Winalist Blog | Best Wine Tourism travel guides
Are you planning a trip to Portugal and wondering if you should visit Lisbon? Say no more, we’ve got you covered. Lisbon stands as a premier destination in Europe, offering an authentic and enjoyable experience. From picturesque open-air spaces and stunning architecture to delectable Pasteis de Nata pastries and some of the best wineries in …
Read moreToulouse is a fantastic home base, but the real magic of this corner of France happens the moment you step outside the Pink City. Within an hour or two you can be standing under a fortress cathedral, wandering the ramparts of a medieval citadel, or swirling a glass of wine in a vineyard that’s been …
Read moreStretch a map of Italy across your kitchen table and you’ll notice something odd: there’s barely a province without a vine growing somewhere in it. From the Alpine foothills of the north to the volcanic slopes of Sicily, wine here isn’t a side attraction, it’s woven into how people eat, farm and spend a Sunday …
Read morePerched high above the Loire on a rocky hilltop, Sancerre is the rare wine village where you can taste a glass of Sauvignon Blanc and get panoramic views over the valley in the same afternoon. This medieval French village earned its “favorite village” reputation from French travelers for good reason: cobbled streets, a fortified tower, …
Read moreBlois sits right in the middle of the Loire Valley, and that geography is basically the whole point of stopping here. Three of the region’s most famous châteaux, Chambord, Cheverny and Chaumont, are all within a 20-minute drive, which makes this walkable little city a genuinely smart base camp rather than just another stop on …
Read moreMost travelers zip past Orléans on the fast train to Tours or Bordeaux, never realizing they just skipped one of the most walkable, historically loaded cities on the Loire River. This is the city of Joan of Arc, the place where a teenage girl turned the tide of the Hundred Years’ War in 1429, and …
Read morePicture a stretch of river valley where kings once built pleasure palaces instead of fortresses, where troglodyte cave dwellings still house restaurants and hotels, and where a single afternoon can take you from a Renaissance garden to a working vineyard. That’s the Loire Valley in a nutshell: France’s most château-dense region, home to the famous …
Read morePicture rolling hills of Burgundy striped with vine rows that turn copper in October, stone villages barely bigger than their own church, and a wine region where the smell of mustard drifts out of half-timbered shops right alongside the smell of fermenting Pinot Noir. Burgundy doesn’t hit you with one postcard moment, it wears you …
Read moreGreen crater lakes, black volcanic rock, hydrangea hedges running along the road, and the smell of sulfur drifting from a hot spring — the Azores archipelago packs an entire continent’s worth of landscape into nine small volcanic islands scattered across the Atlantic Ocean. Whether you land in Ponta Delgada for a long weekend or plan …
Read moreSet on the south coast of England, Southampton blends maritime history, a lively cultural scene and an easy gateway to the sea. It is the UK’s leading departure point for luxury cruises, with ships setting sail toward the Mediterranean and beyond — yet the city rewards anyone who lingers a day or two before stepping …
Read moreLiving just down the river in Porto, and after more weekend drives into the Douro than I’ll admit to, the valley still gets me every time it opens up: terraces stacked all the way down to the water, the schist catching the afternoon light, a glass poured by the person who actually made it. The …
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