Example sentences for: régua

How can you use “régua” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Pinhão, upriver from Régua (both the train trip and drive along the river in this stretch are stunning), is an enjoyable little town with deep connections to the port wine trade.

  • The port trade prompted the growth of Peso da Régua (usually called just Régua), 70 km (43 miles) east of Porto.

  • Régua was once the main port used to ship young wines downriver in barcos rabelos (flat-bottomed wooden boats) to Vila Nova de Gaia.

  • A scenic way of reaching Vila Real is as a passenger on the narrow-gauge train from Peso da Régua (see page 68) in the Douro Valley.

  • Though the railways took over for transport from Pinhão (at the confluence of the Douro and Pinhão rivers), and today the wine goes mostly by road, Régua remains an important transportation and commercial hub.


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