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The Destiny...

Amar is the Portuguese verb to love, and it is perhaps fitting that it should be the first part of the name of this attractive town. A settlement since the 4th century BC, Amarante is situated in the rich agricultural lands of the Minho region, the northern section of the country which is responsible for the grapes of the vinho verde, the young semi-sparkling ‘green’ wine unique to Portugal. The river Tâmega runs through the town and crossing this waterway is a striking arched bridge, the Ponte São Gonçalo. It is reputed to have helped local heroes fend off a French attack in the early 19th century. Nowadays cafes and restaurants make the most of their riverside location.
For more informations:

- Câmara Municipal de Amarante
- Amarante, Turism web site



Douro Tourism:
a unique river and a unique wine

Over the work done by the River Douro, man's toil transformed the schist mountains in soil and walls, in a collective effort of many cultures: an epic story.

Because of all this and much more, the Douro is the perfect place for leisure activities, for the sheer enjoyment of the most refined of worldly pleasures. Long walks and cruises in the River Douro are activities chosen today by more and more tourists, that flock to the North of Portugal from the most faraway places.

Douro - first wine-growing region in the world

Protected from the wet winds of the Atlantic by the mountain ridges of Marão and Montemuro, the wine-producing region of the Douro, first delimited and regulated in 1756, the oldest wine-growing regulamentation in the world, lies to the Northeast of Portugal, between Barqueiros and Mazouco, in the spanish border. There, wines of exceptional quality are born.
 
 



 
 
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