The Porto Day
Three or four places, properly, instead of ten in a hurry — a workshop where you meet the maker, lunch with a cook I know, and a port cellar that doesn't take coach groups.
Price upon request
Porto · Douro · Galicia
Build a journey,
not a checklist.
My name is Ksenia, but my guests call me Nia. I plan private days in Porto, the Douro and northern Portugal for travellers who've been to enough places to know the best moments are rarely on the itinerary — and who don't mind that lunch might take three hours.
The name
Via Nova, travelled differently.
"Via Nia" plays on Via Nova, the 1st-century Roman road linking Braga and Astorga. I swap "Nova" for my own name — turning a historic road into a personal one. The route already connected northern Portugal and Galicia; I travel the same territory. My tours are numbered in Roman numerals, after the milestones that still line the road today — the largest surviving concentration in the Roman northwest. The full seven-day journey is simply called Milestone.
Read Nia's story →A few starting points
Not a fixed catalogue — a few of the days people ask for.
Douro, Properly
A full day in the valley with a driver, two quintas — one you've heard of, one you certainly haven't — and lunch on a terrace above the river that takes as long as it takes.
Price upon request
Aveiro & the Coast
An hour south, where the canals run through town and the architecture turns to Art Nouveau — one of my favourite places, and the reason I can talk about tiles for far too long.
Price upon request
"I don't want my guests to look at Portugal from the outside. I want them to spend time in it."
Nia, on what a good day looks like
"Thanks again for everything; Ksenia. You are always welcome in our homes, and I will do my best to send the most kind clients your way."
Mark P. — Colorado, USA"This is my first visit to Portugal. I place myself in your care."
Ariga — Japan, written the day we met, Porto, February 2025Shall we start with a conversation, not a form?
Tell me who's coming and what you're curious about. I answer every message myself.
Tell me about your trip