Bolhão Market & Codfish Tasting Food Tour: Uncover Traditional Porto Cuisine
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Porto
Uncover the essence of Porto through a food tour at Bolhão Market. Taste traditional Portuguese cuisine, including codfish, sardines, cheeses, and more. Join us for an unforgettable morning!
Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mercado do Bolhao - Enjoy a beautiful visit to Bolhão Market while tasting the best Portuguese “petiscos”.

  • MO - Maria Odete - Portuguese people always say there are more recipes to cook codfish than days in a year. Well, in this spot let’s try 3 different codfish dishes. Accompanied by a glass of Douro wine.

  • Nata Lisboa - Elected the best Pastel de Nata in Porto, in this spot you’ll try this delicacy, with a glass of Port wine. What a sweet way to finish our food experience.

What's Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Culinary enthusiasts, this is an adventure for you! It’s your chance to explore the heart of Porto through its traditional cuisine. Our gastronomic journey kicks off at the Bolhão Market, where fresh produce is procured by city restaurants and denizens. Here, we’ll introduce you to the rich history that makes this market a unique Porto landmark. Try our regional wine, sardines, cheeses, olive oil, and smoked meats, and mingle with some of Porto’s friendliest residents.

The excursion is enhanced with a luncheon where we sample the jewel in Portugal’s Gastronomic crown: Codfish. We’ll explore numerous ways of preparing this tasty fish—after all, we have a saying here in Portugal, ‘there are more cod recipes than there are days in a year’.

We cap off our culinary tour with a Pastel de Nata and Port Wine. As you savour these local treats, your heart will be enamoured with Porto, while your palate craves more of these delicious local specialities. Come with us for a morning you won’t soon forget!

Location
Rua de Alexandre Braga
Entrance of Bolhão's Market - Rua Alexandre Braga. Look for the orange umbrella.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Maryanne_s
May 3, 2024
Porto Bilbao Mercado and codfish tasting - This was a fantastic tour . Our guide Ana Baguim was knowledgeable, charming , had perfect command Of the English language and patient with all of my picture taking . She had the best restaurants picked out …shout out to MO Maria Odette and food stalls at the Mercado Bolhao. Her knowledge of wines, history of Portugal and food culture was outstanding . I would hire her for an entire day ! I can’t say enough positive about her and the the excursion . I love Viator!!
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Star_w
Apr 11, 2024
SOOOOO MUCH FUN! - Anna, our tour guide was beyond amazing. Her knowledge and personality was so appreciated. The market tour and tasting had us salivating! We bought cheeses, dried meats, sardines, and fresh breads and pastries. Anna then took us to Maria Odete, a restaurant we had visited the day before with our food walking tour led by Marianna(another amazing tour guide!) We got to see Graca, the sweet and kind hostess, who greeted us with a hug! The food of Porto is amazing. There’s only one thing better and that is the people of Porto! They are incredibly warm and friendly! Obrigada, Porto!
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Eszter_i
Mar 26, 2024
Amazing tour, highly recommend - Ana was amazing, we had the best time on this tour! Tried so many amazing things, wine, cheeses, sardines, meats, codfish dishes, and the best nata ever. She answered all of our questions, she was patient, kind and very friendly, and had an amazing list of recommendations for the rest of our stay. Do not go with a full stomach :)) Thank you Ana!!!
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Alexander_h
Oct 13, 2023
Great Personal Food Tour - Ana was a wonderful tour guide. Her English was impeccable, and she was full of knowledge, and background stories of the many various local specialties we tasted. Don't plan to have a large breakfast before going on this tour, as the amount of exceptional tastings, and lunch will be plenty. In fact, we aren't even planning on having dinner tonight. The Bolhão market has everything, including spices and food ingredients not found in even the largest local supermarkets. Lunch was very tasty, and so was the local version of the pastel de nata we had for dessert. What also impressed us was the fact that we were the only booked couple for today, and the tour provider didn't cancel because of "low turnout".
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Sunshine66598207586
Sep 30, 2023
Super recommended :) - we loved this tour. our guide Mariana was great, the food was delicious: we taste different tapas in bolhao market and then 2 codfish dishes in a nice restaurant. the pastel de nata is nhami!
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Linabrr
Jul 24, 2023
Loved it! - This is an AMAZING experience. We spent some time in Bolhão Market, exploring, eating and drinking great wine. Then we went to a restaurant and tried 2 dishes of codfish - delicious! We've finished the tour with port wine and nata :) One of the best tours we did in Portugal.
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Verity_b
May 9, 2023
Best tour we’ve ever been on ! - Best tour we’ve ever done! Ana made us feel so comfortable and was so informative. In the markedly we tried amazing green wine, meats, cheeses, sardines and olive oils. We then had more wine and three codfish dishes at a restaurant and a pasta deal nata and port on another local cafe. Everything is included in the tour and it is amazing value for money. Would highly recommend this tour to anyone - best one we did in all three Portuguese cities we stayed in !
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Misabel56
Apr 13, 2023
Excellent! Bolhao Market is amazing! - Bolhão Market is amazing! 5 stars to the food and the wine. Thank you so much, Ana, for this great experience.
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