Porto · eat and drink

One food tour on day one. Then you know what to order.

Porto food is cheap, heavy and good: francesinha, bifana, petiscos, tinned fish, grilled sardines in summer. A guided tasting early in the trip is the fastest way to stop eating on the front row of Ribeira.

Porto food tour: the centre on foot

A walk through the centre with stops for traditional food and drink. Book it for your first day.

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Civitatis

Bolhão market tasting and lunch

Petiscos at the restored Bolhão market, then a cod lunch with a glass of port.

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Civitatis

Food tour plus a Gaia cellar

Petiscos in Porto, then over the bridge for a port cellar visit — food and the one tasting in a single afternoon.

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Civitatis

Bake your own pastel de nata

A hands-on class: make the custard tart from scratch and eat the result warm.

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Civitatis

The sardine factory in Matosinhos

A guided tour in English of Conservas Pinhais, a working tinned-fish factory. Then lunch at the fish grills nearby.

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Tiqets

Fado with the cellar

Cálem’s cellar visit with a short live fado set — an easy evening after a day of eating.

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Tiqets

More tastings and food experiences: food and wine in Porto on Civitatis · tastings and fado nights on Klook. Choosing a cellar: port cellars in Gaia. After dinner: fado in Porto. To take tins home: what to bring home.

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