Rome: Private Food Walking Tour with Wine Tastings
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Rome, Italy
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Indulge your taste buds and experience the enchantment of Rome on this private food tour. Follow your local gourmet guide to some of the best and most authentic eats in town, from fresh pasta and margarita pizza to fine regional cheeses and cured meats. Top it all off with wine pairings and some of the best gelato in town. Along the way, enjoy exploring some of Rome’s most charming piazzas. Buon appetito!
- Dine like a local at some of the best eateries and specialty shops in town
- Sip regional wine and indulge your sweet tooth with artisan gelato
- Together, tastings add up to a satisfying lunch or dinner
- Get tips on the best places to dine from your private guide
What's Included
- Expert English speaking guide.
- Food and wine tasting
- Guided tour
- 3 hours guided tour
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Campo de' Fiori, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
You will meet your guide in Piazza Campo de’ Fiori (under the statue of Giordano Bruno, in the centre of the square). The guide will have a sign with your name
End point
- Piazza di Spagna, 00187 Roma RM, Italy
Itinerary
1
Campo De' Fiori
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
2
Ghetto Ebraico di Roma
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
3
Trastevere
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
Reviews
4.3
based on 27 reviews
stephanie.balben, Mar 2017
This was possibly our favorite part of our trip to Rome March 2017. My mom and I were traveling, and after amazing food and wine tours in Tuscany, we were hoping to have a similar experience in Rome. I was a little worried based on the reviews, but Denis could not have exceeded our expectations more. Not only did we get a comprehensive history lesson kicking off in Piazza Fiore, but we explored historic shops/restaurants and ate our way through the city. We were lucky enough to only have 2 other people on the tour, so the group of 5 made it even more intimate. Great local wine, unique meats/cheeses, traditional pastas our favorite location by far, dessert...exceptional. This is the evening food tour to do. Come VERY hungry!
TIONG HAN A, Jul 2016
Really enjoyed the tour especially the food recommended by the tour guide.
c_stivale, Jul 2016
We did this tour the first evening we were together in town, a splendid way to begin our exploration of Rome. Francesco did a great job of orienting us to a number of small restaurants. First, leading us around a number of streets and piazzas in the vicinity of the Campo de' Fiori, he purchased some cheeses for our first dining stop. That was in the Antica Norcineria Viola, an astounding salami and pork shop where we had prosecco, the cheeses, and a great selection of different cuts of meats.
Then still near the Campo, the Ristorante der Pallaro offered a quick course of pasta cacio e pepe and also carbonara my wife and I returned to Pallaro two nights later with two friends despite some, mixed reviews I have read. Then, we strolled over to the piazza St Eustachio to have some pizza slices at the unpretentious and excellent Pizza Zaza. Then back toward the Campo, to a pastry shop, Nonna Vincenza, and finally to a gelateria for you guessed it, at Carapina. Obviously, with these references, anyone could to this trip on your own, but would need to have the while meal at Pallaro. My only real reservation was that Francesco, having just returned from vacation in southeast Asia, seemed a bit too disengaged, dialing in the tour a bit. There were only two couples on this tour, and one member of the other couple ate no meat, so I felt that his style seemed a bit cramped. Also we passed a family he had guided that morning, and clearly, it seemed he wished he was still with them! In any case, his tour around this are proved to give us a solid orientation to one of the most important parts of Rome and helped me be oriented for explorations for the next week. Probably worth 4 start here, if Francesco can give it his all -- but definitely worth doing. Price wise, a bit overpriced, frankly, but unforgettable.
Barbmorro, Jul 2016
A great tour, leant a lot about pizza and pasta, the latter in particular. The tour guide was friendly, personable and passionate about Italian food. Would do it again.
Angelica B, May 2016
This was truly a highlight of our time in Rome. We had 2 guides, Francesco who is a hilarious, charming, and knowledgeable Roman native, and Stefano, a professional chef. Both added such value to the tour and brought us to only the best places for pork, cheese, pasta, street food, and gelato! I highly recommend this tour - you won't be disappointed.
Denise M, May 2016
Fabulous! Best thing we did - we make a point of doing a food tour in all cities it helps with deciding where to eat out!
sheena.ellis, Apr 2016
Great tour with chef Stefano!
We tasted lots of different types of food on our stroll around central Rome.
Stefano was very knowledgeable and entertaining, we enjoyed his company and the opportunity to learn about Italian food and eat it as well!!. This tour is a must do!
