The Duero is a river in northwestern Spain and northern Portugal (Portuguese name Douro). It is about 895 km long and has a catchment area of about 98,400 square kilometers.
Let yourself be carried away on a Douro journey by the charm of this river. The appeal of the Douro region is located in the unique landscape of this valley. Nestled in the mountains region of northern Portugal the river follows its way from its source in north from central Spain to the mouth in the Atlantic at Porto.
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North of its middle reaches lies in Portugal the high plateau of Serra de Aboboreira with the megalithic Chá da Parada. In the Neolithic the entire area north of the Duero, including Galicia, was a unitary cultural area.
Ribera del Duero is a major wine-growing region in Spain. With approximately 13,000 ha it accounts for around a quarter of the cultivaton area of the wine region Rioja. The main grape variety is the Tempranillo.
From the Spanish-Portuguese border to the area of Régua the areas around the Douro are the strictly delimited cultivation area of the port wine. In earlier times, the barrels were shipped on boats to the port wine cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto.
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