Porto Food Tour: Explore Traditional Portuguese Cuisine and History
4.8
180 Ratings
Porto
Embark on a mouthwatering journey through Porto's traditional Portuguese cuisine and history. Discover the origins of iconic dishes and indulge in a variety of delicious meals. Join us and become a Portuguese food expert!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Church of Saint Ildefonso - During our Portuguese Food Tour you will have the opportunity to try traditional Portuguese cuisine and learn about its development and history. Several restaurants will be visited and in each of them you will taste multiple traditional dishes and learn about their background. On the way to each restaurant you will take in the city’s charm, beauty and amazing stories.
What's Included
- All food included
- Comprehensive Portuguese food guide
- Selected drinks from our pre-set menu
- Expert local guide
What's Not Included
- Additional drinks can be bought separately
Meal Options
- Traditional Portuguese Cuisine
- Several varieties of Portuguese cheese tastings
- Several varities of Portuguese sausages tastings
- Several varieties of Portuguese seafood and fish tastings
- Several varieties of Portuguese meat dishes
- Two varieties of Portuguese street food
- Wine pairing tasting
- Port Wine tasting
Additional Information
Are you a lover of food?
Do you think that understanding a nation involves more than just exploring its popular tourist spots?
Is tasting and discovering scrumptious new cuisines your hobby?
If your answer is affirmative to all these questions, then
HELLO!
Join us as we delve into Portugal’s fantastic culinary world, a world that narrates the tales of this country in a whole new aspect, and trust me, it’s utterly fascinating.
Ever wondered the reason behind Portuguese’s fascination with codfish? Discover all about it and much more on our Portuguese Cuisine Tour. When you join us, prepare to savour Portugal in the most unique manner as we walk you through its culinary odyssey! You’ll encounter a host of traditional meals, fun food trivia, delightful streets, and monuments eager to accompany you on your journey to becoming a connoisseur of Portuguese food.
Please arrive with an empty stomach as there is a massive variety of food to sample!
This tour will substitute your two main meals of the day!!!
Enjoy your meal - or, as the Portuguese say, Bom apetite!
Location
Church of Saint Ildefonso
Rua de Santo Ildefonso
The guide will be waiting for you in front of the main entrance of Santo Ildefonso Church wearing a The Walking Parrot ID card around the neck.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(180 Ratings)
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Jpmfoghorn
Apr 17, 2024
Great experience! - Had a wonderful time with Manuela! She was personable and led us to five great places for appetizers and drinks. She was very knowledgeable about Porto and the food we experienced.
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Susan_f
Apr 8, 2024
Well-crafted - Lovely way to get to know a new city. Emilia was charming and the variety and quality of food were carefully curated.
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Mindy
Apr 2, 2024
Get Claudia as your your guide - Claudia was an amazing tour guide and so much fun to talk to - she really made the food tour special and knows her stuff. She makes you feel comfortable throughout the tour and I would recommend her as she twined others in her company.
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V6870sipauld
Apr 1, 2024
Porto tour - Claudia was great!!!
Best tour for our first time in Porto!!!!
A definite must if you are coming to Porto!!!!
I would do it again just for the fun.
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810annabellew
Mar 30, 2024
Food tour - The food tour was great! Manuela was really nice and personable, we had a lot of fun and the food was delicious:) Can only recommend it!!
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Alexander_h
Mar 9, 2024
Wonderful walking food tour in downtown Porto - Manuela was our extremely knowledgeable and friendly local guide. The tour includes several stops at different tascas (small traditional snack bars), and includes wine. The tour started with a cheese and ham sample platter, followed by a bifana (the tasty Porto version of the pork sandwich), sardines, peppers, potato based sausage, flame grilled chorizo, a caramelized apple snack, cod fritters and breaded potato sausage balls with sweet-and-sour sauce. The tour ends with pasteis de nata and espresso at the Manteigaria, one of the very best manufacturers of this very traditional Portuguese dessert.
You get to walk off some of the calories inbetween the various stops, and get lots of historical and background information throughout this great tour. No worries about minimum threshold cancellations you may be accustomed to with similar venues in Lisbon - my wife and I booked only one day in advance, and were the only people on this excellent tour. Don't miss out!
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Krokd2024
Mar 2, 2024
Very Nice experience - I had a pleasure to take para on a food tour with Arslan. Really enjoyed it. The guide had a lot of knowledge and was very nice.
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C364z
Feb 29, 2024
A delightful culinary tour of Porto - Trying out the exquisite culinary offerings of Porto was not only an Epicurean delight but a cultural and intellectual one in the company of my tour guide Manuela, who radiates not only warmth and intelligence but a genuine affection for her hometown. The tour was personalized and turned out to be more enjoyable since it was just me and Manuela who graciously let me set the pace for the tour. (Kudos for the company for not canceling on a single customer considering February is hardly peak season.) The wealth of trivia and quaint little details Manuela knew about Porto's cheeses, plazas and other miscellany was both the amuse bouche and dessert to the afternoon's wanderings. Indulge yourself and book this tour with Manuela.
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Craigima
Feb 26, 2024
Getting a tour with Arslan is a must! - Arslan was fantastic! Please request him if you can. He sincerely wanted to make sure everyone was happy and accommodated us beyond what was necessary. He was patient and answered all of our questions.
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Kimechec
Mar 19, 2024
Good food! Not a great city tour. - The food is really really good. I’m basing my rating on the food. The guide was not knowledgable about Porto itself.If you want a guide that’s able to give you history/ info on the city that’s not happening There was a guide in training that was shadowing, he was knowledgeable! I have taken a lot of food tours, and I am used to the guide being able to give me interesting and historical information on the city as well as tell me about the food that we are eating. They are always able to tie the food to the history of the city, or the people. that really did not happen during this tour.
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