Top Verona Dining Experiences

Verona sits at the heart of Valpolicella wine country, but most central tastings stick to enoteca (wine store) pours rather than letting you see where the wine is made. Visit Corte San Mattia with a guided walk through the countryside and a cellar, and enjoy a tasting of five wines—served up with tasty local produce—on a terrace overlooking the city.

The Valpolicella is one of Italy’s premier wine regions, but it’s not always easy to find cellars open to the public for tours and tasting. With this experience, enjoy access to one of the top producers in the area to visit the vineyards and cellar, learn about the history and production, and sample a variety of wines with the guidance of a sommelier over a light lunch.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

These vineyards have been tended for over fifty years by a community with deep roots in the Bardolino hills, not as a commercial venture, but as an expression of values passed down through generations. The result is a tasting experience that feels genuinely different from anything else in the region. You'll walk the vines before you taste them, moving through rows of historic varietals on the moraine hills above Lake Garda with a guide who knows this land intimately. In the barrel cellar, the story of each harvest comes into focus, before you sit down to a tasting of five wines, each one named for a principle or figure connected to the history of the estate. From a crisp, dry white to a structured red with notes of dark fruit and barrel, the range is deliberately curated to show the full character of this particular corner of the Garda DOC. Local charcuterie and cheeses accompany the tasting throughout, grounding the experience in the wider flavours of the territory.

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.

In this activity, you’ll find yourself immersed in a one-of-a-kind experience that combines the beauty of nature, the art of winemaking, and pure relaxation. You’ll wander through our scenic vineyards and cellar, learn about the rich history of our family-run winery, and then take a well-deserved break beneath the shade of our pergola vineyards. Here, you’ll savor the unique flavors of our Garganega and Trebbianello wines, perfectly paired with a basket of local delicacies, creating a moment of peace and relax in the nature in Lake Garda countryside.

We are proud members of FIVI (the Italian Federation of Independent Winegrowers) and we take care of our product from its very origin. We grow the vineyards, vinify our own grapes, bottle and sell the wine directly on the estate. We'll begin with an introduction to our world outdoors, with a view over the vineyards, before moving on to a guided tour of the cellar where we'll share our dedication to quality. Afterwards, we'll move to the tasting room for a journey through 5 wines in 5 glasses, designed to let you discover the different expressions of our most loved local designations: Custoza, Chiaretto and Bardolino. The wine will be paired with a board of local products, including our own extra virgin olive oil served on toasted bread. Throughout the experience, we'll share with you our passion for the land, the secrets of winemaking techniques, and the culture of this unique hill between Verona and Lake Garda.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Skip the guesswork of finding an authentic, hands-on class and enjoy a welcoming cooking experience in Verona. Learn to prepare classic Italian dishes with guidance from a local chef, gaining practical skills you can recreate at home. Cook, share a meal, and connect with local food culture in a relaxed setting without worrying about planning or experience level.

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.

Add two of Italy’s most beloved dishes to your kitchen repertoire with this hands-on cooking class in Verona. Join a local host and instructor in her home and get to work preparing two different types of fresh pasta and authentic tiramisù from scratch. Pick up tips and techniques to recreate these classic recipes, then sample your handiwork with a festive tasting to cap off the lesson.

Discover the little-known Valpolicella Classico wine country just outside Verona and connect with a local winemaker on this small-group winery visit. Take a guided walk through the historic vineyards to learn about the traditional cultivation methods, visit the former icehouse (now the aging room) and barrel cellar, and then relax with a tasting of a number of Valpolicella and Amarone wines.

Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive show cooking and taste authentic recipes from Varese treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people. Enjoy a 4-course menu including starter, pasta, main course with side dish, dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from regional cellars and coffee). This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

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.

Hunt for fresh, local truffles in the countryside surrounding Verona during this private truffle-hunting tour and tasting. Get help from a truffle-sniffing dog as you scour the forests. Then, enjoy a guided tasting of truffle with fresh pasta and local cheese and salumi paired with wine. During out-of-season tours, truffle-hunting is replaced with a tour of the vineyard, cellars, and farmhouse.