We are Food and Travel Professionals who offer high quality food and wine experiences in unique parts of Italy to help you discover what locals really do, eat and love. What we do: food tours, cooking classes, wine and beer tastings, workshops, visit to local food artisans and much more!
Our Private Walking Food Tour of Milan is designated to experience the authentic food and wine of the most traditional, classy, genuine yet bustling, energetic and innovative Italian city. Meet your Food Ambassador, a licensed local guide and food and wine expert, and explore recipes, dishes, curiosities and lifestyle of Milan.The tour begins with a tasting of local Franciacorta sparkling wine and some appetizers in a hidden and unique venue. Enjoy a journey through traditions and innovation of Milan, while tasting some of the most representative dishes, such as Risotto alla Milanese and pasta. You will enjoy each food sample with a glass of local wine. The tour ends with a delicious dessert.
This walking food tour is designed to discover and taste the gastronomic side of Florence, among the most appreciated by Italians. The city will surprise you for the variety and richness of its flavors, recipes and wines. Our gastronomic tour around Sant’Ambrogio neighborhood – away from the big crowds yet in the city center, where you’ll find mostly locals – is designated to make you enjoy the authentic flavors of this city in every bite, enriching it with stories and anecdotes and taking you only in the best places where locals usually go. The journey includes ancient specialties (do truffle and lampredotto sound familiar?), excellent wines and new flavors in wineries and small restaurants. The secret of our tastiest and most authentic perspective of Tuscan cuisine is a very simple recipe: knowing where to go and the city culinary heritage; employing only passionate food-lovers, licensed tour guides; respecting the local producers, as well as the food richness of this unique city.
Our Private Walking Food Tour of Naples is designed to discover and taste a great variety of delicious food and wines that are known only to locals, and that are difficult to find if you don’t know where to look.Meet your Food Ambassador in Piazza Dante and start enjoying the Neapolitan atmosphere while sipping a great glass of wine in the square.Discover and taste the great variety of Neapolitan street food by visiting several spots along the way and try pizza fritta (fried pizza) or frittata di maccheroni (an omelet made with pasta) in the picturesque neighborhood of Centro Storico.Your Food Ambassador, a licensed local guide and food expert, will take you to the most unique spots of the city, hidden corners where you will enjoy a pasta dish or a main course of your choice, paired with regional wine.The tour ends in one of the oldest patisseries in town where you will sample some selected pastries and the Neapolitan style espresso.
Our Walking Food Tour of Venice is designed to discover Venetian food tradition and explore the amazing tastes of the floating maze. The tour begins with a spritz in a selected venue, away from tourist crowds yet very close to San Marco. You will meet your Food Ambassador, a licensed local guide and food expert, and stroll through the charming calles of Venice, stopping for several tastes of local cicchetti (Venetian-style street food). Sailors, merchants, fishermen, farmers, foreigners and locals contributed to the rich Venetian cuisine. You'll appreciate it with a nice pasta dish in a local restaurant where mostly locals go. The tour ends on a sweet note with a creamy artisan gelato!
This walking food tour of Rome through Monti neighborhood is an authentic experience of the true essence of Roman cuisine, including tasting of traditional dishes and a discovery of the innovative side of the most bustling neighborhood of the Eternal City.Walk through Rome with your Food Ambassador, a licensed local guide with great expertise in food and wine. Discover the always-changing faces of the most intriguing neighborhood of Rome, while tasting the best sparkling wine from Colli Romani region, the most popular pizza bianca in town, freshly baked, and the finest cold cuts… this is just the starter, of course, because much more is waiting for you, from a choice of pasta to… we won’t spoil it all, just know that we always pair our most important dishes with excellent wines.
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