Legend has it that while traveling through a November rainstorm from one ancient Gaulish town to the next, a Roman soldier came upon a beggar. The solider was Martin, later to be St. Martin of Tours.

Sao Bento, agleam in the morning sun, may well be the world’s most becoming railway station. Porto’s secondary terminus pays glorious tribute to the city’s belle époque, its opera-house concourse ...

Imagine turning back the clock to a more relaxed era in which to reconnect and rejuvenate while the extraordinary natural beauty of the Douro Valley rolls gently past. Six Senses is extending its ...

A picturesque 99-mile-long train journey has been named the best to travel in 2025. Portugal’s Douro Line winds along a beautiful river lined with dreamy vineyards and has been crowned by flight-free ...

Riding on a train is arguably the best, the easiest and the most beautiful way to travel. You get to see everything, it’s relaxing and the views are incredible. So what’s a better way to explore the ...

If the label on a port bottle seems something of a puzzle (what, exactly, is LBV? Tawny? Single Quinta? – for answers, see box below), then the region where it is produced, the Douro Valley in ...