Tickets Office - Six bridges cruise

This guide to the six bridges river cruise departure point in Vila Nova de Gaia opens with the 1861 drowning of British wine merchant Baron Forrester in the Douro's rapids, then traces the rabelo boats that once carried barrels of port down this same stretch of river. You'll hear about the boatmen's dangerous trade before dams tamed the river in the 1970s, and about the iron bridges built across it, including one linked to Gustave Eiffel's workshop. Watch the water for the boat traffic that still works these currents today.