The 6 Dinner Experiences in Porto That Earn Their Price

1.Porto Food & Wine Tasting Tour with Lunch or Dinner Option

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,303 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $83Our pick

Walk Porto with a local guide such as Maria, Igor, José, or Fabio, stopping for pastel de nata, bifana, codfish cake, cheese, charcuterie, Port, and ginjinha. The three-hour tour includes about 10 tastings, while the four-hour option adds half a Francesinha and piri-piri chicken.

“MAIO… did a fantastic job on the food/walking tour. So much more than I expected. I would highly recommend this tour. Please make sure you come with an empty stomach because there is a lot of great food!!! She is very knowledgeable and polite and did a great job.”

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2.Porto Progressive Dinner Tour with Eating Europe

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 690 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $91

Join Eating Europe for a three-hour Porto food walk from Praça da Batalha to Clérigos. You’ll visit five venues for a full Portuguese dinner, including bifana, caldo verde, francesinha, cod croquettes, wine, beer, and a sweet finish. Guides such as Gonçalo, Diogo, Leo, and Leonor add local stories.

“Really fun walk through Porto, trying the local food, beer & wine. Very knowledgable and high energy guide (“Leo”).”

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3.Fonseca Cellar Tour & Fado Show with Optional Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 362 reviews · 1.5 - 4 hours · from $29Best value

Visit Fonseca’s Port cellars in a small group, learn how Port is made, and taste Bin 27 and Siroco during a live Fado performance. Add a three-course Portuguese dinner at WOW Porto for a longer evening. Tours run in English and Portuguese, with guides such as Daniela and Luca.

“This is an outstanding tour. The port tasting was the best- of-the-line quality (Fonseca Porto Siroco Branco Extra Seco & Bin 27 Reserve Port). The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable about Fonseca from beginning to end. - she was a delight! At the end you’re surprised with a Fado show. The singer was opera quality. She was very interactive and such a happy wonderful person eager to portray her art and its meaning. The instrument players were just above outstanding. They explained the origins of Fado and the importance of maintaining the tempo. An amazing group that worked well together. Thank you for the unforgettable experience. These will be memories…”

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4.Walking Dinner Tour with Family-Owned Restaurants

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 35 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $104

Join an English-speaking guide, including hosts such as Gonçalo, for a 3.5-hour private or shared food walk through central Porto. Eat Caldo Verde, Francesinha, bifana, and fish dishes at family-owned spots, with a drink at each stop.

“Our guide was amazing. He took our time explaining everything and he’s obviously very passionate about what he does.”

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5.Fado Show with Dinner in a Traditional Fado House

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · 4 hours · from $100

Meet your local guide in Porto and ride to a traditional Fado house for a 3.5-hour evening of Portuguese food, local wine, and live music. With no more than six people, you can ask the Fadistas about their songs and lives. The tour runs in Portuguese, English, or Spanish.

“ESPETACULAR!!! Guia extremamente pontual, simpática, educada, mostrou conhecimento sobre a cidade do Porto. Transporte ótimo. Sobre o jantar: perfeito!! Sequência de pratos maravilhosos da cozinha portuguesa. Show de fado maravilho!! Meu filho adolescente disse que foi a melhor comida em 20 dias nas Europa. No retorno a guia estava no horário, com a mesma simpatia e educação! Recomendo a todos que querem uma imersão na cidade do Porto, cultura e culinária!”

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6.Porto Moonlight Walk & Fado Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 10 reviews · 3 hours · from $165

Meet at Praça de Gomes Teixeira for a moonlit Porto walk with guide Luis or Gabriel, known as Scotch, then settle into a 14th-century Fado house where Amália Rodrigues performed. Enjoy dinner, wine, Port, poetry, and live music before finishing in Ribeira.

“Gabriel nuestro guía , todo un profesional un crack, te estamos enormemente agradecidos , que bien lo pasamos y que gran espectáculo. Muchísimas gracias.”

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