Portugal Culinary & Fado Tours: Taste & Song

Explore the undiscovered neighborhoods of Lisbon with the city's #1 rated food tour for the last 7 years! Unlike other "grab and go" experiences, our tour features 4 proper dine-in food stops. Baixa and Mouraria are rich in culture and history while hosting some of the best foodie spots. Our tour takes you away from tourist traps to the local backstreets where locals spend their days. During this tour, you'll taste some of the most amazing Portuguese foods paired with wines and beers you won't get elsewhere! As we walk, you'll explore the city through its food, drinks, street art, and Fado music. Experience Lisbon's top-rated food tour with over 3000 reviews Enjoy sit-down tastings at each venue - never rushed "grab-and-go" experiences Sample traditional and creative Portuguese cuisine with 5 wines included Discover local neighborhoods through history, street art, and history of Fado music Receive personalized attention in our intimate small-group setting

In this tour you will be able to experience it firsthand at a traditional fado restaurant. We will start our Fado tour by wandering through the alleys and windy streets on a walking tour through Mouraria and Alfama (1h approx), where you can get to know the working class neighborhoods and streets where Fado was born. Our guide will explain to you the history and the cultural importance of Fado, and how it shaped mentalities in Portugal and the portuguese own sense of identity. We'll end the tour at a traditional Fado house where we'll listen to the heartfelt melodies of Fado. Lose yourself in the atmosphere and mood of this typical Portuguese music genre played by the Portuguese guitar and characterized by mournful, heartbreaking lyrics. While you enjoy the music, we will also provide you with a typical Portuguese dinner. Homemade food, portuguese wine, and an amazing environment are the keys to any good Portuguese evening. Good understanding of Portuguese or English is necessary.

Four artists, male and female Fado singers and top musicians, open their hearts and invite you to get intimate with Fado in all its unique and different expressions. Immerse into the experience, with hand-picked personal testimonials in various languages, and see Fado up close and personal. Experience first, traditional Fado, an intense style from Lisbon, where it all began. Then, enjoy the stylings of the unique Portuguese Guitar while tasting a Tawny Port. Listen and witness the Lisbon and Coimbra playing techniques. Discover the Coimbra Fado, completely unique to the Portuguese people and sung live by a male singer, a former student at the Coimbra University, as tradition demands. Then, discover Amalia Rodrigues, the queen of Portuguese Fado. Watch how she transformed traditional Fado and brought unprecedented recognition. Finally understand how Fado survives and thrives through the years, and how it is preserved, as you will see by the end of the show.

Experience the magic of live Fado in Lisbon. Immerse yourself in the enchantment of a live performance in a warm and exclusive setting, where the most talented national artists deliver an authentic and moving interpretation of Fado. Be captivated by passionate performances from the fadistas, bringing Portugal’s most traditional and iconic music to life. Let yourself be carried away by a selection of memorable Fados that capture the essence and history of the Portuguese people. Enhance your experience with captivating stories and insights about Fado, Lisbon, and the emblematic Portuguese guitar, deepening your understanding of this rich tradition. Sip on a complimentary glass of Port wine as you enjoy the show.

More than just a Fado House, Associação do Fado Casto is a Fado Academy and a tribute to Portugal’s rich heritage. Nestled in Lisbon’s historic Alfama district, the restaurant is uniquely built using stones from the Roman Theatre next door, blending history with tradition. Guests dine at shared tables, savouring a menu of classic Portuguese appetizers like codfish fritters, green bean tempura, and grilled Morcela. As the evening unfolds, soulful Fado performances echo through the space, surrounded by walls adorned with vinyl records celebrating this timeless art form. Venue Location: Associação do Fado Casto, R. de São Mamede 8A, 1100-058 Lisboa, Portugal

Discover the true soul of Portuguese music in the first Fado concert in show format in Porto, led by a luthier expert in traditional music. This is the only venue in the city that builds and exhibits handmade Portuguese string instruments, such as the Portuguese guitar, mandolin, and viola. More than a performance, this is a deep cultural immersion, with explanations about Fado in video format, the instruments, and workshops — discover the exhibition Journey through String Instruments. Enjoy a glass of Port wine as you listen to powerful and emotional live Fado in an intimate and authentic setting, a traditional portuguese instrument store. Perfect for someone seeking a genuine cultural experience, with local artists and an expert in instrument building playing the portuguese guitar.

