Top Verona Dining Experiences

Verona is well-known for its culinary scene, but knowing where to eat can feel overwhelming. This small-group experience gives you what guidebooks can't: the insider knowledge of where Veronese locals actually eat, the confidence to navigate the city on your own, and a genuine taste of the culture that makes Verona extraordinary. You'll leave not just fed, but connected to the city, its traditions, and the people who keep them alive.

Valpolicella is one of Italy’s most important wine countries, and its scenic hills are dotted with traditional, family-run cellars. With this experience, visit one of these small wineries and learn about how the wines are produced and aged directly from the winemaker. Discover the history of the family and its estate, and end with a guided wine tasting paired with extra-virgin olive oil and local cheese and salami.

Learn about Verona’s artisanal food and wine products during this intimate visit to a family-run winery in Marano di Valpolicella. Tour a 17th-century wine cellar and sample regional wine varieties paired with cheeses, cured meat, and bread. See how olive oil is produced, visit an olive tree orchard, and learn how to distinguish between oils during an exclusive tasting.

Bardolino is one of Italy’s most prestigious wine-making areas, and with this tour you’ll delve into the history and production of DOP and IGT wines at a local cellar. Tour the vineyards and barrel rooms as you learn about Bardolino’s traditional wines from your host, then cap off your experience with a guided tasting of four wines paired with local cheeses and cold cuts.

Experience Italy beyond its tourist sights with this exclusive home dining experience with local hosts in Campagnano di Roma, just outside the capital city. Be welcomed into a private home and watch as your host prepares a variety of local dishes, picking up tips and techniques as you relax over a glass of wine. Then gather around the table together like old friends for an informal, family-style meal.

Discover Verona through its food on a walking tour around the city center. You'll learn about the local cuisine, culture, and culinary history as you visit restaurants and food venues to taste a variety of items.

Take back home more than just memories of Italy’s food by also learning how to make it from scratch with this private cooking class in Verona. Visit the home of a local cook who will show you how to make handmade pasta and tiramisu from typical Italian recipes. After the lesson, check your work with a meal of the dishes you made.

Learn the secret to making great pasta during a private cooking class in Verona, taught by a “cesarina,” or home cook. Follow three regional recipes and discover tricks of the trade. Each participant is equipped with utensils and ingredients at a personal workstation during the 4-hour lesson. You’ll prepare authentic Italian pastas, then taste each delicious dish, accompanied by a selection of local wine—a unique cultural immersion.

You will visit an a historic and family winery in Bardolino, which is characterized by the variety of vineyard cultivation in the province, and a constant search for new sensations and tastes in the wines produced; the winery is recently renovated in its interior and design: you will have the opportunity to visit the winery and discover the production methods of the different wines, This winery owns land in various areas of the region, and you will also be able to taste wines produced in Custoza and Valpolicella, to have a general overview of the white and rosé wines of the Verona area

Discover Tuscany's culinary delights in a personalized way with the help of a Cesarina. This passionate home cook is part of a carefully selected network and will reveal his or her favorite market and specialty shops on a walking food tour through medieval Montepulciano. Fresh ingredients in hand, help prepare three classic Tuscan dishes back at your host’s home kitchen for an authentic meal paired with the region’s celebrated wine.

Learn how to authentically make two common Italian foods in their country of origin in a private cooking class in a local home in Verona. Follow your teacher’s guidance as you make pizza and tiramisu from scratch the local way. End the class by dining on the meal you’ve created and take your newfound knowledge home to share your new skills.

This experience offers more than just a wine tasting—it’s a journey into the authentic soul of Soave. Located in the heart of the medieval village, the tour combines scenic vineyard walks, insider access to a working winery, and guided tastings led by passionate wine experts. You’ll taste elegant, small-batch white wines paired with a board of local cold cuts and cheeses, all while soaking in the charm of Veneto’s wine country. Optional premium tastings make it ideal for both casual wine lovers and true connoisseurs.

Discover a unique and cozy family owned winery in Bardolino area at Garda Lake. Tour the vineyards with the wine maker and tastes 4 fine wine paired with their extra virgin olive oil and local delicacies.

Experience an authentic Verona cooking class in a local Italian home, where you'll learn traditional family recipes. Set in a charming rooftop atelier overlooking vineyards and olive groves, this hands-on Italian cooking class in Verona offers the choice of a fresh pasta making class or pizza making class. Master authentic techniques in a historic kitchen before enjoying your homemade meal with local wine and an aperitif. This authentic cooking class is perfect for travelers seeking a true local experience in Verona.

Connect with a local foodie host to explore Verona’s culinary scene on this private and personalized tasting tour. Stop at landmark coffee bars, pastry shops, and traditional osteria eateries to sample 10 different sweet and savory specialties and beverages, including vegetarian options, while chatting about Verona’s authentic cuisine. Admire some of the city’s top sights as you eat your way through the historic center.

Your food and wine experience in Valpolicella It will be a family meeting, the beauty of a territory, it will be the vigor of a vineyard, the scent of drying grapes, it will be the story of a passion, the charm of tradition and the enthusiasm of research, it will be the atmosphere of a old cooper and enveloping elegance of an Amarone, it will be emotion.

Touch on the highlights of Lake Garda without the hassle of arranging transportation and logistics with this excursion from Verona. Travel in an air-conditioned minibus to Sirmione and hop on a boat to cruise around its peninsula and take in views of the castle from the water. Then enjoy a stroll through the medieval old town at your own pace before catching the ferry to Lazise to explore at your leisure.

Italy is known for its wine, and with this small-group tour, you get an insider's look at wine production from grape to bottle—with a focus on Amarone wines. Travel through the Valpolicella region, stopping at two wineries for tastings. At your second winery, sit down for a lunch of local cuisine paired with more wine, followed by another guided tasting to learn more about viticulture.

Tuscan and Pugliese olive oils get most of the international attention, but Lake Garda has its own protected designation—Garda DOP, classified in 1997 as one of Italy's first five PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) olive oils. The lake's eastern shore has been called the "Riviera degli Olivi" since 1968. This tour visits a working oil mill with a tasting of four extra virgin olive oils, including the Garda DOP, paired with local food.

Bardolino is one of Italy’s most prestigious wine-producing areas and sits within striking distance of Lake Garda, but it’s a challenge to find a cellar to visit on your own. With this pre-booked tour, stop at a local winery to explore the scenic vineyards and aging cellar. Learn about the winery’s history and production, then relax over a tasting of four wines paired with local specialties.

Discover Verona’s gastronomy and the city highlights during this half-day tour. Stroll down the quaint streets of the historic city center and learn about the history and traditions of Verona. Tours are modified for each season and you visit historic eateries, wine bars, and restaurants. You also take a ride on the funicular to the highest part of the city for a stunning view of Verona.

Gelato is Italy’s favorite sweet treat—and on this tour, you won’t just get to sample it. Taught by a real Italian chef, you’ll also learn how to make it from scratch. Discover how both gelato and sorbetto are traditionally prepared, and then enjoy tastes at the end of class. You’ll also walk away with a recipe book, so you can try out your newfound skills at home.

Learn how to make homemade pasta the traditional way — using generations-old recipes passed down from your host's 'nonna.' Offering more than just a taste of Veronese cuisine, this private cooking class lets you live the local culture for a few hours, by cooking, chatting, and eating with a host in their own home.