Porto: Taylor's Port Cellars & Tasting

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★ 4.6(4,429 reviews)

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Porto: Taylor's Port Cellars & Tasting

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What you actually do

Porto: Taylor's Port Cellars & Tasting is a one-day port cellar visit and tasting run by Três Séculos - Realizações Hoteleiras. It starts in Vila Nova de Gaia and reaches Porto. The format is for people who want to spend a full day around port cellars and a tasting rather than a short sit-down sample.

The tasting is the focus of the cellar visit.

A taste of Porto: Taylor's Port Cellars & Tasting; on your day, the weather and the season set the scene.

What you pay, and what is extra

Entry starts at 24 EUR. Live guiding is included, and free cancellation is offered. In its category of 40 port-wine tours in Porto, prices run from 14 EUR to 88 EUR, and 19 of the 40 listings are under 30 EUR.

Beside 4 similar tour options, at a glance

“Port wine tours and tastings” supplies all 5, this one highlighted, the others the best reviewed among them.

The one we'd pick

Best overallPorto: Taylor's Port Cellars & Tasting4.64,429 reviews

Well likedPorto: Douro River Tour, 7 Bridges, Port Wine …5.0698 reviews

Good dealTaste and pair 5 Port wines with a wine expert4.9589 reviews

Selling fastPorto: Tile Painting Workshop with Port Wine4.91,814 reviews

Price

from €24

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Duration

1 days

2 hours

1 to 9 hours

2 hours

Guide

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Live tour guide (Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Esperanto)

Live tour guide (English)

Live tour guide (English)

Cancellation

Free cancellation

Free cancellation

Free cancellation

Free cancellation

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	Rating	Duration	Guide
Best overallPorto: Taylor's Port Cellars & Tasting	★ 4.6(4,429)	1 d	–
Porto: Douro River Tour, 7 Bridges, Port Wine …	★ 5.0(698)	2 h	Live
Taste and pair 5 Port wines with a wine expert	★ 4.9(589)	1–9 h	Live
Porto: Tile Painting Workshop with Port Wine	★ 4.9(1,814)	2 h	Live

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Ordered by the weight of reviews, never by commission, and every column draws on the same facts, so they compare fairly.

How far to trust the rating

The score is 4.6 from 4,429 reviews. That is a large review base, so the number is more solid than a high score from a small sample. The 4.6 is not a perfect score, but the review count gives it weight. It ranks 10th by price, in the lower quarter of its group, and second by number of reviews in the same category.

The best time to go

July and August are hot, with highs of 25 °C (77 °F) and 26 °C (79 °F) and lows of 16 °C (61 °F). January and February are cool, with highs of 14 °C (57 °F) and 15 °C (59 °F) and lows of 5 °C (41 °F) and 6 °C (43 °F). May and September are mild, with highs of 20 °C (68 °F) and 24 °C (75 °F).

June and October also sit in the mild range. January has 124 h of sunshine.

What happens on the day

The named stop is Taylor's Port Cellars, where the tasting takes place. The itinerary covers Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. January and February are the wet months in Vila Nova de Gaia, with 147.1 mm (5.8 in) and 110.5 mm (4.4 in) of rainfall, so rain can affect how the day moves between stops.

Who this suits, and who it doesn't

This suits you if you want a full-day port cellar visit and tasting. It does not suit anyone who needs wheelchair access, because the operator says it is not wheelchair accessible. If you need an English-language guide, note that English is not among the languages stated.

For a shorter tasting, Porto: Port Wine Tasting (3 or 5) with Pairings runs 1.2 hours, starts at 24 EUR, and has 4.9 from 184 reviews. If you want to keep the same starting price but spend less time, that is the closest match. For a two-hour river option, Porto: Douro River Tour, 7 Bridges, Port Wine, Sunset option runs 2 hours, starts at 44 EUR, and has 5.0 from 698 reviews.

If you want a river route instead of a cellar visit, that is the one. For a flexible tasting length, Taste and pair 5 Port wines with a wine expert runs 1 to 9 hours, starts at 24 EUR, and has 4.9 from 589 reviews.

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