Discovering Porto, Portugal and the Douro Valley

Send us Fan MailPorto, Portugal: Food Tours, Port Wine in Gaia & a Douro Valley Day TripBrittany and Josh recap their Porto stop on the We Should Move Here Travels podcast, focusing on back-to-back tours, standout meals, and wine experiences. They arrive by train from Aveiro, compare IC vs AP first class, and review their centrally located Brewmaster’s Loft stay. Highlights include a Porto food tour with a comedian-magician guide featuring Mini Bock, a Portuguese-style hot dog, pork sandwiches, francesinha, and a cinnamon apple dessert in port wine. For Josh’s birthday, they visit Mila coffee, eat their favorite pastel de nata at Fábrica da Nata, tour a renovated market tied to Anthony Bourdain’s episode, and dine at Solar do Moinho de Vento. They note one bad meal at Midtown Ramen, then cross to Gaia for a port wine tour (including Cálem) and rave about dinner at Brasão Coliseu. They also take a full-day Douro Valley tour with wineries, olive oil tasting, a boat ride with espumante, lunch at Casa dos Barros, and finish with Indian food, gelato, and breakfast at Gather Porto.00:00 Welcome to Porto01:05 Train Ride Tips04:08 First Meal in Town05:45 Airbnb Loft Review09:20 Porto Food Tour Night12:01 Birthday Food Tour Day14:35 Market and Bourdain Stop16:56 Dinner and Hills19:30 Smoothies and Lunch Fail22:58 Crossing to Gaia24:18 Calem Port Museum24:39 Gaia Wine Caves Tour25:22 Port Tasting Tips25:58 Tour Stops And Funny Moments27:41 Street Art Across The Bridge28:22 Best Francesinha Dinner32:05 Night Walk And Reset32:30 Douro Valley Tour Plan34:39 Olive Oil And First Winery36:41 River Cruise And Espumante37:59 Historic Lunch And Barrels41:30 Wine Bar And Cute Town42:33 Tour Takeaways And Wine Variety44:32 Indian Dinner And Gelato45:53 Final Porto Breakfast47:00 Porto Reflections And Return Plans50:27 Wrap Up And Next Episode@WSMHtravels