Our first culinary backstreets tour (Sardine City) won’t be our last. Bruno was a fabulous guide through the streets of Matosinhos, showing us a side of Porto we would have missed without an experienced local. We learned a lot about the people and history of the region as we sampled delicious foods. A can’t miss for lovers of seafood and culture.

We had an amazing time on our food tour through Matosinhos with Bruno. Not only was the food amazing but we got to learn about the history of the city and the day to day operations as it relates to the fishing industry. The tour was perfectly outlined where we always felt satisfied but never over-stuffed. Delicious drink pairings too. Would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Porto!

Loved our special brioche croissant and coffee at our first meeting place. Delicious Octopus salad made fresh every day with red cayenne pepper, parsley and onion at Tasca da Badalhoca. Wonderful charcoal, grilled sardine lunch at family own business: Tasquinha Porto de Lexões. We tasted from the market: Tremoços LUPIN beans - never had before. Delicious lunch in the market with fresh shrimp at Mercado. Love seeing all the women fish sellers. Loved seeing the working fishing industry, the giant containers of ice, the fisherman and all the seagulls. Loved the Conservas Pinhais Factory tour, history and sardine tasting. Love the giant billboard of all the women in the canning business. We had many delicious wines at our many stops.

We took the Sardine City tour in Matosinhos with Bruno, at the end of September. We thoroughly enjoyed the entire day, and Bruno was a great guide! Wonderful variety, well-timed stops, and brilliant insights and tips on navigating the foods of Portugal. It was such a gorgeous area, we stayed until dark, walked the boardwalk and enjoyed the sunset.

Culinary Backstreets was recommended to me by a friend who had previously enjoyed a tour in Mexico city, and I in turn will be passing on a similar recommendation! Bruno was our guide, and we found him to be friendly, knowledgeable and his English was superb! We visited some amazing eateries (one of which we had ironically walked straight past the day before without giving it a second glance!) offering a broad selection of local food and drink specialities - all proved to be extremely tasty & throughly enjoyable. I also shared a love of football with Bruno and ironically our teams (Botafogo & Crystal Palace) have shared ownership!

Carine was a wonderful guide! We hit a lot of great spots loved by the locals as well as some made famous by TV shows. It was a bit slower paced than the tour I had in Lisbon, but it was also a slightly larger group. I would recommend CB tours in any cities where they operate.

We always choose to do a food tour when we first arrive in a new city, as it’s a great way to explore and eat the local food. This was our first experience with Backstreet and it was AMAZING!! We did an afternoon tour which included dinner . We are still SOOO full 24 hours on 😉 Marta was fabulous .. ( we hope she will come stay with us in NZ ) and gave us so much information and history on the city and Portugual. She took us to places we would never have gone to and away from the tourist traps. We loved meeting local hospitality and eating their food felt like eating either family. We loved every single minute of our time. Thank you Marta

We ate traditional foods in places frequented by locals. We never would have chosen those spots on our own. Carine was a friendly and knowledgeable guide who helped my husband speak Portuguese and accommodated my injured foot. We ate entirely too much but had an authentic experience.

Our guide Carine was excellent. She was fun and upbeat and made walking around Porto a joy. We had great food and plenty of it. Would highly recommend.

Wonderful tour with great stops. Watch out so you don't eat too much. It's easy to overdo it on this tour. Our guide was a pleasure to be with. Highly recommended

Corine is the best guide I have ever had. I have had hundreds! Terrific lady; knowledgeable and fun.

Marta was incredible -- from the history and stories she shared to the sweet treats she pulled out of her bag. She took us to the best spots to experience Porto through the food and drinks-- hidden spots, city favorites to wonderful neighborhood stores and the most divine food market you've ever seen. This tour was the best way to get to know Porto and Marta was a delightful guide.

Carine was so warm and welcoming, full of special and important information about Porto, it’s people, and traditional food. We can’t say enough and only wished for more time!!! The restaurant hosts all respect and enjoy Carine too, and made us all feel like part of A large family!

A wonderful day spent walking through the streets of Porto and eating amazing food. Karina was a very knowledgeable and fun tour guide

Getting the best tips on foodie delights as well as the history of a fantastic city our tour guide Celine was really lovely