Private Lisbon Market Tour & Portuguese Cooking Class with Paula
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Lisbon, Portugal
- 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Visit a local market and learn how to cook authentic Portuguese and Portuguese-influenced Goan dishes. Your host Paula invites you into her home where you will learn how to create traditional family recipes. Create a variety of appetizers and main dishes, then sit down to enjoy your creations. Round the evening off with a tasty dessert.
- Learn traditional Portuguese-Goan recipes
- Enjoy a private cooking experience with just your group
- Choose your own menu
- Take a private market tour with your host Paula
Sample Menu
Starter
Pataniscas de bacalhau
Traditional Portuguese cod fritters
Starter
Goan bojas
Goan gram flour fritters made with onion and cumin seeds
Main
Bacalhau com natas (cod with cream) or Goan crab curry
Learn to make a traditional Portuguese main dish or a Goan main dish
What's Included
- Private Market Tour and Cooking Class with your host Paula
- Alcoholic BeveragesPortuguese wine
- Home-cooked Portuguese meal
- Pick up from Cacilhas ferry terminal
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Dá CacilhasLG Alfredo Dinis, 2800-252 Almada, Portugal
Meet your host at Da Cacilhas, a red kiosk located at the exit of the ferry in Cacilhas. To get here, take a 7-min ferry from Cais do Sodre in Lisbon and get off at the Cacilhas stop. Paula will meet you at the red kiosk in Cacilhas and together you will walk 5 min to get to her apartment.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Operating hours.10:00 am
What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Please communicate directly with Paula via WhatsApp if you have questions about the menu or meeting location.
- Please note this is not a professional cooking class in a cooking school but rather an in-home cooking and cultural experience with a local in her home kitchen
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
william_c
Amazing class. I learned so much about Portuguese home cooking, culture, and history. A really great instructor. I highly recommend for anyone that has the time and would like to learn more about Portuguese cuisine
Reviews
4.8
based on 93 reviews
Megan_S, Nov 2025
This was great - you need to do this!! Paula met us at the ferry and then we went to the market and stores to pick up our food and then went back to her apartment to cook. She was so good with the kids and made sure we were all included. The food turned out amazing and even my kids ate! Hearing her story was so great and we loved it !
Kristine_C, May 2025
Paula was fabulous!! This was more than just a cooking class. We are seasoned cooks yet we learned so much from Paula. We learned whisking techniques, working with puff pastries and identifying bad clams. Paula was very knowledgeable of the area. Very fun and kind. We really enjoyed our day.
Mark_F, Mar 2025
What a fun few hours with Paula! My wife and I took the 10m ferry ride from cais de sodre to cacilhas which was a wonderful start to the morning and had the best views of the bridge. Paula met us and took us to a quaint local market.
Everyone knows her there and it was so great to see multiple generations operating the stalls. Then we went to her place and made some fish curry, pasteis de nata and chorizo, accompanied by rice and fresh bread. She gave us a choice of Portuguese or Goan (my heritage) dishes. The food was so good and I can't wait to try the recipes back home. Paula is so wonderful and patient. Even tho' it was a half day of our 3 days here, I would highly recommend this experience for some truly local flavor!
Michelle_B, Dec 2024
Lovely and informative. An afternoon well spent. Paula was a font of knowledge and a gracious host the food was muito gostoso!
Rebecca_J, Nov 2024
We had a great day with Paula. She is very knowledgeable about cooking, but especially pastry desserts. Her pastel de nada were out of this world. It was fun getting to experience a typical day in the life of a local, learn a few tricks, and eat some great food. Also Paula is very accommodating with the selection of recipes and types of food. If you don’t like something, she will work around it.
Jan_B, Oct 2024
Learned fun cooking techniques. Enjoyed the Goen spices. Custard making was amazing and tasted wonderful.
Came in as students, left as friends.
Brian_G, Aug 2024
Such a lovely experience. Paula was so very personable and knowledgeable about live in Lisbon and the cacilhas area. Meeting was across the river at the ferry terminal. We walked along the riverside learning about each other, we arrived at the market where we had some of the freshest plums and fruits we’ve had in a while. We returned to her house and made a mix of Goan and Portuguese dishes followed by pasteis de nata. We enjoyed her company and appreciated her recommendations for other parts of the city .
Lee_W, Jun 2024
Paula is amazing! She hosted my wife and I on our honeymoon. She hosted us at her house, offered some interesting dishes we could choose and suggested a few classics. From seeing and gathering ingredients to the fun, leisurely pace of cooking, to great conversations over a meal, it was an experience we won't forget!
Also, Paula has an amazing backstory and we were so impressed by her as a person. She is a pillar of the community and gives back so much to those around her. Her passion and care is infectious even if she's not one to brag about herself. Get to know her - she's amazing!
Susan_H, Jun 2024
We had a lovely afternoon with Paula and she was very gracious even though I didn’t get her communication via WhatsApp
She was gracious and so informative The food was delicious as well
Gwendolyn_W, May 2024
Paula met me at the ferry exit and we started the day with a lovely walk along the Tagus river where Paula provided history of the buildings that had once housed fish operations. We then visited the market to select the fish and sides for our meal. It was such a great experience to process the creation of a meal while chatting in her apartment in the center of Cacilhas. Our meal was delicious. I had a great time. So much better being in a home kitchen rather than a commercial “school setting.” And I finally learned how to cook fish in salt! Great teacher! Five stars!!!
MATTHEW_R, Feb 2024
One of the most unique and exclusive experiences me and my gf have ever experienced. Right from the start Paula was very inviting and made us feel comfortable in her hometown of Almada. Loved the fact that we actually picked out our own ingredients from the local market. Paula not only taught us about clever cooking tricks but also taught us about the Portuguese culture as well. We def made a friend while we were there! Obrigada Paula!!