Dorothy C, Apr 2016
Skip this tour! A more accurate name would be mediocre street food eaten while standing . Several of the shops visited wouldn't allow us in so we waited for the guide on the sidewalk and thus saw nothing of the cheese or bread shops, for example. The butcher shop was the best, but even then we ate a variety of tasty meats in the back room standing up with wine that didn't come from the bottle it was served from per our guide. The presentation by the owner of the shop didn't happen with our visit. The main course was 3types of pasta eaten at a joint with all the charm of Burger King. The pasta was served on paper plates with disposable forks and wine in plastic cups I kid you not, but hey at least we got to sit down. The final stop was for gelato which was fine. Overall this was a tour that should have been valued at 30 including the guide , not 90. I will not be taking another tour offered by Together in Rome tour operator: not up to Viator standards.
Anna D, Apr 2016
Had to decide which of the two pastas which lose it all as it cools first, Cacio de Pepe and carbonara need to be served quickly, frying pan to warm plate, The paper plat was drying the sauce quicker than my mouth dried with no water while eating the pizza and rice balls. The good thing was the sweat from our farheads kept it moist and briny.
Then the amatriciana Not the same when the pasta on the outside is flanked and comingled with the eggs, cheese and pepper.
Oh. Did I tell you this authentic pasta was served with rigatoni, not bucatini. Lots of respect for stefano, but I was shocked he gave no explanation. I really feel he is stuck having to deal with the cards he is dealt.
We then trekked again to get biscotti, again standing, eating on the street dodging Vespas and hawkers selling selfie sticks. Was going to buy one and take a picture of me, but while standing, I woud of had to drop my biscotti to hold selfie stick. Oh, no water, no coffee, cappuccino, no cantucci and lastly as my buddy paulice c woud do, have an espresso wit a bit of grappa or zambucca.
Again while standing,
Last trek gelato, we did go to what I'm sure is the best place. Sadly standing again.
Did all three pastas have to be done at once
Couldn't we have gone to a couple place and tried a bit at each, with a small table
Aren't ther other roman treasures., a bit of salad with some stratcelli, ?? Thin beef with
This should be changed to a walking street food tour and make it sound like you will have great food enjoy the time.
If it was warmer, this would have been a nightmare.
Again stefano worked hard and I felt he knew his stuff, but I think the bottom line is one must make a profit for the owner and shareholder. Who, by the way we're Italian would say. Never put cheese on fish and in Rome, you serve bucatini.
By the way, on our way out, the 6 bieberino fans got ther carbonara, Looked great. Yes bucatini!!!!!!!!
Anna D, Apr 2016
Stefano is very knowledgable and a passionate chef. He made the experience good but I feel the agenda and choices are poor.
Starts at 5 45. Most people in Rome spend the day walking which we knew there would me more of, if you do walk all day, walking is ok, but when you stop and stand its a nightmare.
Stop one, pizza, great piece and listening to stefano talk and field questions was great. Eat standing on street, no water or wine.
Cheese store, stand outside for 10 minutes while stefano picks up Mozzerella and bread.
Salumeria, norcineria, Awesome place. Go in back room, Grant atmosphere, stand on concrete floor for 30 minutes. Again stefano explains what and why we are eating, history, well done. But just standing is a nightmare. Food great. Feet horrible. A few stools and more than one bottle of wine for the time is poor.
Walk, stop for rice balls, Real Italian street food, Explanation, history, taste, great, no wine, no water, standing on cobblestone street into 90 minutes, tough on feet and legs. Walk to a fast food pasta place. A place that closes at 8 and serves pasta on paper, not plastic plates, plastic forks that come a takeout package with napkin, much like takeout in US. Atmosphere of mcdonalds. Finally sit at a table. Takes 10 minutes to get wine. Water came quickly. 4 -50cl liter bottles for 6 people to split. Again one more bottle of wine for 6 to split.
While we did get explanations on food, I felt stefano was embarrassed to be there.
Italian mcdonalds with pasta
He had to wait in other room for food to be served, left us alone for 15 minutes
Owner was getting ready to close
Window was closed and I was sweating like a piece of pancetta in a frying pan waiting for someone to separate the egg yolks for the carbonara
Then comes 6 young high school students talking about there day and the next justin biebererino.
Food comes all at once. 3 traditional pastas with the personality of chef boyardee spaghettios.
All served at once.
