PEACHES IN PORTUGAL

June, July and August in the Douro Valley are dubbed “three months of hell” by the locals, so most people beat the summer heat by cruising there in spring instead. It’s a lovely time of year, with peach and orange trees starting to blossom and the tiny grapes used to make the port wine peeking through the verdant vines that cloak the river banks.

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