Brian_B, Feb 2024
Paula is a fantastic host, she welcomes you into her home and makes you feel like family. I couldn't imagine a better day than the day we spent with Paula cooking and learning about the surrounding area. One of our best days on our trip to Portugal.
Diana_P, Jan 2024
Spending time with Paula and learning about the goan Cusine was a very memorable experience. I definitely enjoyed the company and making the pastel de nata was great
Ismael_K, Nov 2023
It was perfect! Thanks to Paula for this experience. I would definetly recommend the class and the food was also awesome!❤️
Mary_M, Oct 2023
Paula was wonderful! A full day of touring, conversation, cooking and learning, and EATING! We loved it
Kristian_S, Aug 2023
It was an absolutely fantastic experience. Much learning to be had. Paula is a very warm and welcoming person who welcomed us into her home and taught us some very nice cooking tricks. A super personal experience.
Colette_G, May 2023
Paula met us at the ferry. We enjoyed our waterfront walk to the markets where we given some of the history of Almada. We shopped and then went to her home and prepared lunch. She explained how to prepare foods with precision and passion. We shared a delicious lunch of Sukkem Clams, Goan Fish Curry with Basmati Rice and Pasteis De Nata. Paula cooks from her heart and her senses.
Deann_V, Dec 2022
Toured parts of Lisbon we would never have seen on the way to the Market. Wonderful fresh fish market with lots of interesting creatures. Went back to her apartment for a full meal featuring delicious Goan Fish made with Grouper. A different day from the museum and other tours.
Dan_F, Oct 2022
While it was absolutely pouring rain, Paula lit up our spirits and taught us a lot about Lisbon, cooking and life.
She is a regular celebrity it her community with everyone from market owners to folks in the street stopping to say hello.
Our food turned out well and we enjoyed the day.
Sandra_G, Oct 2022
Actually spending time with Paulinha! She was such a delight. Sharing stories of her life in Portugal and the role food played in the lives of her family and friends. If I lived in Portugal she would certainly be among my circle of friends. Thank you for a wonderful day visiting the market, preparing the delicious food (and wine)!!
Alex_D, Oct 2022
Such a wonderful experience! Paula provided such a local and customized experience. The market tour of local places to shop was so nice. Cooking with her was so relaxed and informative. It was personakized and a nice change in pace. Gained so much cultural and historical knowledge while eating and drinking well. This experience is highly recommended!
rrsharp25, Sep 2022
Paula was lovely- her apartment was filthy and the cat had taken over the place. The market was dirty and under serviced
David_H, Sep 2022
On reflection we were disappointed with the experience. Paula was a lovely host but the market, the cooking afterwards, the lack of focus and environment does not justify the price. It was all a bit chaotic as Paula was catering for others whilst we were there which sometimes took focus away. It all seemed rushed.
chris_r, Sep 2022
Excellent experience with great stories of the place, people, and Paula’s family. Great food as well.
Jen_D, Jul 2022
I came to find some cultural cooking tips, walk through the fish market, and enjoy a tasty meal.
I left having found a friend - and much more cooking knowledge than I can digest, for now. Our day was an unexpected adventure that let me experience a day in the life of a Portuguese resident - to feel, for a delightfully fleeting moment, that I was part of this community.
Paula is a great communicator before (and after) the event which helps her tailor it to her audience. It's a very informal experience that feels like you're cooking with a long lost Aunt.
Steve_L, Feb 2022
Paula was wonderful, the food was great, and we learned so much about cooking, food, and Portuguese culture. If this is available, book it, it will be your favorite memory.
Shelley_C, Jan 2022
I wanted to do something different and fun while I was in Lisbon. This was my fifth trip so I had done most of the tourist things. Paulinho's cooking class was just fantastic. She is very organized and considerate as to what you want to make. I cannot recommend this class enough. Do not let the ferry ride(10 min) deter you. It is very easy and your subway pass works on this as well.
Ronit_B, Nov 2021
Paulina met us at the ferry station, and we walked together through a very scenic route to her studio, stopping at the market on the way, and getting to know eachother.
At the studio we cooked more than 3 dishes following her precise instructions, and then ate what we prepared, which was very tasety. The whole event took much longer than planned, without even noticing…
Paulina is an extremely welcoming and interesting host - we reccomend this experience to those who are interested in people and food combined. We loved it.
william_c, Sep 2021
Amazing class. I learned so much about Portuguese home cooking, culture, and history. A really great instructor. I highly recommend for anyone that has the time and would like to learn more about Portuguese cuisine
Susanne_K, Aug 2023
Wir hatten einen unvergesslichen Tag mit Paulinha. Beginnend mit einer gemütlichen und sehr interessanten Führung durch ihren Stadtteil Almada, gefolgt von einigen Einkäufen. Das Kocherlebnis bei Paulinha zuhause war großartig. Sehr persönlich, lustig und mit vielen guten Tipps. Das anschließende gemeinsame Essen war sehr lecker und begleitet von tollen Gesprächen. Zum Schluss ging Paulinha noch mit uns Einkaufen für unsere persönlichen Bedürfnisse, obwohl die gebuchte Zeit schon längst abgelaufen war. Paulinha ist eine warmherzige Gastgeberin und eine sehr freundliche und aufgeschlossene Person mit vielen spannenden Geschichten. Wir können jedem, der nach Lissabon kommt, sehr empfehlen, einen Tag mit Paulinha zu verbringen. Und wir werden sicherlich Paulinha wiedersehen, wenn wir nach Lissabon zurückkommen. Danke Paulinha für einen unvergesslichen Tag!
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