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Food tour

Downtown & Old Town

Unravelling Lisbon’s historic and culinary heart

Taste your way through Lisbon’s historic center, meeting the people and places that keep the city’s food traditions alive.

Duration5.5 hours
NeighbourhoodsChiado · Baixa · Graça

The city, through its food

More than a tasting. A way into the city.

We’ll guide you through Chiado, Baixa, Mouraria and Graça, introducing traditional establishments that have served generations of Lisboners and new places shaping today’s food scene.

Begin with pastries and coffee, then pause at a viewpoint to map the city. On market days, meet third- and fourth-generation fishmongers and vendors before tasting Portuguese delicacies at a mercearia approaching its centenary.

Fresh Portuguese pastries being prepared
A couple laughing while holding fresh lobster and crab at a seafood stall

People behind the counters

Conversations, not just stops

Our relationships open doors to intimate moments with shopkeepers, restaurateurs and market vendors. Guests leave with a richer sense of Lisbon—and often with a few new friends.

A tasting with guests at the counter of a local shop
Two smiling guests sharing a moment inside a Portuguese grocery shop

Come hungry for more

From sweet beginnings to a seafood finale

Fine pastries, a tender bifana, Portuguese cheese and charcuterie, market discoveries, fresh seafood, vinho verde and other seasonal pitstops along the way.

Between bites, explore the city’s Roman and Moorish origins, the Age of Discoveries, azulejo traditions, dictatorship and revolution.

A shared table of prawns, clams and percebes
A platter of grilled Portuguese sardines with potatoes
A traditional bifana served with Portuguese beer

One day · one city · many stories

Let Lisbon surprise you.