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Port lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia (walkable from Porto)

• BurmesterSome of the best-value tastings in Gaia: eight self-guided options from €22, with a real range of styles.Visits from €22
• Churchill’sA working lodge away from the riverfront crowds, where every tasting includes a guided tour.Visits from €25
• Cockburn’sA reservation-only lodge from 1815, home of the Special Reserve, with no prices published online.Prices not published
• FerreiraTen ways to visit, including one built around Dona Antónia Ferreira, and Douro table-wine tastings for people who do not like sweet wine.Visits from €23
• FonsecaA Vintage Port specialist with an unusually useful storage tip; visits are arranged by email.Prices not published
• Graham’sThe lodge for a long lunch or a serious occasion: its published experiences start at €140 and reach €350.Visits from €140
• KopkeThe riverfront house that calls itself the oldest, with tastings from €20 that include Douro reds as well as Port.Visits from €20
• NiepoortDeliberately small: 24 visitors a day at its Gaia temple, and tastings built for people who want to learn.Visits from €45
• PoçasA working cellar with its own cooperage and more than 800 casks, and the best-value old-wine tasting in Gaia.Visits from €25
• Quinta da BoeiraA 19th-century palace and gardens in Gaia, saved from redevelopment by a priest and ten friends.Prices not published
• Real Companhia VelhaThe company that drew the Douro's boundaries in 1756, with cellars, a museum and a wine bar in Gaia.Prices not published
• SandemanThe clearest price ladder in Gaia: three Ports for €23 at the bottom, Vintage Ports and old Tawnies at the top.Visits from €23
• Taylor’sHistory you can explore at your own pace, open every day, but Taylor's does not publish its prices.Prices not published

Estates in the vineyards (a day trip)

• CroftCroft's visits are in the Douro at Quinta da Roêda, from an €11 self-guided walk to harvest-time grape treading.Visits from €11
• Dow’sVisit at Quinta do Bomfim in Pinhão: an old 1896 lodge, a vineyard walk and tastings of old Tawny and Vintage Port.Prices not published
• Quinta de la RosaA Pinhão estate with a €25 tour and tasting, a winemaker's lunch and a walk to the Vale do Inferno vineyard.Visits from €25
• Quinta do ValladoA Douro estate owned by Dona Antónia Ferreira's descendants since 1818, with tastings from €35 and two wine hotels.Visits from €35