Gourmet products local specialties and wines Porto And North

A stroll through the city punctuated by breaks in the pastelarias... This one is convincing: coffee with vinho verde and all kinds of sweets, all in a large room with a décor that has remained unchanged since the 1950s. The charm of the pastelaria Manuel Ferreira Capa will attract you at first sight, and the greediness of the sweets will finish seducing you! A good atmosphere in a beautiful place to take a break. Impeccable and smiling service.

Since 1953, it is the house of the sweets of the city where one comes to taste local pastry specialities: tortas de Guimarães, douradinhas,rochas da Penha but also pasteis de noz, pasteis de chila... You can take an assortment and taste on the spot or take away your treasures. The Portuguese as well as the tourists love this place which is next to the main square. You will get your sugar shot for a while. The coffee is excellent. The service is smiling, full of good humor and smiles, and the prices are very reasonable.

Its name is associated with the square, entirely medieval, where it is located. This bar-restaurant has a terrace open late. It offers generous petiscos dishes, such as mini sandwiches on a skewer, a cheese and chips platter or a charcuterie platter. You can come at any time of the day to enjoy a hot drink, a dish, or a drink. Friendly atmosphere, there is almost always animation. Quality and attentive service. A very good place to take a break in Guimarães.

It is at this butcher's that the inhabitants of the village come to do their shopping. The employees are adorable and will make you taste their tasty home-made sausages and smoked hams, they will even offer you a glass of wine to make it all go down! You can also find excellent cheeses, honey and jams. We can vacuum pack your purchases, perfect to bring back in your suitcase or if you want to make a picnic.

Opened in 2018, this hybrid venue is part store, part wine cellar and part library. In its colorful room, you'll enjoy one or more cod fritters filled with Serra da Estrela PDO cheese while drinking a glass of port. There is a singer on weekends who is accompanied by an organ dating from the 18th century. The price is a bit high but the place, sublime, deserves at least to take a look at it once. We leave with a glass engraved of the day of our arrival.

Mercado Beira-Rio is a market located in Vila Nova de Gaia. It offers a variety of services including on-site dining, takeaway and no delivery. The market offers a unique culinary experience with its restaurants, fast food stands, ice cream parlors, fruit and vegetable stalls and wines. It also keeps traditions alive by offering fresh produce and recalling the days when our grandparents shopped at the market. Mercado Beira-Rio is a place where you can discover the city's dynamics and culture through stories, legends and events.

Beautiful and very large selection of Port and Madeira wines in this delicatessen that exists since 1934. The waiters will be able to advise you among all the references exposed according to your tastes and your budget. You can also find traditional products of excellent quality such as the classic cod, a high quality sheep's cheese and a divine Brazilian coffee whose beans are ground in a century-old machine. You can also buy very good preserves, dried fruits (the nuts are extra), good chocolate and fresh bread

Loja das Conservas, which also exists in Lisbon, has a sales outlet in Porto. It is one of the most serious references for finding canned fish with a deliciously retro packaging. In addition to sardines, you will find tuna, mussels, octopus, cod and mackerel. The choice of seasonings is also very wide: natural, olive oil, tomato, onion, lime. The traceability of the products sold here is guaranteed by the renowned ANICP, the National Association of Fish Preserving Industries.

This well-known delicatessen in Porto has been around for several generations and keeps in its walls the nostalgia of memories. Here you will find high quality products such as a rare dried cod, matured for 24 months, excellent alheiras (Portuguese sausage), but also confectionery, dried fruit, jams, Valongo cookies and a beautiful wine cellar. A whole universe is declined around the pastries, their ingredients, their accessories and their decoration. Perfect and delicate welcome in a well organized store.

Here is a cosy place with a vintage decoration and a nice soundtrack where you will feel at home very quickly. Lots of choices, savory and sweet, to snack on at any time of the day. Generous salads, great toasts, homemade cheesecakes. Excellent tea (hot or iced). Ideal for a brunch or tea time alone or with friends. Some customers come here with their computer to work (almost every table has an electrical outlet) but it's also a great place to write your postcards! Lovely waitresses.

Padaria Ribeiro exists since 1878, it is a very beautiful traditional bakery in which you want to try everything. It's a good thing! The pastries in miniature version will delight the gourmets who want to discover the salty and sweet specialties of Porto. Delicious almond and passion fruit tarts, cod fritters or devilishly good camarão rissol. Special mention forthe pastéis de Chaves, small breads stuffed with minced meat. To make it all go down, we order a good squeezed orange juice or an excellent coffee.

Founded in 1933 by the Bastos family, Arcádia is a superb chocolate factory with Art Deco architecture that has other stores in the city and in the country. The "lambareiros" will have a hard time making their choice and leaving this magnificent store. Let the salesmen advise you instead. Of course, you must try the port chocolates. And those with ginger and cinnamon. But also the cat's tongue. And the macaroons. Don't forget to try the almonds, they are terrible! This artisanal chocolate factory is also a tea room.

An excellent address for pastéis de nata, perhaps the best in town. The puff pastry is a success, crisp and golden to perfection, the cream is glossy and divine in the mouth, and the pastéis are perfectly sweet. In this chain, which can be found all over Portugal, everything is made on the spot, before the amazed eyes of customers, and the laboratory is visible from the street. A must-have from Porto. Maximum pleasure at minimum cost.

