PORTO
50 Tours Reviewed
Porto can be a maze of hills and stairs. This combo tour is a smart way to see the historic center, then get straight to the oldest port wine cellar in Portugal, and finish with a Douro River boat ride.…
Porto’s best Fado starts small. This is a first-in-Porto style Fado concert presented like a show, held at Casa da Guitarra in the Sé area, inside a traditional instrument store. What I like right away is the format: you don’t…
Porto looks different when you’re floating. This Douro Azul bridges cruise gives you river views plus a 16-language audio guide through the old city, the bridges, and both banks of the Douro. You also get options to either pair it…
Port barrels go hands-on here. At Cockburn’s Port Lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia, you walk through working “lodges” (cellars) and then settle into a tasting room with choices ranging from classic bottles to premium pairings. I love the sheer…
Fado lands hard in Porto. This is a live fado show in a small historic room, where the acoustics do most of the work for you. Two things I especially like: the close-up emotion of the singing and the way…
