Sao Joao da Pesqueira

This tiny Portuguese wine town high above the Douro River, São João da Pesqueira sits within the Alto Douro Wine Region UNESCO World Heritage Site and accounts for a substantial share of its classified vineyard area. The surrounding landscape of terraced vineyards, river valleys, and elevated viewpoints — including panoramas over the Valeira Dam from São Salvador do Mundo — makes it one of the more photogenic corners of Port and Douro wine country. The town also holds the earliest known royal charter issued in what is now Portugal, granted between 1055 and 1065 by Ferdinand I of León.

• Population7,874
• Nearest water from center 0.2 km0.1 mi
• Nearest mountain from center 1.8 km1.1 mi