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Near Peso da Régua
$$ Quinta de Marrocos is a wonderful option if you want to stay at a real-life family
farm. The Sequeira family farmhouse operates a simple shop and a family vineyard
making good ports and table wines. The four rooms include a rustic yet deluxe living
room, where the port's always out. Staying here, with the four dogs and farmhands,
is a fun, authentic experience. It's a rare opportunity to spend time with locals who
really love what they do (Sb-€50, Db-€70, 10 percent discount with this topic, €20-25
meals with advance notice, on N-222 across the river and about 1.5 miles upstream
from Peso da Régua, tel. 254-313-012, fax 254-322-680, www.quintademarrocos.com ,
info@quintademarrocos.com , Rita and her mother, Maria Elisa). They also rent a private
two-bedroom family-friendly house on their property (€120).
Between Rêde and Mesão Frio
$$ Casa de Canilhas, located in the countryside about 15 minutes downriver from
Peso da Régua, is an old traditional house set among the vines overlooking the river
valley (Db-€60-120, Estrada Municipal de Banduja, Mesão Frio, tel. 254-891-181, mobile
917-558-006, fax 254-893-005, www.canilhas.com , info@canilhas.com ).
Pinhão
Pinhão (PEEN-yow)—known locally as the “heart of the Douro”—feels like a real work-
aday small town, where locals go on with their “im- port -ant” business, oblivious to the
tourists streaming through their streets. The big white silos are where the wine spends its
first winter awaiting shipment downstream to Porto.
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