Beyond the Barrel: From Decadent to Down-home in the Heart of Porto
Discover Porto beyond its picturesque facade on this full-day food tour. Explore hidden backstreets while enjoying pastries, cheese, meat, sandwiches, fresh fish, and indulge in Port wine.
10 meals
Experience Details
Porto is a picture-perfect city, its beauty easily captured in a single frame — monumental churches dressed in blue tiles line a steep street opening up onto a view over the Douro River to Vila Nova de Gaia on the other side of the river, where the city’s famed Port wine lodges and their iconic billboards dot the hill. Dig deeper into the backstreets and we find the complexities of city life and the culinary diversity that comes with it. On this full-day food tour, with at least ten tasting stops, we’ll start with the city’s favorite pastry, the éclair, and strong coffee before visiting a 3rd generation chocolate-maker. We’ll stop into a tavern for a quick petisco of smoked meat and whatever’s fresh and then visit a traditional cheese shop for a tasting. We’ll sample one of Porto’s famed sandwiches at a lunch counter crowded with locals and head to a neighborhood restaurant to taste the freshest fish and finish with a tasting Port wine and gooey cakes created in a Portuguese convent.
What You Get
Good To Know
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Service animals allowed
What You’ll Experience
Praca Gomes Teixeira
Miradouro da Vitoria
Sao Bento Railway Station
Church of Saint Ildefonso (Pass By)
Praça dos Poveiros
Fontainhas Viewpoint
Muralha Fernandina
Meeting & Pickup
Meeting PointRua de Fernandes Tomás 775, Rua de Fernandes Tomás, União das freguesias de Cedofeita Santo Ildefonso Sé Miragaia São Nicolau e Vitória Porto Porto, Portugal, PT, 4200-025
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End PointPorto São Bento, Praça de Almeida Garrett, União das freguesias de Cedofeita Santo Ildefonso Sé Miragaia São Nicolau e Vitória Porto Porto, Portugal, PT, 4000-069
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Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.
As I sit here listening to Stan Getz and João Gilberto reflexing and thinking about my experience in Porto..... Where do I begin? Oh, at the airport on the day leaving my place of origins. I rece...read more
Excellent personalised local tour with Carine of some real local eating and drinking spots. Wonderful insights. Tasty food. Great way to get a little further under the skin of Porto. Recommended.
Great tour with a fantastic guide! While guiding us through the neighborhoods of Porto, Bruno provided us with historical facts, anecdotes, and valuable recommendations. Each stop was different, an...read more
This was our 8th or 9th experience with Backstreets and I cannot speak more highly of this company and this tour in Porto. Amazing, amazing and amazing! We did a private group of 7 and it was jus...read more
Fair price for a fantastic 5.5 hour walking tour with 7 food stops that were all full of local specialties. Magalie our guide was excellent - knowledgeable & friendly with great language skills. A...read more
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