Top Food Tours in Italy

★ 4.6 · Bologna

Via Indipendenza 69, 40121 Bologna BO

Italian Days Food Experience in Bologna is the long-running food day tour to Modena for balsamic, Parma for prosciutto and Reggio Emilia for Parmigiano Reggiano, with a working-farm lunch.

Tip: Book three weeks ahead online; the tour runs Monday to Saturday with a 07:00 hotel pick-up and the 19:00 return.

★ 4.6 · Bologna

Piazza Maggiore, 40124 Bologna BO

Taste Bologna runs the classic Quadrilatero food walk in Bologna with stops at Tamburini, Atti, Paolo Atti, Salumeria Simoni and a mortadella tasting at the salumi counter.

Tip: Book a week ahead online; the walk runs Tuesday to Saturday at 10:30 and 17:00 and the group is capped at 12.

★ 4.6 · Naples

Culinary Backstreets runs the most editorial-depth Naples food walk, covering the Quartieri Spagnoli and Spaccanapoli backstreets with a food writer guide and a maximum eight-person group for the city's slow-food operators.

★ 4.5 · Bologna

Piazza del Nettuno, 40124 Bologna BO

Devour Bologna runs the classic Quadrilatero food walk in Bologna with 6 tastings across salumi, sfoglia pasta, mortadella, gelato and an aperitivo with Lambrusco.

Tip: Book three days ahead online; the walk runs daily 10:30 and 17:00, group cap 10. The afternoon walk ends in aperitivo.

★ 4.5 · Bologna

Piazza Medaglie d'Oro 2, 40121 Bologna BO

Italian Days Balsamic Tour runs the Modena acetaia visit from Bologna with stops at a traditional balsamic vinegar producer, a 12-year tasting and a Parmigiano Reggiano factory visit.

Tip: Book three weeks ahead online; the tour runs Monday to Saturday at 09:00 with the 13:00 return to Bologna.

★ 4.5 · Florence

Eating Europe's Florence food tour walks the Oltrarno food map with a Florence-based local-host, six tastings spanning Mercato Sant'Ambrogio, Cibreo, the lampredotto cart and a gelato stop at Vivoli.

★ 4.5 · Naples

Eating Europe's Naples pizza tour covers six stops across the historic centre sampling margherita, fritta, sfogliatella and cuoppo with a maximum of 12 guests, the city's most-reviewed English-language food walk.

★ 4.5 · Rome

Eating Italy's Twilight Trastevere food tour in Rome walks the medieval Trastevere alleys for four hours with seven food stops including pizza, gelato, salumi and pasta.

Tip: Tours run Mon-Sat evening; book three days ahead. The route includes a stop for the maritozzo at Pasticceria Innocenti.

★ 4.5 · Rome

Devour Tours' Testaccio food tour in Rome walks the old slaughterhouse quarter for four hours with stops at the Mercato di Testaccio, an offal trattoria, two pizza counters and a gelato bar.

Tip: Tours run Tue, Thu, Sat at 10:30; book a week ahead. Includes Mordi e Vai at Mercato di Testaccio.

★ 4.5 · Rome

Context Travel's Eat Rome tour walks the Centro Storico with a culinary historian for three hours, covering Campo de' Fiori market, the Jewish Ghetto and a tasting at Roscioli.

Tip: Tours run Mon-Sat at 16:00; book ten days ahead. Group size capped at six guests with an academic guide.

★ 4.5 · Venice

Devour Tours runs the Cicchetti Tour Venice with hidden bacari stops, seven tastings and a gelato finish, the canonical bacari-crawl food tour with a local guide.

Tip: Evening tour only. Five locally owned stops, seven tastings, four drinks and a final gelato. Book on Devour's own site; the operator has merged with Walks.

★ 4.5 · Venice

Monica Cesarato's tour is run by the Venetian cookery teacher and food writer, the canonical local-guide cicchetti crawl with a deep dive into bacaro etiquette.

Tip: Book direct via Monica's site. Private and small-group options; ask for the Dorsoduro-leaning route, less touristed than San Polo.

★ 4.4 · Florence

Devour Tours' Florence walk runs the San Lorenzo and Mercato Centrale food map, with seven tastings including the lampredotto cart at Da Nerbone, schiacciata, salumi and a Chianti tasting.

★ 4.4 · Milan

Eating Europe's Milan Navigli tour runs 3.5 hours with 5 stops covering risotto alla milanese, tiramisu, polenta with gorgonzola and Italian wine at canalside spots.

★ 4.4 · Naples

Eating Europe's Naples street food tour visits six to seven stops across the historic centre and Spanish Quarter, covering the city's full friggitoria, pastry and pizza al portafoglio tradition in three hours.

