Douro river cruise from 26 April to 5 May 2024 - Day 3
From 26 April to 5 May 2024, we went on a river cruise on the Douro in Portugal.
We started in Porto and then travelled to Vega de Terrón in Spain and back to Porto.
On the morning of the third day, an excursion took us to Braga, the "Portuguese Rome". The cathedral from the 12th century is very impressive.
The next destination was the nearby pilgrimage site of Bom Jesus do Monte. The path to the
The path to the church is travelled via a baroque stone staircase, which is lined with 14 small chapels depicting the Way of the Cross of Jesus.
Back on board the MS Magellan, we now travelled up the Douro past Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia to Bitetos.