Food Tasting Tour

Highlights

Your tour begins on Largo Sao Domingo n.56, where you’ll greet your guide at Restaurante El Picota — a typical corner café serving Portuguese classics. This is the first of five bars you’ll visit throughout the course of tour. After sampling small plates made from local produce, proceed to your next bar and continue eating and drinking in ambient surroundings. Your guide provides commentary that links Porto’s rich culture to its delicious cuisine, and talks about the radical rise in popularity that Portuguese cuisine has enjoyed. At the final bar, after countless Portuguese classics, bid your guide farewell and continue exploring Porto independently.

Summary

Your tour begins on Largo Sao Domingo n.56, where you’ll greet your guide at Restaurante El Picota — a typical corner café serving Portuguese classics. This is the first of five bars you’ll visit throughout the course of tour. After sampling small plates made from local produce, proceed to your next bar and continue eating and drinking in ambient surroundings. Your guide provides commentary that links Porto’s rich culture to its delicious cuisine, and talks about the radical rise in popularity that Portuguese cuisine has enjoyed. At the final bar, after countless Portuguese classics, bid your guide farewell and continue exploring Porto independently.

Tour info

Duration

4 hours

Why take this tour?

Visit our best, most authentic tascas (small restaurants) to try our favourite local snacks (petiscos as we call) and explore the local market with us. It's a very Portuguese experience, with noisy locals, unpretentious food & each place with its own unique atmosphere. This is a very intimate tour in a small group. Our guides are passionate about their food, so come along to learn the history & eat until your heart's happy. This tour serves as a full lunch, so come with an empty stomach! It includes 15 different tastings of portuguese snacks & 4 traditional Portuguese wines (vinho verde), visiting 5 different typical local venues. we start at the local market - “mercado temporário do bolhão” 2 traditional sweet pastries included (Pastel de nata is one of them!) Vinho verde is a very typical table wine, you will try 3 of these

What’s included?

Knowledgeable and experienced guide
Learn about Portuguese Wines and Gastronomy
15 different tastings of portuguese snacks & 4 traditional Portuguese wines
visiting 5 different typical local venues.
2 traditional sweet pastries
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Entry/Admission - Ponte de Dom Luís I
Entry/Admission - Porto

Things to know

Before you book

Duration: 4h
Mobile tickets accepted
Instant confirmation

Covid Policy

Regular temperature checks for staff
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands

Enpresa con sello de Certificado Safe Travels WTTC

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operator Website

Operated by:

Pancho Tours

About operator:

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