The beautiful Douro river
The driving force of this region lies in the waters of the river Douro, which bathe the region, carrying, on each margin, millennial charms. A river of history, of travel, that marks its people with the same intensity with which it molds the hills and valleys durienses. In Spanish lands, in the province of Soria, the Duero river is born, between the mountains of the Mountain range of Urbión. After the border becomes the Douro, receiving the waters of the river Águeda and his twin brother, the Côa. Along its 850 kilometers of extension it includes other rivers like Tua, Sabor, Pinhão and Távora. Before flowing into the salty Atlantic Ocean, between Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto, the Douro river passes through the cities of Miranda do Douro, Vila Nova de Foz Côa and Peso da Régua. In "Invicta" their eyes turn to the sky, as they contemplate the seven bridges that connect the two banks. Already in the waters of the interior, now he is dazzled by the terraces that surro...
