Carrapatelo Dam

Porto · Portugal

Carrapatelo Dam, Portugal
Photo: Gerry Labrijn from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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April to October
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A hydroelectric dam on the Douro with one of Europe's deepest navigation locks. Cruise boats descend dozens of metres in a single chamber amid the vineyard-clad slopes.

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