Good exhibits depicting the history of the Douro Valley people and the importance of the wine industry to the region. Interesting stop if you have the time, otherwise much of the information is available in tour books or with other tour stops.
Museu do Douro is a wine museum located in probably the most important town in D.O. Douro: Peso da Regua, a village in the North of Portugal. The museum has two floors, where you can learn a lot about Douro and Port wines of the region: the history, the kind of wines, the smell…
Wonderful display of evocative b & w photos and the vintage cameras used. A whole perspective on the Valley, dams, geology and the enormous labouring of the workers and builders. The little video screens of old film plus recent updates worth studying. Lots of exhibits and the…
We enjoyed our visit but felt the museum could have shared more details about wine/port production, the quintas, the individual farmers and the Douro way of life.
Probably the best single subject museum I've ever visited. Okay, it's all about port and the Douro valley, but put together with all sorts of visual aids, Loved the relief map in wood, the chronology of development and the little glimpses into the life of the workers. Great…
