Vila Nova de Gaia attractions

Caves Poças is a family-run winery located in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. Known for its distinctive ports and Douros, Porto Poças provides insightful guided tours with grape experts, as well as tastings of even their most vintage batches. A true flavor of Porto!

Porto's World of Wine (WOW) offers guests an array of tours, from tastings to insightful attractions. If you want to discover Porto and Portugal, then the World of Wine will help you get off on the right foot. WOW pays homage to the region, and shines a light on the most important Portuguese industries and traditions.

At the foot of the Luiz I Bridge, overlooking the Douro River, the Burmester Wine Cellars provide one of the best Porto wine tasting tours in the city. With almost 300 years of history, and wines that have long been exported around Europe and further afield, taking a tour of these unique cellars is to delve into Portugal's proud wine traditions. Learn about the characteristics of Burmester ports and Douro DOCs, and then sample them yourself with a guided port wine tasting.

The Atkinson House in Vila Nova de Gaia was built in 1760 by order of José de Azevedo e Sousa, a cooper who became a rich port dealer in the mid-18th century. Today, the restored house hosts exhibitions of international importance.

The WOW Wine School regularly holds workshops and tastings designed for curious connoisseurs of wine, as well as professionals. Designed from scratch to offer as much information as possible, the Wine School is the perfect place to learn everything about Portuguese wine, but also about wine in general, in an international context.