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Peso da Régua is a city of about 17,000 people (2011) in the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region in Northern Portugal. The production of Port wine has been essential to the town's fortunes.

Understand

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Peso da Régua (PIH-zoo duh RREH-gwuh, /ˈpe.zu dɐ ˈʁɛ.gwɐ/)

Tourist boats ply the river from this point carrying tourists through the locks of two dams to Régua.

Visitor information

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Get in

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Sá Carneiro Airport (Porto Airport), (OPO IATA)

The town is connected to Porto by train; the Douro railway line runs along the banks of the Douro.

Régua is directly served by the A24 motorway (Autoestrada do Interior Norte).

Get around

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Map
Map of Peso da Régua

See

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Museu do Douro
  • Moorish Cemetery or Moorish Fountain
  • 1 Family Manor Vaz Osório (Solar da Família Vaz Osório or Casa dos Vazes). Solar da Família Vaz Osório (Q10373030) on Wikidata
  • 2 Museu do Douro (Douro Museum), Rua Marquês de Pombal, +351 254 310 190, . Mar-Oct: daily 10:00 - 18:00; Nov-Feb: daily 10:00 - 17:30. A museum dedicated to promoting the heritage of the Douro Demarcated Region and to Port wine. Accessibility for people with reduced mobility to all public and exhibition spaces at the Douro Museum. Elevator, adapted toilets and wheelchair. Adult €6, senior or student (13-25) €3, child under 12 free.
  • Port Wine Manor
  • Volunteer Firefighters Museum
  • 3 Estação arqueológica do Alto da Fonte do Milho (Alto da Fonte do Milho Archeological Station), Canelas do Douro, Poiares da Régua. Free. Estação arqueológica do Alto da Fonte do Milho (Q66815298) on Wikidata

Do

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Its main pilgrimage is the parties in honour of Nossa Senhora do Socorro, which every year on the 14th, 15th and 16th of August attract thousands of people to attend different points of the party.

Buy

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Eat

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There is a restaurant and wine bar at the Douro Museum.

Drink

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Sleep

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Rio Douro from Sao Leonardo da Galafura

Rural hotel

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Hotel

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