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River Cruising

Iberian Capitals: Lisbon, Madrid & the Douro

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$8,490 USD

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River Cruising

Time of Year

Apr - Oct

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Madrid, Lisbon, Coimbra, Guimarães, Porto, Salamanca

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TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Tour and private dinner in Queluz National Palace in Lisbon

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7-night cruise aboard a brand new riverboat custom designed to sail on the Douro River

A choice of excursions that includes active hikes, a port cocktail-making class, a tour of wine caves, bicycle rides and more valued at $5,390!

In-depth exploration of 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain and Portugal

Private wine tastings in quintas along the Douro River

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Exclusively inclusive river cruising

Centuries of vineyards, wine and timeless Port traditions along an enchanting "river of gold"… white-painted quinta estates lined with terraced vineyards… Lisbon's treasures from the Age of Discovery and beyond… art and architecture royally inspired and the joys of tapas in Madrid…

Cruise through the heart of one of the world's oldest and most beautiful wine regions on a 12-day journey bookended by stays in Lisbon and Madrid, featuring a 7-night cruise aboard Tauck's custom designed riverboats for exploring Portugal's "golden" Douro River. Visit quintas for wine tastings, hike through vineyards and villages, and discover the UNESCO World Heritage city of Porto, where the Douro kisses the Atlantic and timeless Port traditions steal your heart. Spend two nights each in Lisbon, the gate to the "New World," enticing with palaces aplenty and azulejos chronicling life from Moorish times to present day – and Madrid, Spain's bigger-than-life capital, with its bar culture and bevy of baroque and belle époque architecture. Read Less

Private Dinner at Queluz Palace

Portugal's golden Douro River, home to our newest cruises

Cruising the Douro River

Explore the Douro River Valley aboard ms Andorinha

Portugal's Douro River Valley is one of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world – especially famous for its Port wine – and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. And there's no better way to explore this beautiful corner of Europe… from its Atlantic port city of Porto at the mouth of the river, to the ancient villages, vineyards and quintas dotting its banks… than aboard Tauck's newest riverboat, ms Andorinha, expressly designed for cruising the golden Douro.

A culinary experience at DOC

Savor the inventive cuisine of Rui Paula at DOC

With its terrace extending over the Douro River by means of an elegant wooden deck, the celebrated restaurant DOC – "Degustar, Ousar, Comunicar," which translates to "Taste, Dare, Communicate" – is truly a "window on the Douro" and its valley. Set in Folgosa, DOC is the creation of renowned Portuguese chef Rui Paula, whose acclaimed gourmet cuisine marries traditional dishes with contemporary fare featuring genuine regional ingredients, and the Valley's famous wines. Discover it for yourself at an exclusive culinary experience in this romantic setting.

Tapas walking tour in Madrid

Sampling Madrid's tapas bars on a walking tour

During his decades of European wanderings from the 1920s to the 1950s, American novelist Ernest Hemingway always came back to Madrid… and its bars, of which there are more per capita than any city on the Continent. In a way, "Don Ernesto" (as the locals called him) made Madrid's tapas bars famous… and though many today claim that "Hemingway was here," you might come across a few where he actually was… on a tapas walking tour of the city with an expert guide.

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InterContinental Lisbon

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The Palace Hotel, Madrid

Madrid, Spain

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