A local guide will be waiting for you at the meeting point with an orange umbrella. We will take you on a journey through the best wines of Portugal. This includes port wine, Portugal's most famous product. During this tour, you and other enthusiasts will taste Port wine, Douro wine, and Green wine. You will visit Fonseca Port Wine cellar, including 2 port wine tastings, and then, go to two wine houses to taste 3 samples of Douro Wine and one of Green Wine. Your tastings are complemented by traditional Portuguese snacks, cheeses, and smoked meats.
We'll walk to Gaia city to visit the cellar and come back to Porto to go to the bars/restaurants for the rest of the tasting. This way, you'll have the opportunity to see the best viewpoints of both cities. Bring comfortable shoes and get ready for some walking.
This activity is under the Stamp Clean&Safe approval, emitted by the Turismo de Portugal. This activity follows the standards of the Contingency Plan created by City Lovers Tours.
Posted By : 567hayleyp
We had a fantastic time, Solange our guide was great, she made us laugh all afternoon. There were about 20 people on the tour from UK, Canada, USA, France, Argentina and other places too. The port house tour was very good, very interesting and the guide was very good in asking if we all understood before we moved on and allowed us all to ask questions. The tasting was very good too, we tried red and white port, but you do have the option to try others but you need to pay, worth it if thinking about buying a bottle. We then went to the next stop about a 10 minute walk away, a wine bar where we tried white red and rose wine, this stop came with a couple of snacks and Solange gave us the interesting facts about the wine, our 3rd stop another 10 minute walk was to another wine bar we had a private room where we tried green wine, green wine, Solange gave the interesting information about the wine and we were also given a snack tray to share of meats, olive and cheeses.
Thank you very much Solange for making the afternoon interesting and fun.
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Posted On : 2024-05-11 14:08:32 
Posted By : Paula_R
The guide was supposed to guide and provide secrets and facts about Porto. She was a lovely girl but not a great guide and provided very little information. I was on a tour with 11 ladies. There is no mention in the itinerary about the walk being ALL up hill and some ladies struggled. The guide just continued walking while others were being left behind. It would have been nice to have been aware of this before we booked the tour. The itinerary stated we would visit three port houses but we only visited one. The other two locations were just normal bars. We walked past hundreds of bars to get to the mediocre ones we visited. The second location was a real squeeze for our party and others on the tour. Not comfortable 😕 The value for money on this tour is extremely poor.
I usually have great experiences with Viator but not on this occassion.
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Posted On : 2024-05-10 05:02:26 
Posted By : rachelhS3378DP
We really enjoyed our tour with Mafalda. We were extra lucky that we were the only group on the tour so we essentially had a private tour!
Mafalda was an excellent guide, really informative, knowledgeable and good fun. We enjoyed the Port Wine cellar we visited and learned a lot about how they produce
White and Red Port wine and we also enjoyed visiting the other bars and learning a lot about beautiful Porto. I would definitely recommend this tour ☺️
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Posted On : 2024-05-08 13:12:20
Posted By : shihui_y
Our group of five joined this journey with high expectations because the itinerary included many well-known spots, such as the Fonseca winery, Wine Tasting room - Sala de Provas do Porto, and MO Maria Odete. However, in reality, it was not as expected. Apart from the first modest family winery, which was somewhat interesting, the subsequent restaurant appeared to be one with a special arrangement with the guide, and the food was extremely ordinary. Furthermore, at the last restaurant, we were reminded to give up the table if we had no dining plans, even though we hadn't finished our last glass of wine. Additionally, we learned from fellow travelers that we had each paid nearly 10 euros extra. This was a very disappointing and infuriating arrangement.
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Posted On : 2024-05-08 07:52:50
Posted By : Graham_A
The Guide was excellent and took us to a small boutique port manufacturer, where the production of Port was explained, by an employee, to the Group of about 20 persons from all over the world. There was a tasting session of 3 different Ports, with an opportunity to purchase. This was followed by a short walk to a Wine Bar where another 3 Ports were sampled, along with a few tapas in a private room. On this occasion the Guide explained the differences between the 3 Ports sampled. It was at this point that the group really gelled and interacted and got to know each other. A third and final stop was made at another Wine Bar, where again 3 Ports were samples with a few more tapas, again in a private room. For those who prefer other beverages there was an oppotunity to purchase these at the Wine Bars.
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Posted On : 2024-05-07 02:29:46
Posted By : Rachael S
Solange was our host and gave us a fantastic experience. We were lucky to have a lovely group of people to share our afternoon with too. The first venue was a port house and was very informative. We tasted white and red port. The second venue was a wine restaurant and we tasted white, rose and red. The third venue we tasted green wine. All staff at each venue were helpful and friendly and a great afternoon was had by all. I’d definitely recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-05-06 10:35:37
Posted By : victoriasY1467IB
We had such a good time. We had Cat as our guide and she was amazing. It absolutely poured down but it really didn't matter. We got to dry off at each stop! Cat ensured the group enjoyed themselves and she was very knowledgeable. We had such a laugh with a total bunch of strangers. I recommend this tour and it's more than value for money.
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Posted On : 2024-05-06 07:58:52
Posted By : James_F
The port Wine cellar was a different experience than just a regular winnery and I earned some new interesting facts.
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Posted On : 2024-05-05 01:58:21
Posted By : 226tancredil
Great tour! Great wines and even some good food! Moreover you get to see a bit the city and learn a lot about Porto, the history of it and the process it is made with. Finally Daniela, the tour guide, is such a nice girl and we loved the way she is enthusiastic about it!
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Posted On : 2024-05-04 13:22:48
Posted By : Alison_K
Catarina (or Cat as she was happy to be called) was an absolutely delightful guide. The tour was informative about the importance of Port to the region and the alliance with Portugal and England, being one of the oldest. The port and wine tastings were well paced (it being very hot) and we saw enough of the city to be enticed by Cat's
recommendations.
All in all, great value.
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Posted On : 2024-04-21 14:26:36
