Northern Portugal, for those who eat and drink with intention.
Porto's restaurants don't always have websites. The Douro's best quintas don't always appear on maps. The wine that will stay with you for years is often poured by someone whose name you'll want to remember. I know where these places are. I live here and spend all my time exploring them.
How I can Help
There are two ways to travel with Hedonist Tourist.
You can use one of my digital guides — a fully scheduled itinerary, already tested, ready to follow — and arrive with a plan in hand and nothing left to research.
Or I can build your journey from scratch: your dates, your pace, your kind of table. A trip that doesn't resemble anyone else's.
Both start from the same place — the belief that Northern Portugal deserves to be understood, not just visited.
Digital Guide with a 7-day Plan
€59
per digital guide
For those who want a complete, hour-by-hour plan without spending weeks building one. I've already driven the routes, sat at the tables, and tasted the wines. This is that work, handed directly to you.
Each guide includes a full day-by-day schedule, curated restaurant and winery picks, driving notes, and the kind of detail that only comes from having been there.
Why Work With Me
I live here. I breathe wine. I know the way. I save you time. Enjoy🍷
15 years’ experience in planning wine and gastronomic journeys along Europe’s wine routes.
Based in Porto, with years in Viana do Castelo (Vinho Verde Region).
Rooted in years of hospitality and customer care. Because the little things are everything.
Curated from reality.
Lived, then shared.
About
My Name Is Olga
Eleven years in hospitality. Fifteen years exploring the wine routes of France, Italy, Germany, and Spain - thousands of miles through vineyards, following the people behind the bottles.
Then Portugal.
The north of this country has a quality that took me some time to name — a kind of honesty. The farmers here aren't performing terroir; they're living it. The restaurants don't need mood lighting because the food does the work. The wine doesn't need a story because the land is the story.
I'm here to open that world to people who are ready for it. Northern Portugal belongs alongside Bordeaux and Tuscany — not as an affordable alternative, but as an equal. I'm not interested in showing you a list. I'm interested in showing you why