The Porto branch of the interprofessional association Viniportugal offers the opportunity to taste (with the purchase of an Enocard) 2 to 4 wines from a selection of 30, from different regions of Portugal. Professionals will guide you through the tasting. It is also possible to choose themed tastings, such as fortified wines, wines made in clay pots, or wines related to the history of wine. A whole discovery in perspective and a good time.

Welcome to the old women's prison of Ponte de Lima! This impressive stone and wood building has been renovated. It is now very tempting to go through its thick door since it sells a wide range of gourmet products from the region (wines, jams, chocolate, honey). The house also serves drinks and tapas. Upstairs, a small amphitheater where you can watch films and conferences. A more than original place to find good products or nice souvenirs. Come in for a visit, you will come out!

At Oliva & Co, as you may have guessed, we offer a whole range of olive oils. Here, you will learn more about the making of an olive oil, but above all you will find quality assured, and not counterfeit as it can be unfortunately sometimes the case. But in this modern setting, far from being a grocery store, it is the products derived from olive oil that are mainly sold: biscuits, chocolates, soaps... The reception of the managers makes you want to stay for hours. Original, instructive and natural.

In the spirit of a small grocery store, Casa Lourenço is a century-old delicatessen that offers quality regional products. Be careful, inside it's a blast in terms of scents and flavors. Let yourself be tempted by what you like or what would be a pleasure to offer (they will vacuum-pack your products). The salespeople are extremely friendly and helpful and will advise you on the cheeses of the region. There is also a wine section to go with it.

If you are told: de cabra, da Serra, Amaralo Beira Baixa, picante Beira Baixa, gorgonzola, gouda, pecorino, Monte de Vinha, Lola Motez, de Sao Miguel..., you think "cheese" and then you say "yum, I want some! "Welcome to the cheese palate. Regional or from elsewhere, they have all been selected for their quality. Let yourself be tempted. The store offers other traditional Portuguese dishes: sardines, bacalhau (cod), and of course Douro wine and vinho verde. The scent of this fabulous cheese shop will stay in your mind for a long time.

A store full of groceries and crafts. Each section of Sé Gourmet presents its own speciality: local and regional wines (with the possibility of tasting), jams and honeys from local producers, olive oil, some cheese and cold cuts, chocolate, a nice range of teas... Without forgetting the artisanal side, in the window and in the back store: pottery and ceramics among others. A nice place to find a souvenir that should please. Available reception. Ask for advice without hesitation.

A delicatessen, which, contrary to its name, has nothing Chinese but everything Portuguese! Casa Chinesa offers, in a deliciously traditional disorder, dried fruits, local pork meats and many other small typical treasures from the endless salted cod to herbs for infusion. The grocery store also has a well-stocked vegetarian section. You will appreciate the bulk food offer and the smiling welcome of the people in charge of the place. A good address for people who like to cook.

This glacier has been around for about 60 years and has always made homemade ice creams and sorbets, made with real fruit, without colouring agents. The many flavours invite you to indulge in delicacies, some of them are very original, such as white-cardamom chocolate and pineapple-basil. It must be said that the offer varies according to the season and the products available. The ice cream cake and cups are also to be tried. Without doubt one of Porto's most famous and appreciated glaciers, even if it is a little outside the city centre. You'll melt.

The Mercearia Mercado São José is a house founded in 1894. The bacalhau is the great specialty of the place, and the dried fish hanging all over the store show it. There is also a selection of wines and delicatessen products. The salesmen are of good council, smiling and available. A traditional grocery store as we like them, where the know-how and the knowledge are clearly visible. Here, there is no risk of being cheated.

La Casa Gourmet is a delicatessen where tradition and modernity meet. Once you enter the store, you will find a real Ali Baba's cave, well organized and specialized in culinary products. You can choose from a selection of the best wines (port, vinho verde...), biscuits, chocolates, preserves (especially sardines), olive oil... Possibility to have lunch on the spot. Smiling welcome and quality service. A good address to bring back good gifts of Portuguese gastronomy.

Facing the Douro on the Foz side, on the opposite sidewalk, Camelia offers tasty brunches all day long, accompanied by all kinds of hot and cold drinks: coffee, smoothies, cocktails. Pancakes, eggs, tapioca patties, burgers and mixed bowls are also available. Vegetarian and vegan versions are also on the menu. A European or American breakfast is also available. Note the very natural decor, the pretty terrace, top-notch service and very reasonable prices.

By entering this beautiful store created in 1900, one makes a journey in time. The regional products offered here with their beautiful label written in felt-tip pen are for the most part unavailable in supermarkets. The canned sardines prepared with different seasonings are delicious. Very nice selection of wines, spirits, freshly ground spices and dried fruits. Many choices for all budgets, it is often crowded, probably because the welcome is very warm. Tastings available and reasonable prices

The originality of these wine cellars lies in the fact that they are dug in blue granite, ideal for the conservation of wines. The cellars of Murganheira offer an instructive visit about the history of the place and the production of sparkling wine from different Portuguese and foreign grape varieties. It takes about 25 minutes to get there by car from Lamego. The visit lasts one hour. At the end you will be strongly tempted to buy one or more bottles to take home or to offer to relatives. The visit is worth it. Dynamic guide.