Sao Bento, agleam in the morning sun, may well be the world’s most becoming railway station. Porto’s secondary terminus pays glorious tribute to the city’s belle époque, its opera-house concourse ...

Imagine turning back the clock to a more relaxed era in which to reconnect and rejuvenate while the extraordinary natural beauty of the Douro Valley rolls gently past. Six Senses is extending its ...

A picturesque 99-mile-long train journey has been named the best to travel in 2025. Portugal’s Douro Line winds along a beautiful river lined with dreamy vineyards and has been crowned by flight-free ...

Riding on a train is arguably the best, the easiest and the most beautiful way to travel. You get to see everything, it’s relaxing and the views are incredible. So what’s a better way to explore the ...

ENTRE-OS-RIOS, Portugal – Beneath terraces of vineyards and olive trees in the undulating landscape of northern Portugal so alluring that the region has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a ...

If the label on a port bottle seems something of a puzzle (what, exactly, is LBV? Tawny? Single Quinta? – for answers, see box below), then the region where it is produced, the Douro Valley in ...

Along the Douro River in Portugal wine has been grown for centuries. This is also where the world-famous port wine comes from. Find out what makes it so special in part 16 of our series "Extreme ...