Rome food tours

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We used Eating Italy for two food tours in Rome neighborhoods and it was very well done. We had great food and learned a lot of history.

Loved Eating Italy’s Testaccio tour. We visited a bakery/coffee shop and learned about the typical Italian breakfast as ate cornetto. Then a dream of an Italian Deli for cheese and prosciutto tasting. I look at my photos of this place and my mouth waters! Then a tavola calda to try various pizzas and look at the mouthwatering variety of take-out food available. A much needed walk to the Protestant Cemetery and the Pyramid of Gaius Cestus, and on to the Testaccio Market to sample just made bruschetta, admire the vegetables and indulge in some cannoli. We had lunch, two sorts of pasta and wine, at a very traditional trattoria, a stop for some simpli, and finally a gelato lesson and tasting. I did not need dinner that night! Along the way we learned of Testaccio’s interesting history and its culinary importance to Rome over the centuries. Tour lasted four hours and was well worth the money both for the food, a chance to visit a different Rome from the usual tourist part, and to glimpse how the disused slaughterhouse area has been transformed into an amazing arts area.

We had an excellent food tour in Rome with Eating Rome.

We also used Eating Europe and did a twilight trastevre tour that was wonderful!

And on the flip side:

I really enjoy food tours and have always recommended them for a chance to try several local foods & hear interesting stories of the area. Here’s one I do not recommend: “Rome Trastevere Food Tour – Do Eat Better Experience”. The guide barely shared any info walking us in circles and as a finale, she started walking away with gelato in hand without even giving us directions of how to get back to our meeting spot! I had to call out to her to find out which direction we should walk. The highlight was a great carbonara and white wine at a restaurant and a sample at a generational cheese shop; otherwise, it wasn’t memorable.