio 25 de Abril, Ponte de Lima 4990-150 Portugal

In Ponte de Lima, the pelourinho, symbol of the absolutist power, existed in the sand of the Lima River, outside of walls. With the liberal victory it was dismantled, knowing, according to information about the national patrimony, that "the Chamber dismounted it to transfer it to Queen's Square, but the various elements eventually dispersed: the base and the stones of the platform were used in the walk, the shaft in an inn, by the river, the capital in the interior courtyard of the D. Maria Pia Asylum, the shield in the Fountain of Largo de São João and the armillary sphere was lost, after having been in the Chamber for a long time. "Later, in 1936, the construction of the current structure was carried out, next to the Paços do Concelho, which was built in the 16th century and is a beautiful example of political-administrative architecture, with eighteenth-century features today. in the front the "body of stonework with two-armed staircase, access to the second floor, torn inferiorly by a perfect arched vain."

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Refoios do Lima, Ponte de Lima Portugal

The building of the Monastery of Refoios, founded in the 12th century by D. Afonso Ansemondes, for Canons of the Rule of St. Augustine, currently houses the installations of the Superior School of Agrarian of Ponte de Lima, being next to the imposing Parish Church of the parish that gives the name of the group - Refoios de Lima.


Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Torres de Sao Paulo e da Cadeia Velha, Passeio 25 de Abril, Ponte de Lima 4990-058 Portugal

Classified as Real Estate of Public Interest, as well as the wall cloth that unites them, the Tower of Old Chain and the Tower of S. Paulo (which also had the Expectação Tower and Postigo Tower) are the most notorious of what remains of the old Ponte de Lima wall, which, in addition to the walled structure, was made up of towers and doors, an ensemble built in the reign of Pedro I in the fourteenth century.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Santuario de Santa Luzia, Estrada de Santa Luzia, Viana do Castelo 4900-408 Portugal

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Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Igreja Matriz de Ponte de Lima, Largo da Matriz, Ponte de Lima 4990-045 Portugal

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Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Ponte Romana, Rua Doutor Araujo Lima, Ponte de Lima 4990-022 Portugal

The former libris of Ponte de Lima, which along with the river that bathes the village, gave the name to the locality, is its bridge.
In fact, it is a set formed by two bridges: a medieval section, of greater dimension, that begins in the left margin and extends until the Church of Santo António of the Old Tower and it passes even in two arcs.
Then the section of the Roman bridge. They are only five arches from the great arch that is in dry bed.
If you go down you will also see the foundations of Tower Velha, perhaps the first of the medieval defensive system.

The Roman bridge dates probably from the first century, since it was at that time that the route of one of the military routes of the old "Conventus Bracaraugustanus" was opened, connecting Braga to Astorga, in this case Via XIX, ordered to be opened by the Emperor Augusto.

As far as the medieval part is concerned, in spite of the fact that it is possible to go back in time, at least until the reigns of D. Pedro I and D. Fernando, by direct connection to the construction of the walls and towers that fortified the village, a work finished in 1370 , or even D. Dinis, bearing in mind documentation referring to a bridge, which could also be wooden by that time, we know of its existence in the reign of King Manuel I, more precisely in 1504, by this monarch to have ordered to do new plumbing and put merlons for decoration of the bridge, since they were no longer justified as a defensive and military option.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Endless Weekend Tours, R. Poente da Colónia do Dr. Manuel Laranjeira 10, 4200-451 Porto, Portugal

Endless Weekend offers driver-guided private tours in and from Porto to their monuments and histories, to nature regions, to demarcated wine regions, gastronomic and much more, all at the helm of our luxury Vans and Suvs.
Rain or shine, we have a good time!


Duration: 5 minutes