# A Wine Evening on Foot in Porto's Ribeira: Wine Quay Bar, Prova, Dinner at Cantinho do Avillez and a Night at The Yeatman

You start on the terrace of Wine Quay Bar above the Douro, continue at Prova with a sommelier, dine at Cantinho do Avillez and cross the Luís I Bridge to sleep at The Yeatman. Monday to Saturday.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/porto-and-douro/itineraries/wine-evening-in-the-ribeira · Revisado: 2026-11-13

## El día
- 12:30 · Salida: 2 h by car (along the AP-9, Tui and the A3, about 2 h; in Portugal it is an hour earlier. Leave the car at the hotel)
- 15:00 · Wine Quay Bar (terrace over the Cais da Ribeira · Portuguese wines and tapas · no reservations) · Wine Quay Bar, €€
  - 5 min on foot
- 17:15 · Prova, wine bar on Rua Ferreira Borges (Rua Ferreira Borges, 86 · opens at 17:00 · let the sommelier choose) · Prova, wine bar on Rua Ferreira Borges, €€
  - 10 min on foot
- 19:30 · Cantinho do Avillez (Rua Mouzinho da Silveira · open every day until 23:00 · book) · Cantinho do Avillez, €€€
  - 10 min on foot
- 21:30 · The Ribeira and the Luís I Bridge on foot (cross to Gaia on the lower deck, with the Ribeira lit up behind you)
  - 15 min on foot
- 22:00 · The Yeatman (uphill in Gaia · all rooms with a terrace over Porto) · The Yeatman
- 10:00 · Vuelta (the next day, after a Gaia cellar if you fancy)

Porto has its wine on the other bank: the port cellars are in Vila Nova de Gaia, closed by the time the city starts drinking. In the evening, the wine stays on this side, in the Ribeira and the stone streets that climb from it. This plan is for walking them, from glass to glass, without having to think about getting back: you dine nearby, cross the Luís I Bridge when it is already night and climb up to sleep in a wine hotel at the top of Gaia.

## From the wall to the bridge

15:00 · Wine Quay Bar. The Muro dos Bacalhoeiros is the wall that runs above the houses of the Cais da Ribeira, and on it, with the terrace overlooking the Douro and the bridge to one side, is this bar, which presents itself as the city's first wine bar. Portuguese wines and a few from elsewhere, with cheeses, cured meats and tinned fish. It takes no reservations: arriving when it opens, at 15:00 in winter, is the way to get a table at the railing. Closed on Sunday.

17:15 · Prova. Five minutes' walk away, on Rua Ferreira Borges, the street that runs down from the Palácio da Bolsa. It is run by the sommelier Diogo Amado, and the point is to let him choose: you tell him what you like and he serves you wines from producers you would not find yourself. There are cheeses and cured meats to go with them, and tastings and pairings that are booked by phone. It opens at 17:00; its website does not say which day it closes, so confirm on 916 499 121.

19:30 · Dinner at Cantinho do Avillez. Ten minutes towards Rua Mouzinho da Silveira, the street that runs down from São Bento to the Ribeira. It is chef José Avillez's informal restaurant, open every day until 23:00: Portuguese cooking with a twist, from the duck curry to the scallops with avocado. Book.

21:30 · The Luís I Bridge from below. Go back down to the Cais and cross to Gaia on the lower deck of the 1886 bridge, a few metres above the water, with the Ribeira lit up behind you.

22:00 · The Yeatman. Twenty minutes uphill through Gaia, among the port cellars, and you reach the hotel. It is a luxury wine hotel: every room has a terrace over Porto, with a wine spa, pools and a restaurant with two Michelin stars. The view of the city from your terrace is the last glass.

## The next morning

Taylor's is on the same Rua do Choupelo as the hotel. It opens at 10:00: a self-guided visit with an audioguide in Spanish on your phone and three ports at the end, a Chip Dry, an LBV and a 10-year-old tawny. It is the logical finishing touch before collecting the car.

## On a smaller budget

For dinner without a reservation and for little money, Casa Guedes, on Praça dos Poveiros, serves its roast pork sandwich every day until 23:00. And if The Yeatman stretches the budget, sleep in the centre and walk back from Prova.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
From Pontevedra, AP-9, A-55 and A3, about two hours, with electronic tolls in Portugal. Leave the car at the hotel in the morning and do not move it.

### By train
Train to Vigo and the CP Celta from Vigo to Porto Campanhã; from there, metro or train to São Bento.

### On foot
The whole evening is done on foot, with hills: about three kilometres in total.

## Consejos

### The times are Portuguese
Portugal is an hour behind Spain.

### Wear shoes for hills
The Ribeira is down by the river and Gaia climbs steeply.

### Call Prova beforehand
Its website gives the opening hours, not the closing day.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Where can you have wine in Porto's Ribeira?
At Wine Quay Bar, on the quay, and at Prova, on Rua Ferreira Borges, five minutes' walk away.

### Can you book at Wine Quay Bar?
No; arrive when it opens.

### Is The Yeatman far from the Ribeira?
You cross the Luís I Bridge and climb for about twenty minutes uphill through Gaia.

### Which day suits best?
Monday to Saturday: Wine Quay Bar is closed on Sunday.