We discovered during last evening that the hosts of the campground also provided a kind of tour service. So this morning we were driven by our host, in the campground mini van, to the railway station in Peso Da Regua where we caught a train that would take us up the Douro Valley to the very small village of Pocinho and return. The round trip (including the mini van to and from the station) took about 5 hours. The train line follows the Douro River, sometimes, only being a few feet from the water, and for all of its length the line passes through terraced vineyards intermixed with the occasional terraced patch of olive trees. The only downside to this excursion is that photographs are difficult to take through the glass of the train windows.

Back at the campground we had only an hour to have a quick lunch before we were off to the second excursion of the day (this one also organized by the campground hosts). We were to visit a Quinta. The name of an establishment that grows grapes and produces Port Wine. For this excursion we were accompanied by a British couple who were also motohomeing guests of the campground. At the Quinta we had a private tour and learned about the process of making port wine and of course finished off the tour with a tasting of some delicious wines.

Little did we know when we picked this campground that it would not only make a great base for our exploration of the Douro but that the hosts would also organize our excursions and ferry us around in their minivan.

Our thank you to both Nuno and Clara for making our stay in Lamego and the Douro so successful.

Clara, our apologies for not capturing a photo of you.