Aerial view over the mouth of the river Távora on the south bank of the Douro.

Quinta Nova Nossa Senhora do Carmo having been owned by Casa Real Portuguesa until 1725, it became a “new farm” by joining two farms into one. During the 18th and 19th centuries, several Portuguese families lived here who gave life to the vine and wine, fruit orchards, water mills next to the old olive grove and the river that runs through the farm, at an important time in Douro agriculture.