Porto · MARKETS
Good market tours fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 10 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Shop at Porto’s Bolhão Market, cross the Douro by metro, and learn Portuguese classics in a small-group cooking show.
“Loved learning about the Porto fresh foods market. The cooking class was fantastic! We made traditional Portuguese dishes. The kitchen set up was perfect for our group of 7. Highly recommend.”
Shop Porto’s seasonal market with chef Vitor, then cook and eat a four-course Portuguese meal with wine in a private half-day class.
“Loved this class. Vitor was so personable and knowledgeable. He first took is to an amazing fish market in Matisinhos. The fish were right off the boats. Then back to his professional kitchen where we spent the next hours drinking cooking drinking and eating”
Tour Porto’s Bolhão Market, ride the metro to Jardim do Morro, and enjoy a hands-on Portuguese cod cooking show with wine and local food.
“Absolutely everything. We took exactly the same tour last year .”
Taste Porto at Bolhão Market with codfish, Douro wine, port, and pastries on a small-group food tour led in English.
“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!!”
Tour Porto’s Bolhão Market with a chef, cook Portuguese tapas, enjoy Douro wine, and take home recipes and Aguardente for $114.
“market tour was great. the cooking facility was new and well equipped.”
Taste Porto through Bolhão Market, green wine, pastel de nata, ginja, olive oil, cheese, and Douro wine on a private walking tour.
“We had the greatest time touring with Oporto & Douro Moments! My husband and I had traveled to Porto once before but wanted to try something different this time. We booked a walking food and wine tour on a Sunday morning and it was the perfect way to see the city (definitely wear comfy shoes!) and get to learn a little more about the history and the special dishes of Porto! Highly recommend!”
Taste Porto at Bolhão Market with wine, codfish, cheese, sardines, and pastries on a friendly three-hour guided food tour.
“Our guide Ana was amazing and very knowledgeable. Fabulous to taste the foods of Porto. Lovely to share our tour with a lovely Spanish couple.”
Cook a full Portuguese meal with Nuno in Porto, shop local markets, learn food traditions, and pair your handmade dishes with wine and port.
“A very hands on experience. Nice to visit small local markets to shop for ingredients. Learned some cooking tips and tricks as well as some Portuguese recipes that I should be able to duplicate at home.”
Choose your fish at Matosinhos Market, visit a sardine factory, and enjoy a private market-to-table lunch from Porto.
“Our guide, Fonzie, was fabulous and we had a great time all day but picking out our fish fir lunch abd tgen the lunch was the best. It would have been wonderful just because the time with Fonzie was so interesting and he was great”
Taste Porto from breakfast to bifana on a small-group food tour with market stops, vinho verde, and a local guide.
“João was an excellent guide. He was very knowledgeable and also very personable. The tour was fun, educational and very filling as we ate and drank at every stop.”
Pick a bank of the river, a valley or a kitchen.
