Day 10: Douro River cruise

A short bus ride back to the river and we’re motoring along the river. This is not a Mississippi River cruise! Once again many of the scenes along the river’s edge are probably very nearly the same as visitors from centuries ago may have enjoyed.

Two of the bridges here have Eiffel Tower connections: In 1877, twelve years before he built the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Gustave Eiffel’s engineering firm designed and built the Maria Pia Bridge. A second bridge was built by his business partner and protégé, Théophile Seyrig.

BTW - the first photo is not our tour boat :)Read more