Private Traditional Portuguese Cooking Class in Lisbon with Paula
Overview
Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home kitchen with your host Paula. This is a wonderful experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where Paula will teach you 2-3 traditional Portuguese-influenced Goan dishes from her family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together in Paula's home.
Please note, for parties larger than two guests, you will start your experience in Paula’s home with a welcome drink and snacks, and then walk across the street to Paula’s cooking studio (located just across the street from Paula's apartment) to cook and eat there.
• Cooking lesson in a local home
• Introduction to Portuguese and Portuguese-influenced Goan dishes
• 100% private activity
• Portuguese hospitality in a residential Almada neighborhood (short 7-minute ferry ride from downtown Lisbon)
• Vegetarian options available
What's Included
- Alcoholic beverages Portuguese wine
- Private cooking class and meal with your host Paula
- Pick up from Cacilhas ferry terminal
Meeting Location
Largo Alfredo Dinis
2800-270 Almada, Portugal
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional Portuguese culture and cuisine. Your experience will take place in Almada, just a short 7-minute ferry ride from downtown Lisbon. Paula will meet you at the ferry stop in Cacilhas and take you on a lovely 10-minute walk through the center of town to her apartment. Start your meal with a welcome drink of some Portuguese wine and appetizers. Then, in Paula's home kitchen you will learn to make 2-3 Portuguese and Portuguese-Goan dishes. You will learn to make two appetizers side-by-side such as pataniscas de bacalhau, traditional Portuguese cod fritters, and Goan bojas, gram flour fritters made with onion and cumin seeds. Then go on to make a main dish, where you can select between a Portuguese or Goan main dish, such as bacalhau a braz, a traditional Portuguese dish of cod with shredded potatoes and egg, or a Goan curry. After cooking, sit down together at Paula’s dining table or in her cooking studio table across the street. End your meal with a sweet dessert and coffee or tea.
Please note that Paula has a cat and shares her home with a family so it can be a bit cluttered.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- 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
- Please note that Paula shares her home with her family and has a cat. As this is a lived-in family home, guests should expect a casual, homey environment, and cat food may be present in the kitchen area.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (WET).
- Alcoholic beverages. Portuguese wine.
- Private cooking class and meal with your host Paula.
- Pick up from Cacilhas ferry terminal.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Private Traditional Portuguese Cooking Class in Lisbon with Paula is as follows:
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Private Traditional Portuguese Cooking Class in Lisbon with Paula will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Alcoholic beveragesPortuguese wine
- Private cooking class and meal with your host Paula
- Pick up from Cacilhas ferry terminal
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- 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
- Please note that Paula shares her home with her family and has a cat. As this is a lived-in family home, guests should expect a casual, homey environment, and cat food may be present in the kitchen area.
