I have to post this review because this was the best food tour we've ever done...anywhere.
It was a French holiday so the trams weren't running but that didn't stop our tour guide, Ally, from going the extra mile and paying for us to take an Uber to Liberation Market. This is where the LOCALS go for their shopping and we appreciated her taking us there.
She REALLY enjoys her job and it shows...we know this because she was so excited to buy everything she needed and then added on top extra items because they just sounded so good to her!
For example, instead of trying just the regular fresh oysters at the fish market, she also decided on the spot that she would order the very expensive ones because she wanted us to have the experience of trying them...and we were glad to have tried them (they were delicious and I don't like oysters).
She set up a picnic of sorts right on the spot, in the middle of the market and created an experience that we would never had enjoyed on our own...not just trying new foods and (lots) of wine but also getting to feel the energy of the locals in action.
We were also grateful for her extensive training in wine when she took us to a very old family run wine store to talk about wine-making in the area and pointed out her favorites based on taste and value.
As an added bonus, she also gave us a little history tour of the parts of town that we walked through which was much appreciated.
The finale at the restaurant where we ate a sit-down lunch was fantastic. She ordered a TON of food and we had so much to eat. We were grateful that we didn't eat any food before the tour that morning...we left with a full belly! Our tour went beyond the time-frame it was scheduled…Ally was having too much fun for us to stop!
This tour was recommended in Rick Steve's book that we ordered before our trip and it was a little more money than another tour we almost selected...but we are SO happy that we spent a little more and had this amazing more cultivated food tour experience.
We highly recommend others book it!