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    Fiel's Guidebook

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    This document provides recommendations for things to do, see and eat in Porto, Portugal. It includes suggestions for Francesinha restaurants, trademark sandwiches, hidden terraces with views of the city, vegan options, traditional Portuguese cuisine, budget meal spots, dessert places, where to buy Port wine and cheeses, caffeine drinks to order, a road trip to the Douro Valley wine region, useful links, and places to eat at the end of the tour. The recommendations cover a variety of cuisine types, price points, and areas of interest to help visitors explore the city.

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    This document provides recommendations for things to do, see and eat in Porto, Portugal. It includes suggestions for Francesinha restaurants, trademark sandwiches, hidden terraces with views of the city, vegan options, traditional Portuguese cuisine, budget meal spots, dessert places, where to buy Port wine and cheeses, caffeine drinks to order, a road trip to the Douro Valley wine region, useful links, and places to eat at the end of the tour. The recommendations cover a variety of cuisine types, price points, and areas of interest to help visitors explore the city.

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    This document provides recommendations for things to do, see and eat in Porto, Portugal. It includes suggestions for Francesinha restaurants, trademark sandwiches, hidden terraces with views of the city, vegan options, traditional Portuguese cuisine, budget meal spots, dessert places, where to buy Port wine and cheeses, caffeine drinks to order, a road trip to the Douro Valley wine region, useful links, and places to eat at the end of the tour. The recommendations cover a variety of cuisine types, price points, and areas of interest to help visitors explore the city.

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    Fiel's Guidebook

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    LeonardoMagalhães
    This document provides recommendations for things to do, see and eat in Porto, Portugal. It includes suggestions for Francesinha restaurants, trademark sandwiches, hidden terraces with views of the city, vegan options, traditional Portuguese cuisine, budget meal spots, dessert places, where to buy Port wine and cheeses, caffeine drinks to order, a road trip to the Douro Valley wine region, useful links, and places to eat at the end of the tour. The recommendations cover a variety of cuisine types, price points, and areas of interest to help visitors explore the city.

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    Welcome to the tour!!

    Credit: Zez Vaz - https://dribbble.com/zezvaz



    INDEX

    Francesinha restaurants _____________________________________ 3


    Trademark sandwiches ______________________________________ 3
    Hidden terraces and views __________________________________ 4
    Vegan options __________________________________________________ 5
    Traditional Portuguese cuisine highlights ________________ 6
    Budget meals (i.e. where we normally eat) _______________ 6
    For the sweet tooth ___________________________________________ 7
    Where to buy Port, Serra cheese and other delicacies __ 8
    Need caffeine? Know what to order ________________________ 8
    Roadtrip to the Douro Valley ________________________________ 9
    Useful links ___________________________________________________ 10
    Tour is finished, let’s eat!! _________________________________ 11
    Francesinha restaurants
    Café Santiago – the most popular
    Brasão (V available) – modern-style "Cervejaria".
    O Afonso – featured in Bourdain's Parts Unknown
    Cufra – legendary "Cervejaria"
    Bufete Fase – my favourite of all-time. Open from
    Monday to Friday only.

    Trademark sandwiches
    Gazela – the famous "linguiça" hot dogs!
    Conga – synonymous for "Bifanas"
    Taxca – tapas restaurant. A sharing gastronomical
    experience!
    Casa Guedes – sloppy pork leg with "Serra" cheese
    sandwiches
    Hidden terraces and views
    Guindalense FC – simple café with a view to the
    bridge
    Pretinho do Japão – quiet café with a cat, by a
    traditional Portuguese grocery store
    Confeitaria Rian – bakery, also serves meals. Go to
    their back terrace
    Letraria (craft beer) – enormous terrace down the
    stairs
    Hotel Dom Henrique – this hotel has a café on the
    17th floor. Not even kites fly this high.

