General Information

Duration:

1 Days

Location Start:

Vigo

Location Finish:

Vigo

Phone:

+34 986 22 13 99

Fax:

+34 986 22 13 44

Payment Types:

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We Speak:

Spanish, English

Last updated: 10/20/2006

Itinerary

Day 1

VIGO - BAIONA - LA GUARDIA – O ROSAL - TUI - VALENÇA DO MINHO - VIGO
- Departure from Vigo (departures available upon request from other cities and villages nearby)
- We follow down the LOWER RIAS BAIXAS until reaching La Guardia fishing village
- Visit the MONTE SANTA TECLA CELTIC HILL-FORT with reconstructed huts and the museum with artifacts
- Lunch in a restaurant at the top of the hill with PANORAMIC VIEWS of the RIVER MIÑO meeting the Atlantic sea, and views of the mountains of Northern Portugal. Enjoy a Seafood feast with Lobster, crab etc... and Albariño wines
- Visit BODEGAS TERRAS GAUDA, an Albariño winery located in the O ROSAL sub-zone of the D.O. Rias Baixas
- Visit the FORTIFIED CATHEDRAL OF TUI and it's old quarter
- Then reaching the boarder whereas we cross over an ancient Iron Bridge into NORTHERN PORTUGAL'S MINHO VALLEY region to visit the Fort boarder village of VALENÇA DO MINHO
- Free time to walk around the Fort of Valenca with its quaint shops etc...
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Extra Information

Inclusions -

Local Taxes

Exclusions -

- Airfare - Transfers not specified in the itinerary - Entrance fees not specified in the itinerary - Beverages not specified in selected meals - Meals not specified in itinerary - Laundry Expenses - Telephone & Facsimile charges - Excess Baggage charges - Passport & Visa fees - Personal & Travel Insurance - Airport & Departure Taxes - Optional excursions - Room Service - Tip and Gratuities to Chauffeur-guide

Extras -

On this private tour you will explore an area of natural beauty with a multitude of different landscapes, which we will admire for hill-top vantage points.

The area is known as the lower Rias Baixas and Baixo Miño, it is the coastline that follows down from Vigo to A Guarda -the last village of the Galician coast before reaching Northern Portugal- Then the Miño river flows into the Atlantic Ocean separating Galicia from Portugal.

We will enjoy the spectacular view from the top of a Celtic Hill-fort while having a seafood lunch with around 8 different types of seafood, and of course accompanied by the local Rosal wine. This area, apart from the scenery, offers fabulous wines, which are grown in the O Rosal valley a sub-zone of the D.O. Rias Baixas. Here they make Albariño wine as well as the local Rosal wines which are a blend of different local grape varieties including Abariño. We will take detailed tour of one of the most important wineries of the area and try the difference between the 2 types of wines.

Before ending our day we will visit the two bordering cities, 1st of all Tui, which posses a well resorted historic quarter and a Fortified Cathedral also visited by many Pilgrimage on their way to Santiago coming from Portugal. Then crossing over the Miño into Portugal visit the fort of Valença do Minho.

{italic}A day packed full of contrast and different flavors!{-italic}

CHAUFFEUR-GUIDE SERVICES: - This tour runs for couples, families and small groups of 2 to 6 people see prices listed below during the seasons. - This tour must commence between MONDAY to FRIDAY. Only on some occasions this tour can operate with modification on A SATURDAY or SUNDAY, inquire for detail