# From Porto to Pinhão by Train and Back in a Day: Lunch at Bomfim 1896 and a Tasting at Quinta do Bomfim You leave São Bento at 9:25, lunch at Quinta do Bomfim beside the Douro, taste its ports and return on the 17:15 train. Long, but car-free. Tuesday to Saturday. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/porto-and-douro/itineraries/a-day-by-train-to-pinhao · Revisado: 2026-11-13 ## El día - 09:25 · Salida: 4 h by train (from São Bento, with a bus between Marco de Canaveses and Régua; arrives in Pinhão at 13:27) - 13:45 · Bomfim 1896, the restaurant of the Quinta do Bomfim (Douro cooking in wood-fired ovens · Tuesday to Saturday, until 15:00 · book) · Bomfim 1896, the restaurant of the Quinta do Bomfim, €€€ - Carry on on foot - 15:15 · Visit and tasting at Quinta do Bomfim, in Pinhão (tasting of Dow's ports with the river in front of you · last visit at 17:00 in winter) · Quinta do Bomfim (Symington Family Estates) - 5 min on foot - 16:45 · The MiraDouro train from São Bento to Pinhão (the station of the grape-harvest tiles; 17:15 train) - 17:15 · Vuelta: 4 h by train (at São Bento at 21:10, with the same transfer) Pinhão is the Upper Douro village you can do without a car: the station is on the riverbank and the quintas are a short walk away. With the November 2026 timetable the journey is long, because between Marco de Canaveses and Régua the train is replaced by a bus, but it is still possible to go and return in the day. It is four hours out, almost four in Pinhão and another four back. If that seems like a lot, stay overnight: this plan tells you where. ## There, the quinta and back 9:25 · Departure from São Bento. The train leaves the tiled hall of São Bento for Marco de Canaveses, where you change to a bus to Régua. From Régua, the 13:00 train hugs the river, between vineyard terraces, and reaches Pinhão at 13:27. Sit on the right: the Douro is on that side. The ticket to Régua costs €10.85 and to Tua €12.95; Pinhão falls in between. 13:45 · Lunch at Bomfim 1896. A few minutes' walk and you are at Quinta do Bomfim, the Symington family estate. Its restaurant cooks Douro recipes in wood-fired ovens in full view, with a central kitchen and big chimneys, and serves the house wines. It serves lunch from Tuesday to Saturday until 15:00: book on its website or on 254 730 360 and say you are arriving on the midday train. 15:15 · Tasting at Quinta do Bomfim. Without leaving the estate. The tastings range from three ports from Dow's, Graham's and Cockburn's to vintages decades old, and there are vineyard walks with a map, hat and water. In winter it is open from 9:30 to 18:30 and the last visit is at 17:00, so the 15:15 one leaves you time. Book the tasting online. 16:45 · The station. Walk down to Pinhão station at an easy pace, decorated with tile panels about the grape harvest. 17:15 · Heading back. The train to Régua connects with the bus and, at Marco de Canaveses, with the train that reaches São Bento at 21:10. CP only guarantees connections if everything is running normally. ## The other quinta On the other side of the village, Croft's Quinta da Roêda has guided visits with a tasting from €20, with sessions in English at 14:15 and 16:15, and a self-guided Discovery Tour for €11. If you eat quickly, you can swap Bomfim for Roêda for the tasting. With both, the day will not stretch: that is what the two-night getaway is for. ## If you stay The Vintage House, on the banks of the Douro in Pinhão itself, has 47 rooms overlooking the river, from €235 a night according to its website. Sleeping there, the return the next day can be on the 10:22 train or the 13:57. ## Cómo llegar ### By train Douro line from São Bento, with a replacement bus between Marco de Canaveses and Régua since 3 November 2026. Check the timetable with CP before setting out. ### In Pinhão Everything on foot: the station, the village and the two quintas. ## Consejos ### Check the timetable the day before With the bus transfer, connections can change. ### Bring water and something to eat for the train The outward journey is four hours. ### Book the table and the tasting With only one arriving train, there is no margin to wait. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### Can you go from Porto to Pinhão and back in a day? Yes, with the 9:25 train and the 17:15 one, but it is about eight hours of travel with the current transfer. ### Which days is Bomfim 1896 open? Tuesday to Saturday. ### How much does the train cost? The single from São Bento costs between €10.85 and €12.95 depending on the destination; Pinhão falls in between. ### Do you need a car? No: Pinhão station is next to the quintas.