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15 Food Experiences in Italy to Build a Day Around

133 tours  ·  from $2

Every trip has one free day too few. These 15 food experiences justify the slot, priced and timed so the decision takes minutes and the rest of the day is yours.

Winner 2025 Rome Twilight Trastevere Food Tour by Eating Europe - Spirito di Vino and the ancient cellar
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Winner 2025 Rome Twilight Trastevere Food Tour by Eating Europe

1.Winner 2025 Rome Twilight Trastevere Food Tour by Eating Europe

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5,157 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $125Our pick

Join an English-speaking guide such as Rishad, Luca, Dario, or Valentina for a four-hour Trastevere food walk. Expect Roman pasta, porchetta, supplì, cookies, wine, and gelato at small local venues, with history and practical food tips along the way.

“This was a tremendous experience. It covered history in addition to terrific food and drink. Leo was a great tour guide and lead us through our six locations with expert precision. Highly recommend!”

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Winner 2025 Florence Sunset Food & Wine Tour by Eating Europe - Charcuterie in a 12th-century cellar
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Winner 2025 Florence Sunset Food & Wine Tour by Eating Europe

2.Winner 2025 Florence Sunset Food & Wine Tour by Eating Europe

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5,015 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $149

Spend an evening in Florence’s Oltrarno with a local English-speaking guide such as Antonella, Martino, Sara D., or Dimitri. You’ll visit wine windows, taste four Tuscan wines, sample cheese and local dishes, watch gnudi pasta being plated, learn the Negroni, and finish with artisan gelato.

“This food and wine tasting walking tour in Florence, on the other side of Arno River, in Oltrarno, guided by Assia, was an emotional and very inspiring experience that I would highly recommend to everyone who loves good food and wine and is eager to learn more about the history and culture of the region”

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Naples: Street Food Walking Tour with Local Guide - Pizza folded, fried, and served fast
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Naples: Street Food Walking Tour with Local Guide

3.Street Food Walking Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 4,256 reviews · from $47Best value

Follow an English-speaking guide such as Daniela, Alberto, or Carmen through Naples’ old center for pizza a portafoglio, fried pasta, arancini, taralli, babà, sfogliatelle, mozzarella, limoncello, gelato, and a spritz. Expect plenty of food, local stories, and crowded streets over 2.5 hours.

“Daniella was amazing to take the tour with…..highly recommend, and come with an empty stomach! Naples was a fantastic experience!”

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Rome: Trastevere or Jewish Quarter Street Food Tour - Trastevere and Tiber Island: food among old lanes
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Rome: Trastevere or Jewish Quarter Street Food Tour

4.Trastevere or Jewish Quarter Street Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 3,839 reviews · from $51

Choose a 2.5-hour Rome food walk through Trastevere or the Jewish Quarter and Campo de’ Fiori. Your English-speaking guide leads five tastings, plus wine and beer samples, with Roman pizza, supplì, cured meats, cannoli and gelato. Guides such as Ramona, Marco, Mattia and Francesca add local stories along the way.

“Luca was an outstanding guide with lot of humour that made the experience even more enjoyable… 5 stars”

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Florence: Cinque Terre Park Day Trip with Optional Street Food - Meeting the coach in Florence at 7 a.m.
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Florence: Cinque Terre Park Day Trip with Optional Street Food

5.Cinque Terre Park Day Trip with Optional Street Food

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3,593 reviews · 12 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $60

Leave Florence at 7 a.m. for a 12.5-hour trip to Manarola, Monterosso, Vernazza, and Riomaggiore. Your tour leader manages the coach, trains, and optional boat, while you explore independently. Select the lunch option for local street food, and expect steep steps, crowds, and a fast pace.

“The organization and logistics are complicated but brilliantly executed in our case. If you are lucky, you’ll get a guide like John and a bus driver like Mario? Both exceptional professionals. At first stop I could”not hear the instructions, and asked John to repeat them at the next stop which he did from then on. Using his white board which we could photo helped immensely. The company needs to provide portable microphones for the guides, they are not expensive. This is essentially a “guided transportation tour”, not a guided tour. Do not expect any background or history about the stops. Expect crowds of tourists, gobs of restaurants and souvenirs shops,…”

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Rome Food Tour: Unlimited Tastings with Fine Wine & Barolo - Bonci Pizzarium turns pizza into a tasting course
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Rome Food Tour: Unlimited Tastings with Fine Wine & Barolo

6.Rome Food Tour: Unlimited Tastings with Fine Wine & Barolo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,365 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $83

Meet near Cipro Metro for four hours of Roman food and wine in Prati. With guides such as Michael, Giordano, and Vincenzo, you visit five or six eateries for up to 20 tastings, including truffles, cured meats, Bonci pizza, pasta, Barolo, and gelato.

“Fantastic food,drink and host. Couldn’t of asked for more - just the company 🫤🙁 wish you could choose”

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Eat Like a Local: Venice 3-Hour Small-Group Food Tasting Tour - Coffee, pastries, and the Rialto Market
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Eat Like a Local: Venice 3-Hour Small-Group Food Tasting Tour

7.Eat Like a Local: Venice 3-Hour Small-Group Food Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,137 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $107

Walk from Rialto through San Polo, Santa Croce, and possibly Cannaregio or Castello, stopping at eight local bars, shops, and restaurants. Expect coffee, pastries, cicchetti, five to six fish tastings, cured meats, cheese, pasta or risotto, wine, cookies, and artisan gelato with an English-speaking local guide.

