{"id":11527,"date":"2023-01-11T12:51:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T12:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wine-view-oh-lunch-porto-portugal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:42:40","slug":"wine-view-oh-lunch-porto-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wine-view-oh-lunch-porto-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine And Lunch With A View In Porto, Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You arrive in the hotel after an early morning flight &#8211; what the first thing you do?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/10\/08\/14-fantastic-sights-you-have-to-see-in-porto-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1851\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0411-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (5)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0411-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0411-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0411-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get some sustenance! Upon arrival in Porto, this is exactly what we&nbsp;did &#8211; &nbsp;got my priorities straight you see. Hehehe!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/10\/08\/14-fantastic-sights-you-have-to-see-in-porto-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1850\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0449-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (6)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0449-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0449-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0449-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1848\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0451-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (8)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0451-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0451-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0451-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After wandering around for a bit, we finally found this restaurant on the waterfront and figured it was time to fill up.<\/p>\n<p>I wanna say that the menu looked amazing (it did) or that the atmosphere seemed lovely (it was) or even that the view was amazing (it was) but I have to admit, the main thing that sold the restaurant to me was the amazing prices of wine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/10\/08\/14-fantastic-sights-you-have-to-see-in-porto-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1847\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0452-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (9)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0452-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0452-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0452-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1842\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0464-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (14)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0464-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0464-s.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0464-s.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0464-s.jpg?resize=320%2C213&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0464-s.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0464-s.jpg?resize=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0464-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0464-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1845\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0456-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (11)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0456-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0456-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0456-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0393-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (3)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0393-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0393-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0393-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turns out wine in Porto is fairly cheap (which figures really) but this was the first place we&#8217;d stopped at that had the prices on display without having to rummage too hard through the menu and in second, we grabbed some seats and tucked in!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/10\/08\/14-fantastic-sights-you-have-to-see-in-porto-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1843\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0459-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (13)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0459-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0459-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0459-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1844\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0458-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (12)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0458-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0458-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0458-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We both got lobster based meals &#8211; I had a lobster pasta thing &#8211; I&#8217;m not keen on lobster and pasta (I&#8217;ll have lobster with almost anything else!) so this didn&#8217;t work out in my favour.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, it was still tasty and the starters, rich red wine and dessert more than made up for it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/10\/08\/14-fantastic-sights-you-have-to-see-in-porto-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1849\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0450-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (7)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0450-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0450-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0450-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1846\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0455-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (10)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0455-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0455-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0455-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After lunch, we took a trip up to the top of the city to get a proper bird&#8217;s eye view of Porto.<\/p>\n<p>Porto is such an amazing mish-mash of colours and buildings with distinct characteristics and I very easily settled into this holiday and fell in love with the city (maybe it&#8217;s the wine that did it &#8211; I wouldn&#8217;t be the first person to succumb to the charm of wine).<\/p>\n<p>This being my first time in Portugal, I was very pleased with how quickly I settled into the swing of things and this made my choice to visit Portugal again, albeit Lisbon, so very easy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/10\/08\/14-fantastic-sights-you-have-to-see-in-porto-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1852\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0403-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (4)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0403-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0403-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0403-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1855\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0378-s.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wine with a view (oh, and some lunch too!)... in Porto, Portugal (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0378-s.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0378-s.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0378-s.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/10\/08\/14-fantastic-sights-you-have-to-see-in-porto-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read more: Best things to do in Porto<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ElhKvS6Kxw\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/10\/08\/14-fantastic-sights-you-have-to-see-in-porto-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14 Best Things To See In Porto, Portugal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;14 Best Things To See In Porto, Portugal&#8221; &#8212; Hand Luggage Only\" src=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/10\/08\/14-fantastic-sights-you-have-to-see-in-porto-portugal\/embed\/#?secret=ElhKvS6Kxw\" data-secret=\"ElhKvS6Kxw\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You arrive in the hotel after an early morning flight &#8211; what the first thing you do? Get some sustenance! Upon arrival in Porto, this is exactly what we&nbsp;did &#8211; &nbsp;got my priorities straight you see. Hehehe! After wandering around for a bit, we finally found this restaurant on the waterfront and figured it was &hellip; Continue Reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[852,40,396],"tags":[1333,1140,534],"class_list":["post-11527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-travel","category-travel-journal","tag-lunch","tag-porto","tag-portugal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}