[12] By the late 1880s, the famous ethnographer, José Leite de Vasconcelos, took a trip from Peso da Régua to Miranda do Douro that took 5 days.

[3] Still in the 19th century, the German businessman Maximilian Schreck was authorized to build Horsecar railway lines between Vila Real, Régua, Lamego and Viseu.

[17] In 1919, circulation on the section between Vila Real and Régua was temporarily suspended, due to the monarchic incursions happening in northern Portugal.

[28][29] A rail link between Régua and Vila Franca das Naved had already been presented, on a narrow gauge, by the Plan for the Complementary Network to the North of the Mondego, approved by a decree of 15 February 1900.

All roads are linked and joined there, serving to transport the formidable production of nectar from the Alto-Douro, from this privileged land of wines, fruits and cereals.

It is a village in full development and extremely picturesque, built on the side of the great river, which gives so much exuberance and beauty to this point favored by nature.