Wine and gastronomy tours with Iberinbound: Oporto

When you think about an old and monumental city like Oporto, Portugal, you can’t help but wander around its beautiful corners, or its magnificent port and its enchanting cathedrals.  But lastly, when you travel, it all comes down to the food. Iberinbound DMC is an inbound agency specialized in group travelling around Spain and Portugal, and they are ready to take you in a multi-flavored trip to the incredible city of Oporto, where you cannot miss the chance of having the best meals of your life along with some wine tasting that will leave you wanting more.

City’s wine

Undoubtedly, the most prestigious product of the region, Porto’s wine is considered a dessert wine, whether is red or white. It is made with grapes cultivated in the Duoro, a special part of Portugal and one of the oldest wine-making regions in Europe. Portuguese people had been making wine from centuries, but it became popular around the 1800’s. Nowadays, Porto even has its own Wine Museum to its well-renowned beverage.

Iconic Tripas

It truly has become Porto’s gastronomic symbol, besides seafood and fish. It basically consists in a soup or stew made of all kinds of tripe and sundry with some other vegetables, sausages and spices on it. For a tourist, this is a must-try, a sample of what the city tastes like and a way to get the Porto flavor in its most unique version.

Your favorite Cod-fish

Bacalhau is a major Portuguese specialty made out of dried salted cod-fish, and a vast array of old recipes that guarantee the authenticity of the dish. Visitors are left in awe after they see the endless amount of Bacalhau versions in the streets; but part of the culinary adventure is having tried at least one of these varieties of the dish before leaving the city.