Parque de Campismo de Penedo da Rainha

The Douro


A big, shady site that cascades down to the river, this campground has a minimercado (grocery shop) and bar. It’s about 1km upstream (and uphill) from the town centre.


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Nearby The Douro attractions

1. Museu Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso

0.8 MILES

Hidden in one of the Mosteiro de São Gonçalo’s cloisters is this delightfully eclectic collection of modernist and contemporary art, a pleasant surprise…

2. Solar dos Magalhães

0.83 MILES

This burned-out skeleton of an old manor house situated above Rua Cândido dos Reis, near the train station, has been left in ruins – a stark and…

3. Ponte de São Gonçalo

0.83 MILES

A symbol of the town’s heroic defence against the French (marked by a plaque at the southeastern end), the granite Ponte de São Gonçalo is Amarante’s…

4. Mosteiro de São Gonçalo

0.84 MILES

Founded in 1543 by João III, the Mosteiro de São Gonçalo and Igreja de São Gonçalo weren’t completed until 1620. Above the church’s photogenic, Italian…

5. Igreja de São Domingos

0.86 MILES

Rising beside São Gonçalo are several impressively steep switchbacks topped by this round, 18th-century church. The views from up top are stunning.

6. Igreja de São Pedro

0.89 MILES

The nave of this baroque church is decorated with beautiful 17th-century blue-and-yellow azulejos (hand-painted tiles).

7. Ermelo

10.94 MILES

The 800-year-old village of Ermelo is famous for its schist cottages capped with fairy-tale slate roofs that seem to have been constructed from broken…

8. Fisgas de Ermelo

12.44 MILES

Just north of the town of Ermelo, on the N304 between Vila Real and Mondim de Basto, is a turn-off to the dramatic Fisgas de Ermelo waterfalls. From this…