“Great introduction to Venetian food, drink and culture. Marianna was informative, fun, kind and so proud to show us her hometown. We ended the tour so full from all the food and drinks and buzzing from such a fun experience. It exceeded our expectations. Thanks Marianna!”

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Rome: Trastevere Food tour with Free-Flowing Fine Wine - Trapizzino and supplì begin the Roman tasting
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Rome: Trastevere Food tour with Free-Flowing Fine Wine

8.Trastevere Food tour with Free-Flowing Fine Wine

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,853 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $102

Spend four hours eating through Trastevere with an English-speaking guide such as Marta, Silvia, or Vincenzo. You’ll visit local spots for trapizzino, supplì, Roman pizza, pasta, cheeses, cured meats, wine, beer, and gelato. The group is capped at 14, and every tasting is included.

“Perfect tour- Sylvia was amazing. We learned so much. All the food and wine was wonderful. A must do!”

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Rome: Trastevere & Campo de Fiori Street Food Walking Tour - Starting beside the fountain in Piazza San Simeone
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Rome: Trastevere & Campo de Fiori Street Food Walking Tour

9.Trastevere & Campo de Fiori Street Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 2,768 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $51

Spend 2.5 hours walking from Piazza San Simeone through Trastevere and Campo de’ Fiori with a licensed guide such as Daniele, Alessandra, or Leonardo. Expect pizza, supplì, Roman sandwiches, gelato, market stops, local stories, and generous tastings for $51 per person.

“Alessandra was a wonderful tour guide! We tried delicious food and learned a lot about the history of the food as well as Rome. I highly recommend doing this tour. Make sure to do it early on your trip because you will learn about all the places you will want to return to while you’re here!”

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Venice: Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings - Starting Near Campo San Bartolomeo
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Venice: Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings

10.Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,613 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $57

You’ll walk Venice from Campo San Bartolomeo to Campo Santa Margherita, stopping at five local eateries for cicchetti, biscuits, gelato, and other Venetian specialties. Guides such as Tone, Ana, and Denis add food lore and city history, with vegetarian choices available.

“Chantelle was great and the whole experience was fantastic.”

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Sorrento Farm and Food Experience including Olive Oil, Limoncello, Wine tasting - Walking through lemon and olive terraces
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Sorrento Farm and Food Experience including Olive Oil, Limoncello, Wine tasting

11.Sorrento Farm and Food Experience including Olive Oil, Limoncello, Wine tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,524 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $114

Leave central Sorrento for La Masseria, a fourth-generation family farm in the hills. Walk among lemon and olive trees, meet farm animals, taste olive oils, honey, cheese, marmalade, and limoncello, then sit down to a home-style meal with wine. Guides may include family members such as Eugenio or Raffaele.

“This was one of our favorite activities while in Sorrento! Eugene and his family were wonderful hosts and we enjoyed learning about the history of the land and their farm. The meal at the end was excellent! I highly recommend this tour.”

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Authentic Naples Street Food Tour With Local Expert Guide - Via dei Tribunali, mozzarella, and fried pizza
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Authentic Naples Street Food Tour With Local Expert Guide

12.Authentic Naples Street Food Tour With Local Expert Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,402 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $50

Follow guides such as Mario, Sarah, or Daniella through Naples’ old center for 2.5 hours of street food and history. Sample fried pizza, mozzarella, ragù, limoncello, gelato, sfogliatella, babà, and a spritz while walking Via dei Tribunali, Spaccanapoli, and Piazza del Gesù.

“We only had a few hours to stop over in Naples so we went with this tour. So glad we did! Mario was very nice and informative. The food was great. It was insanely busy but he did a great job making sure no one got lost in the crowd.”

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Rome Street Food Tour with Local Guide - Passetto del Biscione and the pleasure of a short walk
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Rome Street Food Tour with Local Guide

13.Rome Street Food Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,361 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $54

Join a small group of up to 15 people for 2.5 hours of Roman bites, wine, and beer. Meet under Giordano Bruno in Campo de’ Fiori, then walk through the Jewish Ghetto and Largo Argentina for pizza, suppli, seasonal foods, and family-made gelato. Guides may include Ramona, Francesca, Mattia, or Matteo.

“Knowledgeable about the local food area. Tried multiple dishes from suppli to pizza to gilato to salami.”

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Rome: Award Winning Trastevere Group Food Tour with Wine - La Norcineria di Iacozzilli brings out the porchetta
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Rome: Award Winning Trastevere Group Food Tour with Wine

14.Award Winning Trastevere Group Food Tour with Wine

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,273 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $81

Walk Trastevere with a local guide and stop for porchetta, cheeses, supplì, Roman pizza, pasta, wine, beer, and gelato. The three-hour route begins and ends at Piazza Mastai, with groups capped at 15. Vegetarian and non-alcoholic options are available with advance notice.

“Great food, great portions and Terri was amazing. Trestevere is the place to be. Highly recommend and loved entire day and adventure.”

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Rome: Guided Food Tour in Trastevere - La Norceria di Iacozzilli: start with the building blocks of Roman food
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Rome: Guided Food Tour in Trastevere

15.Guided Food Tour in Trastevere

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,266 reviews · from $112

Walk through Trastevere with an English-speaking foodie guide, stopping for at least ten tastings of Roman dishes, Lazio wine, beer, and gelato. The route includes cured meats, cheeses, supplì, pizza, pasta at Spirito di Vino, and dessert at Fiordiluna. Small-group and private options are available.

“We loved getting different types of food . Jessica did a great job of making sure everyone learned about the history of the foods we tasted”

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