★ 4.4 · Naples

Secret Food Tours' Naples walk starts at Piazza Dante and covers seven stops through the Decumani, pairing pizza with local wine and ending on espresso and Neapolitan pastry, maximum 12 guests daily at 11:00.

★ 4.4 · Rome

Walks of Italy's Rome food tour walks Trastevere and the Jewish Ghetto for four hours with stops at pizza bianca, gelato, suppli and a Roman-Jewish bakery for crostata di visciole.

Tip: Tours run daily at 10:30 and 17:00; book a week ahead. The route includes Boccione for the Jewish cherry tart.

★ 4.4 · Rome

The Roman Food Tour walks Rome's Centro Storico for 3.5 hours with seven food stops including pizza al taglio, espresso at Sant'Eustachio, suppli at Supplizio and gelato.

Tip: Tours run daily at 10:00 and 17:00; book three days ahead. Sant'Eustachio espresso is a fixed stop.

★ 4.4 · Rome

Local Aromas runs a Rome Jewish Ghetto food-and-history walking tour with three-hour stops at Boccione bakery, a carciofo alla giudia tasting, and a salumeria flight for Roman-Jewish cuisine.

Tip: Tours run Mon-Thu, Sun at 10:00; book ten days ahead. Closed Friday afternoon and Saturday (Shabbat).

★ 4.4 · Venice

Walks of Italy runs the canonical Venice food tour with a Rialto Market stop and San Polo bacari crawl, 9 tastings, 5 drinks across 6 stops and morning market access only on AM tours.

Tip: AM tours include the Pescheria stop; PM tours are bacari-only. The tour is now operated through Devour following their 2023 merger.

★ 4.4 · Venice

Do Eat Better Experience runs the Rialto Market food tour with cicchetti stops, a smaller-group format with a focus on the morning market vendors before the bacari crawl.

Tip: Morning tours only. Max 8 in the group. Includes 5 tastings and 3 wines.

★ 4.4 · Venice

Context Travel's Hidden Venice food tour is led by historian-led guides through bacari and cicchetti spots, with a strong focus on Venetian food-history context.

Tip: Small-group format (max 10). Tour run by academic-trained guides; better for the food-history interested than for crawl-style drinkers. Starts in Dorsoduro.

★ 4.3 · Bologna

Piazza Maggiore 1, 40124 Bologna BO

Delicious Bologna runs the Quadrilatero food walk and sfoglia pasta workshop in Bologna with stops at the salumerie of Via Drapperie and a hands-on tortellini-folding lesson at the end.

Tip: Book a week ahead online; the walk runs Tuesday to Saturday at 10:30 and the group is capped at 8 for the workshop.

★ 4.3 · Florence

Walks of Italy's Florence twilight tour ends with a bistecca alla fiorentina dinner at a Centro Storico trattoria, with seven prior tastings including schiacciata, salumi, gelato and Chianti.

★ 4.3 · Florence

Florence Food Tour's Oltrarno walk runs across-the-Arno from Piazza Santo Spirito, with five tastings at small-producer wine bars, Le Volpi e l'Uva and a Tuscan cheese counter.

★ 4.3 · Florence

Curious Appetite's Centro Storico walk runs as a wine-and-aperitivo tour, with five tastings at Procacci, Coquinarius, Le Volpi e l'Uva and two more wine bars along the Tornabuoni-to-Santa Croce route.

★ 4.3 · Naples

Streaty's Naples street food walk covers the Spanish Quarter and Pignasecca market with a local guide, tasting fritti, pizza fritta and sfogliatella alongside the city's traditional market culture.

★ 4.3 · Rome

Secret Food Tours' Rome walking tour in Trastevere covers prosecco, pizza, suppli, gelato and a maritozzo stop, with seven food stops over 3.5 hours across the cobbled quarter.

Tip: Tours run Mon-Sat at 18:00; book a week ahead. Group cap at 12; vegetarian-friendly options available.

★ 4.3 · Rome

Through Eternity's Twilight Trastevere food tour in Rome walks the medieval lanes for four hours with stops at pizza, gelato, suppli, pasta and wine plus a maritozzo dessert.

Tip: Tours run Mon-Sat at 18:30; book a week ahead. The Pasticceria Innocenti maritozzo stop is the closer.

★ 4.3 · Venice

Avventure Bellissime's private Venice food tour combines hidden Rialto-side bacari with a Pescheria market walk, run by a small local-only guide team.

Tip: Private only, max 6. Book at least a week ahead. Best in the morning to catch the Pescheria.