Bologna Gastronomic Journey: Experience Local Food and Drink with a Native
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254 Ratings
Bologna
Embark on a gastronomic journey in Bologna and experience the local way of eating and drinking. Discover hidden places, try traditional foods and wines, and indulge in the best gelato in town!
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Bologna - We’ll have a full meal and we’ll share great anecdotes about the city with you
What's Included
  • Dinner included
Additional Information

This experience will introduce you to the traditional eating and drinking customs in Bologna.

We’ll guide you on a culinary exploration, revealing the secret spots only the locals know and that you should not miss!

Our aim is to share with you our normal daily routine, the usual trips we take with our loved ones, fascinating your palate with over 15 food and wine samples!

We’ll begin with a proper Italian breakfast at the town’s finest patisserie!

Following this, we’ll proceed to sampling and buying a variety of cold cuts, cheeses and breads, all native to the Bologna region, complemented with local wine.

We’ll stop at an orthodox family store for a taste of Aceto Balsamico!

Taking a stroll through the vintage town centre, we’ll savour two expressive homemade pasta in a traditional Osteria Bolognese, accompanied by more local wine.

We’ll wrap up with the town’s most delectable gelato!

Location
Fontana del Nettuno
Piazza del Nettuno
right in front of the statue there will be one of us waiting for you!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Olly
Apr 21, 2024
Brilliant experience, great host, well worth the money. Don't eat lunch beforehand! - Absolutely wonderful trip. We planned our visit to bologna with this as our main activity. We caught the train from Milan and booked the evening tour on a Friday In April. The meeting point was easy to find in the square with Neptune's Fountain, our guide, Federica, was truly wonderful. She knew so much about the place and made an effort to tell us not just about the food we were trying but also the landmarks and history of the place. We had 7-8 stops and tried lots of different food as well as learning about the traditions and history of the dishes. We had cold cuts from one of the many busy Deli spots but were treated to having them in the oldest pub in the city with a wine pairing which was a great experience and certainly felt like locals. Federica made a real effort to ensure that the whole group were included and that everyone had plenty of food and wine and she clearly knew her stuff! After being suitably filled up on great bread and cheese and local cold cuts, we had a walk through the streets learned the history of balsamic vinegar and the process for making it whilst watching the pastas that we were about to sample being made. A short walk to a local trattoria with two types of pasta (which alone would have filled us up) and wine in the local custom. The family style seating was really good as you got talking to others in the group and had lots of tasty wine and food. We walked to a gelato shop as our last stop having gone through little Venice and had the best gelato we've ever eaten. In short, we absolutely adored doing this experience and think it was worth every penny. Again, Federica was such a good host and she really made this so much better than some of the other tour guides we saw and heard on other tours throughout the day. One tip we would say to anyone before booking this is don't each lunch beforehand!!!! Thanks Federica and team; we'd book again in a heart beat.
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Barbara_m
Apr 21, 2024
Highly recommended - Sonya was terrific. Not only food tasting, history of Bologna as well. The group was just the right size Nice variety of tasting.
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Jeroen
Apr 19, 2024
Nice way to get to know the city - Very nice way to discover the city and learn about and taste the local specialties. Very nice group of people to do this with.
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Greggb300
Apr 18, 2024
Sonya was an excellent tour guide. - Great food, great wine, and a great tour guide! She provided a great mix of food history and local history. The food selections were awesome as well. A true Bolonga culinary experience.
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Anna_r
Apr 17, 2024
Delectable - Roberta, our tour guide, knew all kinds of stories to tell us about the food we were enjoying and about the sites we saw. It was a wonderful experience!!!
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508tracyg
Apr 15, 2024
Amazing tour with Federica! - Wonderful evening food tour with our guide Federica. She was engaging and knowledgeable about Bologna history and was kind and inclusive to everyone in our group. We got to try all of the traditional foods of Bologna along with the history of them - and made new friends along the way. Highly recommend this tour!
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X2432jjsophier
Apr 15, 2024
Learn about the regional specialties from a fun and interesting guide - Roberta was really engaging and had a lot of interesting things to tell us not only about food but also the city of Bologna. The food and wine were incredible and the company was really fun too. Highly recommend.
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Shelby_s
Apr 15, 2024
BEST FOOD/ WINE EVER - Best food tour I’ve ever been on. The wine, food, and fun facts about Bologna and it’s food history/culture was so interesting. The food was melt in your mouth good. And our guide Sonya was the best she made everything fun and would definitely recommend anyone to try out if they are visiting Bologna
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Erinmy6320sf
Apr 12, 2024
Gastonomia - Fun and filling gastronomic tour of Bologna! Great group and an overview of the best of the best when we weren’t able to spend much time in the city.
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Adria_v
Apr 21, 2024
It was ok - The guide was very nice and informative. We had a fairly large group of people for the tour. It was a bit long and the food wasn’t very good outside of the gelato.
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