{"id":24044,"date":"2023-06-09T14:36:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T12:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?page_id=24044"},"modified":"2023-06-09T14:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T12:36:32","slug":"douro-valley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/douro-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreamlike Douro Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Douro (Duero in Spanish) is a river that rises in Spain and winds through the Iberian Peninsula for almost 900 kilometres until it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. A beautiful river landscape that invites you to linger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
At an altitude of over 2000 metres in northern Spain, the Douro rises in the Picos de Urbi\u00f3n. From there, it first flows through Castile and Le\u00f3n until it forms the Spanish-Portuguese border after about 120 kilometres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On both sides of the border, which is about 112 kilometres long, are the protected nature parks Arribes del Duero and Douro Internacional. After leaving the border region, the river continues to flow through the Regi\u00e3o Norte in Portugal until it finally flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Porto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the Spanish-Portuguese border to Mes\u00e3o Frio, wine is grown in the Douro Valley. The grapes for the famous port wine grow in the Alto Douro wine-growing region. Alto Douro has been the world’s first protected wine-growing region since 1756 and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n