All touching
Ian G, Mar 2016
Highly Recommended. After various tours with historians etc, it was refreshing to have a tour with someone who not only lives in Rome, but is a trained Chef. The selection of food was really good, and the choice of establishments was great. Everything was explained really well, and in a logical order. I can't recommend this tour enough, as both an alternative to the usual tours, and as a great introduction to local Roman food stuffs.
Kathy T, Nov 2015
Thoroughly recommend this tour. Tour guide Dennis was really good and very informative. I did the tour with my son and we were the only people that showed up. Food was good and venues were very interesting. Enjoyed walking round the cobbled streets with our guide.
Jeffery H, Nov 2015
Francesco was funny and informative and of course delicious food through out the tour.
JOHN K, Oct 2015
This tour was awesome! Our guide, Valeria, was fantastic. In addition to treating us to awesome food and wine, she gave us lots of good tips on where to eat while in Rome. It also doubles as a nice walking tour around Rome.
Arthur T, Oct 2015
Francesco pushed through even when it turned out that it was only my wife and I who were on the tour. we had a great time and got a good dose of history along the way. would recommend
R E H, Oct 2015
Find this quite weird as I have already submitted a review. Having paid a total of 127 for this tour was left severely disappointed. On arriving at the meeting point to find it was just my wife and I on the tour immediately felt a little uncomfortable. First stop was a bakery where we were given pizza bianco and ate it alongside a fountain as the market was being cleared up. The next stop in the same piazza was a norcineria which was the highlight of the tour being served with a variety of sausage to taste with a glass of wine. The owner was very happy to talk about his sausage making and meat curing and made us very welcome. We were then told we were on our way to a cheese tasting. After our guide couldn't at first the premises we arrived at a bruschetta take away where we were given buffalo mozzarella and tomato, a couple of slices of a cheese with truffle flakes and a few slices of bruschetta with 3 different toppings. next stop was for pasta which was also a take away. We were up and down the same street before our guide could find the premises. The script being followed apparently from his mobile phone not giving him the right instructions? After the pasta take away we were taken to a taxi rank for a vehicle back to our hotel. The only positive to take from this was the guide's historical knowledge. The whole tour seemed to be haphazard and conducted by someone who was filling in. We had booked this tour on a recommendation from a colleague backed up by reviews. On our experience we could not recommend this tour to anyone and feel as though we were duped.
Thomas H, Oct 2015
Excellent! Francesco took us to some great places for terrific food. We were only a group of 6, so it was a perfect, intimate evening. Definitely try and do this at the beginning of your trip, so you'll be in the know on the best neighborhoods for food.
Terry H, Sep 2015
This tour was allot of fun and so delicious! Our guide Francesco was friendly, full of information, and took our group to small out of the way places we might never have thought to stop at. In fact, my husband and I loved the pizza we had on the tour so much we went back the next day to get another slice.
William S, Aug 2015
Most fun! Best tour, great taste of all foods and wine. Loved this tour, highly recommend
valiegrl, Aug 2015
Our guide Francisco was excellent. Very informative friendly and fun. i would have enjoyed tasting some vegetables ,such as artichokes or maybe a tasty salad. I thought the pizza and pasta was a bit redundant.However the overall experience was fun.
Libby B, Aug 2015
It was a very fun evening. The food, locations, restaurants and guide were great. YUM! My teenaged girls loved it.
Con, Jul 2015
Tour was great. Food was delicious. The guide, Francesco was excellent. The tour was light hearted and fun. A great evening activity.
Joshua B, Jul 2015
I think this may have been my favorite tour of our trip which included 4 tours all together. We were immersed into the local culture and we ate luke kings. Francesco, our guide, was awesome!
tami I, Jul 2015
The walking tour was ok at best. I have been on food tours before in different places, this one was average. I felt that there was a lot of waiting around time. I also felt that we didn't get a variety of flavors of Rome. The tour guide was ok also. He didn't really engage the group nor did he tell very much about the history of Rome related to the food.
R. Suzette U, Jul 2015
Wow, what a tour. Francesco was the ultimate guide and catered to our every need. It was such fun walking through Rome, getting some history and eating and drinking lots of delicious food and wine. My favorite of all the tours during our stay. Thank you Francesco for such a wonderful evening!
Maureen B, Jun 2015
Can't recommend Francesco's tour highly enough. Informative, great food and wine and altogether tremendous fun. The highlight of our Rome trip!
Terrance H, Jun 2015
Our guide, Dennis, was excellent. The food was also marvelous and brilliantly reflective of Italian culture and geography.
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