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Touring Douro valley.
Our second hotel was close to the town Peso de Régua
in the Douro Valley, THE wine area.
Visited the local market.
Outfits for perfect housekeepers.
Whatever you need to bake in the oven or in the BBQ.
What wonderful decoration, just along the street,
next to a church.
Pretty cool tile decorations in the town.
In my next life I'll learn to use photoshop again
so that those pics become straight.
Very of the those pretty tiles just vanish as there
is so much other crap hanging there.
Like here as well.
At the station area more tiles!
Local sceneries, local bridges.
River Douro.
Next stop Pinhão.
Guess what: this newly renovated station building
is decorated with ... tiles! Yes! Indeed.
Transporting the grapes.
Yes, an old railway station.
Actually still operating.
Local sceneries.
Local scenery today, view from the terrace of the
Quinta de la Rosa, where we enjoyed an elegant lunch.
Check their elegant website:
Further up the hills we visited the famous Sandeman house.
The views are spectacular, and the rosemary is growing like wild.
Yes, port wine. One of them by Sandeman.
Their webpage is also informative:
Charming packages.
Yes, some travelers do try some wines and ports,
in the afternoon, and drive happily further on by car.
We did not do that.
After a short siesta we had dinner in the town.
Look at this elegant desert!
The restaurant was upstairs of this wine shop.
There are surprising places in small towns in Portugal.
Next day heading to Lamego. Another "never heard never been" location.
From the castle you have the typical view over the town,
the broken roofs, the cathedral, old and new.
HELLO!!!
Yes, I am a real skeleton!
This can be found next to the castle in Lamego:
Núcleo Arqueológico Porta dos Figos
And then there is this church:
Santuário de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
Built on top of Mount St. Stephen (Monte de Santo Estêvão),
between the 18th and 20th centuries, this Marian shrine is visited by pilgrims
from all over the country - especially on September 8, the day of the Nativity of the Virgin.
The church is totally overlooking the town.
I liked those guys gathering in front of the church.
From the town you can see those magnificent stairs
taking you up to the church. Well, now they were
under construction, we had to drive up by our rental car.
The monumental Baroque staircase (with 686 steps) that gives access to
the sanctuary is divided over several levels, punctuated by sculptural elements,
such as statues of the kings, the backrests of the eight fountains (among which
the Remédios, by Nicolau Nasoni) and various allegorical representations.
And the tour goes on: Porto will be our next stop!
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