10 Market Tours in Porto Worth Your Time

1.Porto Local Market Visit & Cooking Class / Showcooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 206 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) Our pick

Meet at Mercado do Bolhão for a guided look at local food and ingredient shopping, then ride the metro across the upper level of the Luís I Bridge to a kitchen in Vila Nova de Gaia. In a group of up to eight, you’ll watch and sometimes help prepare alheira croquettes, cod with cream and pastel de nata, served with Portuguese wine.

“Love the whole experience from the market tour to the studio where we were shown and explained how to make the dishes, with chances to participate. I prefer this to cooking the whole time; this allows me to understand the culinary aspects better.”

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2.Porto Market Tour & Cooking Class – Half Day

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 34 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $231

Join chef Vitor for a private market visit and hands-on cooking class in Porto. You’ll help choose seasonal ingredients, prepare a four-course meal in a professional kitchen, then sit down to eat with Portuguese wine, beer, soft drinks, water, and coffee. Pickup and transport are included; drop-off is not.

“Vitar was an exceptional host. This is well worth the money that begins with an open air fresh seafood and produce market to buy the supplies for what eventually becomes a spectacular lunch. 5 stars across the board. Vitar is the best and we can’t wait to see him again. Gene and Susie”

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3.Local Market Tour & Cooking Class/Showcooking

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 32 reviews · from $114

Meet Ana inside Mercado do Bolhão for a guided look at its stalls and food traditions, then take the metro across the upper level of the Luís I Bridge to a kitchen near Jardim do Morro. Joseph leads the showcooking, with cod at the center. You can join in for small steps or simply watch, eat, and talk.

“This was a fantastic experience and the highlight of our trip to Porto!!! Thank you soooo much!!!!!!!!!”

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4.Bolhão Market Guided Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 23 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $78

Spend about three and a half hours tasting your way through Bolhão Market and a traditional codfish meal, with wine and dessert along the way. The English-language tour starts at 11:30 a.m., costs $78.02 per person and is capped at 15 people. Guides named Ana, Anna and Ema have led past tours, though your guide may differ.

“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!!”

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5.Chef Led Porto Market Tour & Portuguese Tapas Class + Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 19 reviews · 4 hours · from $114

Spend four hours with a chef at Porto’s Bolhão Market and in a small-group cooking class for up to eight. Shop for ingredients, enjoy coffee and a nata, then make modern Portuguese tapas and eat them with a glass of Douro wine. English, Spanish, and Portuguese instruction is available.

“market tour was great. the cooking facility was new and well equipped.”

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6.Porto Private Food & Wine Walking Tour with Market & Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $210

Walk from São Bento Station to Infante Square with a private English-speaking guide such as Sara or João. Expect Bolhão Market tastings, canned fish with green wine, ginja in a chocolate cup, pastel de nata and coffee, plus an olive oil workshop with cheese, charcuterie and Douro wine. The market is closed Sundays and holidays, when the route is adapted.

“Sara our guide met us at the Sao Bento train station. She eagerly introduced herself and asked if we were familiar with the history of Porto and the train station. As we were not, she began explaining the history and the stories behind the wall tiles, which are very important in Porto. From the train station we began our walk, with the first stop being a coffee shop for lunch, where my travel companion was offered a Pork sandwich while I a nonmeat eater had a lovely salad. From the coffee shop we continued walking and eating, stopping at a cheese store, a bread shop, a wine store with another…”

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7.Bolhão Market Guided Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 15 reviews · 3 hours · from $76Best value

Explore Bolhão Market with a local guide, then sit down to bacalhau and Douro wine before finishing with sweets at a traditional bakery. Tastings include Vinho Verde, sardines, cheeses and cured meats. Guides speak English or Spanish; past guides Erika and Ana have led tours.

“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.”

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8.Cooking Class with Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $106

Join Portuguese host Nuno Miguel Ferreira Silva for a small-group cooking class in Porto. You’ll meet at his home, shop for ingredients at local food shops or a market, then prepare a full Portuguese menu from scratch. Expect cooking tips, food traditions, and wine with the meal. The class lasts 3.5 hours and accommodates most dietary needs with advance notice.

“This experience has been the highlight of our trip to Porto! Nuno is so nice and so knowledgeable about cooking, history and Portugal culture. He welcomed us into his home and taught us some wonderful Portuguese recipes. Forget all of the touristy activities. Spend an unforgettable afternoon with Nuno for a truly authentic experience!”

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9.Private Fish Experience with Market-to-table lunch from Porto

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $300

Set out from Porto at 8:00 am for a private, roughly seven-hour food tour. Visit Angeiras as fishermen return, tour the Conservas Pinhais sardine factory and taste its sardines, then choose fish at Matosinhos Market for lunch at a partner restaurant. Hotel or port pickup, a local guide, water, lunch, and snacks are included. Fonzie is one guide name associated with the tour, but assignments can vary.

“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”

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10.Authentic Porto Food Tour & Market Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $101

Start at 10:00 am on Av. dos Aliados with guide João for a three-hour, English-language food tour. Try Portuguese breakfast pastries, market tastes including cheese and vinho verde, dried fruit at an old grocery store, then a bifana and beer. The group is limited to eight and returns to the starting point.

“It was an excellent experience. Joao was a terrific guide and the food was fantastic. Better versions of many things I had on a similar tour in Lisbon.”

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