Showing posts with label Porto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Porto. Show all posts

5/01/2017

Every Traveler's Dream: European River Cruising

Few journeys are more endearing than traveling on Europe’s rivers. Embarking on a one-of-a-kind European river cruise allows travelers to step-off into the heart of great European cities, with ease, grace and anticipation.  Every traveler dream of being up-close and personal to iconic landmarks, flower-laden villages, and picturesque hamlets. With European river cruising you will experience vistas and sights that some only glimpse on postcards.
Scribbles and Smiles by J Christina
 Pont de Pierre  - Bordeaux, France - Garonne River
Seventeen magnificent arches - one arch for every letter in Napoléon Bonaparte. Connecting the left and right banks of the Garonne River, commissioned by Napoléon and inaugurated in 1822, the first bridge ever built in Bordeaux.
J. Christina has followed this traveler’s dream now for more than a decade. “With cruises down the plentiful and enchanting rivers of Europe, including her most recent along Bordeaux’s alluring Garonne and Dordogne and the not-to-be missed, gleaming waters of Portugal’s Douro River.” Where indulging in the sample, sip, and stroll among some of the world’s greatest vineyards and river destinations.


4/12/2017

Porto, Portugal: The Real Port Wine Town


Porto is considered the real Port wine town in Portugal where port wine tastings rooms are plentiful.  Historic port wine producers; store their wines in caves, aging tanks, and tasting rooms along the waterside docks in Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. Signs emblazed the rooftops and upper deck areas along the riverbanks, advertising the Vintner's wines and tasting rooms.  It’s remarkable - the voyage of the grapes, from the steep, hot terraces of the Douro region, to being transported  down to Vila Nova de Gaia, where it is aged and fortified into wine in the maritime climate before being shipped around the world.

Scribbles and Smiles by J Christina
Tuk-Tuk rides in Porto, Portugal


6/13/2016

Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Night view of Monastery Serra do Pilar from the Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.  Dockside of the Dom Luis bridge in Porto.