    Port wine houses


    Graham's – the farthest and quieter one. Very
    competent tours
    Cockburn's – on the weekdays you'll see their
    working cooperate
    Ramos Pinto – a scenic and picturesque port wine
    cellar

    Vegan options
    Vegan Burrito Kitchen – best burritos in town, vegan
    or not. Hannah from Montana's will make sure you
    have one of the most delicious meals in Porto!
    Apuro Vegan bar – amazing hamburgers, fine beers
    on tap and live music and events. Perfect for a beer
    in their terrace, for vegans and non-vegans alike.
    Casa da Horta – volunteer association that promotes
    events, language tandems and serves inexpensive
    meals for lunch and dinner.
    Cultura dos Sabores – all-you-can-eat buffet for
    lunch and dinner. Sit on their swings by the window!


    Traditional Portuguese cuisine
    highlights
    tascö – proper comfort food, made to share, as our
    mother used to make it!
    Antunes – get ready for a pork leg that cuts like
    bacon!
    Muu Steakhouse – feeling meaty?
    Gaveto (in Matosinhos) – seafood at its peak, with
    old-style service.

    Budget meals (i.e. where we normally


    eat)
    Sai Cão – the service might be bad, but they own a
    butcher shop, so you get a fine steak with sides for
    €7.
    Lameiras – specials of the day, with a drink and a
    coffee, for €5.
    Picota – as the Spanish call it "bueno bonito barato"
    Casa Expresso – try their "Rojão" sandwich, with
    cheese if you're feeling like your veins are too clean

    For the sweet tooth


    Padaria Ribeiro – all pastries, sweet and savoury.
    Great for breakfast.
    Leitaria da Quinta do Paço – homemade-whipped-
    cream filled éclairs. Need I say more?
    Itaipú – a natural fruit juice (and really, ANY fruits!),
    a coffee and a tiny chocolate "brigadeiro"...best pit
    stop ever!
    Manteigaria (Bolhão) – best "pastel de nata" in
    town, with the best coffee in town, for less than €2?
    Yes, believe it.
    Confeitaria Moura – the original “Jesuits”, a puffy
    pastry from Santo Tirso, in the North.
    Where to buy Port, Serra cheese and
    other delicacies
    Garrafeira do Carmo
    Comer e chorar por mais
    Casa Lourenço
    Casa Augusto (in Foz)

    Need caffeine? Know what to order


    • Espresso: Café (coffee)

    • Espresso with milk: Pingo / Café Pingado

    • Coffee with milk (half/half): Meia de Leite (half of


    milk)
    • Coffee with milk (more milk than coffee): Galão
    • Americano: Americano (espresso with hot
    water). Alternatively, order an Abatanado
    (espresso run down to fill a cup)
    Roadtrip to the Douro Valley
    To do it by yourself, catch the train from São Bento
    to Pinhão (approximately 2 hours).
    From there, you will be at a walking distance from
    three wineries. Book in advance, and dedicate at
    least 1h30m for each winery. You can visit one
    winery in the morning, go for lunch, and do a second
    winery in the afternoon or a boat trip (1h or 2h).
    - Schedules of the trains: www.cp.pt

    - Wineries: Quinta das Carvalhas, Quinta do Bomfim,


    Quinta da Roêda.
    - Restaurant: Veladouro

    - Boat tours company: Companhia Turística do


    Douro
    - Viewpoint: Miradouro de Casal de Loivos (if you
    can go, don’t miss it!)
    Useful links

    All the info about Porto you will ever need


    (Portoalities Blog):
    http://www.portoalities.com/en

    Spotify playlist of Portuguese music (direct link


    to the Spotify app):
    https://open.spotify.com/user/1181903092/playlist/6
    FWOjJVnC19QM1sHXElqQd?si=4H7J08jZRG-
    Wsl2lPWlSLg

    Metro schedule, to the Airport take purple line E


    (PDF download):
    https://www.metrodoporto.pt/uploads/document/file/4
    97/hor_rios_Inverno_2019-20_online_otimizado.pdf

    If you have the time, a TripAdvisor review would be


    greatly appreciated J - https://g.co/kgs/ZWRj9T
    Tour is finished, let’s eat!!
    Casa Lopes – affordable specials of the day (menu of
    soup, drink, dish and coffee)
    Picota – just up the street
    Bacalhoeiro – Codfish restaurant on the side with
    the best view!
    O Caseirinho – 20 minute walk to my favourite fish
    restaurant, by the riverside.

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