Rabelo is a traditional Portuguese cargo boat originally used to transport the barrels of Porto wine from the wine cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia to Porto. Nowadays, the boats are used as sightseeing cruises that sail down the Douro River and offer a different perspective of Porto.
Porto, Portugal
Ribeira do Porto.
Spread alongside the Douro river, Ribeira used to be a centre of intense commercial and manufacturing activity since the Middle Ages.
Also since that time the Ribeira was the site of many shops that sold fish, bread, meat and other goods.