Top Piedmont & Liguria Culinary Tours

Turin is known for its prestigious cuisine featuring delicacies from truffles to chocolate. Take a deep dive into the city’s food culture with this gourmet walking tour to visit restaurants, learn about traditional dishes, and enjoy tastings and lunch with a foodie guide. Sample specialties including grissini (breadsticks), agnolotti and tajerin pasta, vitello tonné (veal with tuna sauce) and steak tartare, chocolates, and bicerin (a chocolate-infused coffee drink).

Enjoy an amazing truffle hunting with a professional "Trifolao" and his trained dog in Monforte d' Alba. Breathe pure air in a plank of gorgeous wood and enjoy the intense truffle scent. Accompanied by your guide to meet the hunter and his two dogs, who are specially trained to sniff out truffles, you’ll have a good chance of tracking down the elusive fungi. Along the way, learn more about truffles and why they are so rare, and pick up expert tips on how to find them. The experience ends with a wine tasting.

Embark on a savory gastronomic journey through the historic port city of La Spezia, led by a friendly foodie guide. Sample tasty regional specialties at 4–5 different food stops, pre-selected to bring you the best of local cuisine. Taste briny fried anchovies, or a delicate chickpea pancake. Menus are seasonal, guaranteeing the freshest ingredients, and small groups are capped to ensure a personalized tasting adventure.

Discover the sights, sounds, and tastes of the colorful villages of Cinque Terre on this 2-hour walking tour. Follow your guide around one of the UNESCO-listed villages and immerse yourself in the local fishing culture and traditions. Stop at small shops and cafes to sample treats and drinks from the Liguria region, such as focaccia, and admire the beautiful coastal scenery of the Italian Riviera

Learn the secrets of the Italian kitchen with this 3-hour cooking class in La Spezia. Led by an expert chef, begin at the local market to select fresh seafood and vegetables for your dishes. Then, bring your ingredients to the kitchen of a nearby ‘osteria.’ Receive hands-on training in your small group as you craft three courses of delicious Ligurian cuisine, sitting down to feast on your creations afterward. Numbers are limited to four people to keep the experience intimate.

Italy is a patchwork of local cuisines, each with a proud heritage and unique dishes. On this walking tour, take a deep dive into that of food-centric Turin's neighborhood eateries. Sample a plethora of local delicacies from street foods to restaurant fare, learning about their role in the city’s gastronomic culture. Taste wines and get your caffeine fix with Turin’s prized coffee.

The Italian city of Genoa, where pesto got its start, is home to antique shops; stunning 15th-, 16th-, and 17th-century palaces; and scores of outstanding restaurants and bars. This tour leads you through the top sites, secluded squares, and hidden spots. You’ll try local Prosecco, coffee, pesto, and focaccia, all with the expertise of a local guide.

Delve into the world of Langhe wines with this insider tour of the top cellars in Piedmont’s most prestigious wine country. Join your sommelier guide on a customized itinerary through the hills surrounding Alba to taste the area’s top-rated Barolo, Barbaresco, and other wines and learn about their history and production. Meet the winemakers and access vineyards and barrel rooms where some of Italy’s most prized vintages are born.

Explore Sanremo like a local—and discover many of the city’s most delicious bites—on this small-group walking tour. Set off in the morning from the city center, and come hungry: you’ll taste up to 11 different Ligurian snacks and delicacies, from cakes and pesto to olive oil and wine. As you go, learn more about the region’s culinary traditions from your guide, and wander Sanremo’s atmospheric alleys.

Discover the sweet side of Turin with a food-focused walking tour. Taste several chocolate-based specialties of Torino including Bicerin (an espresso and chocolate drink), gelato, pastries, and chocolate bars. Follow your guide on a stroll through the heart of the city and learn about the history of chocolate making in this region of Italy.

This great tour will provide a whole experience of the city of Genova: Our magnificent tour to discover the secrets of the historic center is enriched by a superb culinary experience: our partner Rollipop offers incredibly refined dishes in a special location, a Rolli palace! During the tour on board of the rickshaw, conducted by an expert guide, you will discover the alleys and narrow streets of Maddalena district and the monumental historical places like Via Garibaldi, Piazza Sarzano, De Ferrari square. The guide will tell you anedoctes and funny curiosities that will make you love Genoa, exactly as we do The rikshaw can host on board up to a maximum of two adults and two children under the age of 6.