Discover Traditional Fado in Porto at the Clube Real do Fado, accompanied by a Welcome Drink. A concert hall that honours the tradition and quality of authentic Fado Houses. With roots in the Taberna Real do Fado, it celebrates the authentic spirit of this very Portuguese art. Discover true Fado in the heart of Porto. The Clube Real do Fado is a space for celebrating Portuguese culture, through Fado, history and wine. Fado, an Intangible Heritage of Humanity, is a centuries-old tradition that captures the true essence of Portuguese culture. At the Clube Real do Fado, you can enjoy authentic shows. The voices and guitars express the deep emotions and rich history of Portugal.

- Visit to the vibrant local market; - Exotic fruits tasting; - Discover the unique flavors of Madeiran cooking while blending it with flavors of the world; - An opportunity to ask a talented and approachable chef any culinary question; - Learn new cooking techniques to try at home; - Delightful and outstading meals; - Zero waste restaurant; - Lovely qualified tour guide;

Visit one of the most beautiful monasteries in Portugal with a local guide and after the visit, enjoy the authenticity of Fado, performed by our Fado singer, accompanied by the Portuguese guitar and the Viola de Fado. Discover different elements of Portuguese culture and heritage, accompanied by a glass of Port Wine and a Singeverga Liqueur, handcrafted by the Benedictine monks of the Singeverga Monastery in Portugal. You will also have the opportunity to visit a shop with products produced by monks from Portugal. We recommend arriving 30 minutes in advance.

Full inmertion in the Portuguese traditions through food, wine and music. Experience the passion of Fado with appetite. You will experience a 3-stop journey starting in a Portuguese delicatessen store with wine pairing, followed by a traditional bar where we will have a very appreciated local petiscos to try, and ending in an exclusive and intimate Fado House "Casa de Fado". Food and Fado are abundant in Lisbon, the tricky thing is finding the authentic places where to enjoy not just any food but great food and deeply moving professional Fado instead of tourist trap amateurs. Our mission is to take you places you are very unlikely to end-up in otherwise and offer you a taste of the highest quality Portuguese petiscos (local tapas). On this evening food tour you will not only taste some of Portugal’s most traditional food, you will experience at the last stop one of the best things to do in Lisbon - listening to the greatest local singers of our generation in our Fado stop.

Get behind the wheel of a battery powered 2-seater Twizy and discover Alfama, Graça and Belém! Dive deep into Portugal’s history, explore the beautiful old town of Lisbon and follow the trail of those daring explorers who once sailed out from Portugal to conquer the world. Enjoy and listen to the GPS audio guide, which provides you with stories and fun facts about the places you will see.

I am a Fado lover who has lived all my life in beautiful Lisboa. I have been to lots of Fado venues over the years, meeting many incredible singers & musicians. I am passionate about my city and its Fado. I have created this experience to share my knowledge of traditional Portuguese music and give my guests a truly authentic evening you will never forget. In April 2018 I created the #1 rated walk in Lisboa (on another platform) and since then have met many guests from around the world. The most common thing I'm asked is where guests can see traditional Fado, and this has been my inspiration to create this project.

Explore the historic neighbourhood of Alfama at your own pace with this self guided audio tour perfect for story lovers and photography enthusiasts.  Beginning at the top of the Alfama, by Santa Luzia viewpoint, you'll weave your way through timeless streets while discovering the stories and history that this ancient neighbourhood hides in plain sight. The tour is ready whenever you feel like taking a stroll. It plays audio automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smart phone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline. If you've got an hour and want to see all the major historical and cultural themes that this picturesque quarter has to offer – this is the tour for you!  The tour can also be enjoyed virtually at home.

Watching a Fado concert is an experience that you must have in Portugal. Fado music is the most traditional type of music in Portugal, with nostalgic and melancholic feelings in the lyrics, such as saudade and love, accompanied by the Portuguese guitar. Is an experience in one of the best and charismatic restaurants in the old quarter of Lisbon, in the ancient neighborhood of Alfama, to listen to the Fado show with high quality musicians and professional singers. We offer a tour that includes pick up and drop off at your accommodation, as well as a night sightseeing tour passing by the most emblematic places and viewpoints of Lisbon. 

Let's go to Tuk Tuk Fado ... "Where Saudade is acclaimed as the Soul of a People that fills with soul for being genuinely Portuguese, is kept one of the oldest and most authentic Secrets of the history of the City of Lisbon: the Mystery of Fado ..." Through an experience of proximity we will involve everyone in the magic of Fado on board in "Lisbon d`other ages"