Highlights & Hidden Gems of a Harry Potter Tour

Recommended by 90% of travelers

Porto, Portugal

3 hours (approx.)
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

See where JK Rowling became inspired to write the hit Harry Potter series during this private and personalized tour of Porto. Join a private local host and discover the city’s highlights and hidden gems to learn about their history and relation to the books. Highlights include perusing the iconic Livraria Lello bookshop, seeing the café where Rowling wrote the series, and visiting some of Porto's architectural landmarks.

Take a Harry Potter-inspired tour of Porto with a private guide
Leave with plenty of insider tips for exploring Porto
Skip the group tours and explore at your own pace on a more personal tour
Private tour, exclusively for your party: a personalized experience

What's Included

Local Guide
Private Tour
1 Local snack or drink

Extra food and drinks
Pick-Up and Drop-Off
Entrance tickets to Lello bookshop

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Praça de Almeida Garrett, 4000-069 Porto, Portugal
Inside the hall of the São Bento train station, under the clock.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Livraria Lello

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Torre dos Clerigos

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Cafe Majestic

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Fonte dos Leões (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation

Most travelers can participate
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.

Reviews

4.7

based on 10 reviews

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Our guide, Antonio, was a...

Alfonso_C, Apr 2025

Our guide, Antonio, was a very friendly local architecture student. I can’t rate the tour higher however because none of this came through in the tour. There was light banter throughout but very little in the way of explanations of what we were seeing or the history of Porto. Ultimately it felt like we were being guided by a good friend who had been living in the city for just a few months. Separately, and this perhaps is not the fault of the guide, the city’s connection with Harry Potter is tenuous at best. A book shop that may have inspired Hogwart’s staircases and a cafe where some of the early writing was done are about it. So advertising this as a Harry Potter tour feels a bit misleading.

Response from Host, Apr 2025

Dear Alfonso, Thank you for your thoughtful feedback. We're glad to hear Antonio was friendly, but we're sorry the tour didn’t deliver the depth of information you expected, especially given his background in architecture. We also appreciate your point about the Harry Potter connection—while some sites have inspired elements of the story, we understand how the experience may have felt underwhelming if expectations were set differently. We’ll review both the tour content and its description to ensure better alignment and clarity moving forward. Happy travels, Withlocals Team

Excellent introduction to...

Louis_R, Mar 2025

Excellent introduction to Porto. Carlos was an excellent guide, full of enjoyable tidbits about Harry Potter but also regarding the town itself

Amazing city w/ an amazing guide

Erika_G, Sep 2024

Carlos was an amazing guide! Highly recommend this tour. He had great city information, took us to a few hidden spots, recommended great food, and of course, had a wealth of harry potter info. Great tour, well worth the cost! We would do it again in a heartbeat! Thanks, Carlos

Good Porto tour, not just HP

Natalie_G, May 2024

Our guide gave us so much more than Harry Potter. He knew everything about the history of Porto. It was great of Porto itself.

There were stops with...

Natali_F, Aug 2023

There were stops with regards to JK Rowling and where she got her inspiration for the Harry Potter books as well as some stops and information regarding the history of Porto

Harry Pitter and beyond!

louellamrose, Jul 2023

Carlos was amazing! He showed us all the beautiful sites for the Harry Potter inspirations. He also showed us all the the amazing prison, beautiful churches, the oldest bakery and treated us to delicious pastries. His knowledge of Porto is extensive and he went beyond! He gave us recommendations of restaurants and even called the restaurant to make dinner reservations for us! The restaurant Sancho Panza was in Gaia with a picturesque view of Porto. Thank you Carlos for a memorable tour of a beautiful city!

Unpredictable

Anne_A, Jun 2023

The tour guide was wonderful- an architect who really knew her stuff. BUT, the tour was booked expressly because of it's inclusion of visiting Levraria Lello (the gothic bookshop) and WE DIDN'T GO THERE!