Unveil the secrets of the delicacies of Turin and Piedmont among anecdotes, history and curiosities. You'll discover and taste the worldwide famous and typical Giandujotto chocolate and Zabaglione, a delicious drink of the past, passing through the curious legend of breadsticks and Cri-Cri chocolate. During the tour, you will also taste the classic Italian ice-cream and Vermouth or Bicerin, in a beautiful historical Cafe. This is the sweetest tour in town!

Indulge in the fantastic and impressive wines of the Piedmont region in northwestern Italy. Visit wine cellars and vineyards of Langhe and Roero and be prepared to taste some amazing wine, including Barolo, Barbaresco, Nebbiolo, Roero, Barbera, Dolcetto and Arneis. Choose between a half-day or a full-day tour, exploring and learning about the wines of the area. Note: itinerary may change based on the availability of the providers.

Beyond the architecture and the monuments, get to know another side of Turin when you embark on a culinary-minded, evening walking tour of the city. Meet your guide in the center of town and be sure to come hungry: you’ll be visiting four different venues over the course of the evening. From a traditional aperitif all the way up to espresso, enjoy a delicious overview of the city’s rich gastronomic traditions.

In addition to a detailed overview of the cultivation of the vine and the production of Barolo, the peculiarity lies in the guided lunch, a real taste analysis of the wines and paired dishes. With kindness and lightness, you will be guided to create a sensorial map of the various characteristics of each wine and each dish to create real sensorial profiles. The historic Germano Angelo winery is an important piece of the history of Barolo. Teobaldo Germano was the founder and first president of the Barolo cooperative winery, which was later dissolved in 1930 and purchased by Davide Germano to transform it into his own winery. The tasting takes place in the now renovated rooms. The same Davide who founded the Consortium for the Protection of Barolo and Barbaresco in 1934. We can't tell everything here... discover our world for yourself.

Turin has a reputation for being the home of chocolate-making in Italy, and with this family-friendly private tour, you can discover some of the city’s best chocolate spots. An ideal option for families, the tour is led by a guide who is an expert at entertaining children. Along the way, the tour includes delicious tastings and plenty of fun facts about chocolate.

Turin Central Market, also known as Porta Palazzo Market, is one of the largest open-air markets in all of Europe. Discover it in just half a day on this private tour which includes a stroll through the historic center from Piazza Castello to Porta Palatina. Soak up the colors, scents, sounds, and traditions, alongside local specialty foods—and explore the flea market too if you visit on Saturday.

Discover the most traditional dishes and specialties from Savona with an insider by your side with this guided foodie walk through the port city’s old town. Sample focaccia at a landmark bakery, two local flatbreads made with chickpea flour from a street food vendor, and pasta with pesto at a “pastificio” while taking in the city’s historic squares and churches, then satisfy your sweet tooth with a final gelato.

Turin is one of Europe’s great chocolate-making cities and this tasting tour is tailor-made for chocoholics. Admire Turin’s historic center on a walking tour; visit the city’s best pastry shops, chocolatiers, and cafés; and indulge your sweet tooth with delicious homemade chocolates and sweet treats.

The Langhe—home to the slow food movement, rare white truffles, and Barolo wine—is where gourmets go to indulge. This tour saves you the hassle of navigation while taking you to some of the best wineries in the Langhe and the towns where truffle specialties are made. Skip a pedestrian wine-tasting for a full-day, guided affair that takes you to explore regional wine and food in at least three towns.

Join the food tour to discover the city and its gastronomic delights among carruggi and small stores. A local culinary expert will take you to taste the best typical dishes in places known only to locals. A must for true foodies, this is the perfect combination of a nice stroll a true gastronomic experience. You will taste different Ligurian specialties such as classic focaccia with EVO oil and traditional focaccia with cheese, fried calamari, and some of the tastiest savory pies enjoyed in an authentic "sciamadda," an old take-out place from the early 1900s, a real must in downtown Genoa!

Embark on a tasty tour to discover the best pastry shops in the elegant Salotto d'Italia. You will enjoy 4 tastings of sweet delicacies with a food expert.

Experience a unique tour along the ancient city wall of Genoa, the longest wall in Europe, dates back to the first half of 1600. We will ride along trails that form the path of the forts and we will dominate wooded and panoramic slopes. The tour will include, High quality e-mtb, helmet, experienced local MTB guide, bottle of water, traditional Genovese focaccia bread and at the end of the tour we will stop in a typical trattoria on the hillside facing the sea for a luch, tasting homemade gourmet food. During the excursion, we will learn the different Mountain Bike techniques which will vary according to the level of the participants. The goal of this tour is to admire breathtaking landscapes in total safety while having fun!