Bologna Exclusive PRIVATE Food Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings

Embark on a private food tour in Bologna and indulge in 10 tantalizing local tastings. Experience the city’s culinary scene while exploring cultural highlights. Book now!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Piazza Maggiore - This tour includes 6 or 10 food and drink tastings. Your local host has hand-picked each one of the tastings based on their love for food, and knowledge of the city. Enjoy only the most authentic bites the city has to offer!

  • Quadrilatero - A food tour in Bologna would not be complete without the most typical and beloved dishes in town. Enjoy a bite of the ultimate classics, tortellini fritti and formaggio bianco, and taste them in their true local flavor!

  • Piazza del Nettuno - This tour is more than just food, it’s a cultural experience! In between food stops, discover city highlights for a well-rounded experience that will satisfy your appetite for Bologna. From food, drinks, must-sees and local hot spots; this tour has everything on the menu!

What's Included
  • PRIVATE multilingual local foodie guide
  • Private Personalized Tour
  • Vegetarian alternatives - please message your host to advise of any dietary requirements
  • 6 or 10 food & drinks tastings of high quality local products - depends on the option you book
  • Sustainable carbon neutral experience (B-Corp)
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
  • Entrance tickets to the attractions - we will visit them from the outside
Additional Information

Eat your way through Bologna’s culinary scene on a private food tour. Go on a delicious journey as you try 6 or 10 of the best food items beloved by the locals: from savory to sweet and local drinks; this tour will leave every foodie satisfied!

Enjoy tastings typical of the local cuisine and hand-picked by a local guide passionate about food like Tortellini fritti and Formaggio Bianco Bologna. But that’s not it! This tour is more than just food; it’s a cultural experience! In between food stops, you’ll also find city highlights making this experience a well-rounded tour that will satisfy every foodie.

Withlocals The 10 Tastings Private Food Tour™ is one of Withlocals’ signature tours available in major cities worldwide. We work with passionate local guides who earn a fair fee. We support local economies by only offering local produce and prevent over-tourism with only small non-intrusive groups. Our tours are carbon-neutral and away from the standard tourist routes.

  • Private tour: only you & your local guide
  • Includes city highlights in between food stops
  • Alternatives offered for those with dietary restrictions
  • May be operated by a multilingual guide
Location
Via Belvedere, 6
Via Belvedere
In front of 'Pollo e Patate Pollomino' - IMPORTANT - this meeting point is for the 6 tastings tour option
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Djenrit
Jul 15, 2024
An Awesome Culinary Adventure - We took this private tour on our first evening in Bologna so that we could take a deep dive into the local cuisine. Paolo was the perfect guide. He has curated an extremely well-rounded experience that truly showcases what this region offers - meats, cheeses, balsamic vinegar, pasta, pastry, and wines. Paolo is extremely knowledgable and incredibly passionate about his city and its amazing food. I highly recommend this experience.
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Olga_r
Jul 10, 2024
Best food pairing - The tour was excellent, taste food I will have never try by myself. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and gave us excellent alternatives. Will recommend this tour to everyone .
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Deana_m
Jul 6, 2024
10/10! - What a treat to experience Bologna for the very first time with Marco! He took us to his very favorite gelato shops- of course we had to go by for seconds! We also had an amazing balsamic tasting- who would have thought balsamic can be sweet, savory and thick! Of course we can’t wait to try some back home. He sprinkled information about the region, its history and culture too- 10/10!
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Elizabeth_a
Jul 5, 2024
Fun with Marco - We had a great time with Marco. He knows all the best local spots and we ate some wonderful food. We especially enjoyed the market and our family meal
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620yelenap
Jun 24, 2024
Food and wine tasting with family - Our family of six had a wonderful experience! Our guide Frederik is a true local and gave lots of extra tips to make our visit to Bologna even more memorable. Not to mention the delicious food and wine we got to taste. He had tons of knowledge about the local cuisine and the best places to visit to make the most of our trip.
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Andrew_l
Jun 22, 2024
Bologna Walking Tour - Wow! We are so glad we did this tour with Frederik. His love for food is only matched by his passion for the city. He is too modest, but he could easily be teaching history classes at University. I am by no means a history buff, but understanding why foods in Bologna are the way they came to be is equally as interesting as the food itself. My advice would be to do this tour on the front end of your trip so you have time for all the recommendations you will receive. The local knowledge alone is enough to justify any financial hesitation. Do note that the tasting amount is based off foods sampled versus actual stops. Before we went on this tasting, we were just travelers with a tour guide. Now we have a friend for life! Grazie Mille!!
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Fredrik_a
Jun 21, 2024
A perfect way to experience Bologna - The guide was very knowledgeable and we were very happy with the experience! Our favorite part was the taste testing with Paulo in this shop/restaurant, cool guy!
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Michele_a
Jun 21, 2024
Great food - loved it - Jason was extremely knowledgeable and my friend and I enjoyed our time with him. Food was excellent.
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Trisha_d
Jun 28, 2024
Anonymous - It was a big disappointment and an unfortunate experience for me. The tour guide changed the venue of the tour to Piazza de Neptuno when he learned that I’m taking the train. It was supposedly to have a closer meeting place from the train. So I missed out on the original venue. The 6 tastings were more of “samples” from tourist shops and a cup of pasta from a restaurant where we couldn’t even sit in. I’m just trying to forget how much I paid for it. I decided to eat somewhere nice after the “tasting tour” to not waste my trip to Bologna. The experience was the polar opposite of what I had with another company in Florence.
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Anonymous
Jun 23, 2024
Very disappointing - Tour was cancelled 6 weeks previously but no one advised us. We had a long walk to the designated meeting place and no one turned up. This caused untold distress as we thought we were at the wrong meeting place.
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