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Food tour in Rome question about timing

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We want to do a food tour in Rome and we're considering Eating Italy because it has such good reviews, particularly the Twilight Travestere tour that has staggered start times 45 minutes apart between 3:30 pm and 7 pm.

Has anyone taken this tour and, if so, what start time do you recommend? This is for a family of five including three kids, ages 9, 14 and 16. Also, my two youngest are very picky eaters. Do you think they will get anything out of this tour? Part of my hope is that it opens them up to new food possibilities.

My oldest is allergic to peanuts. Is this a potential problem on a food tour, or no more so than anywhere else? At age 16, he is very careful about asking about peanuts in food so there's not a risk of him eating something without thinking about the potential first.

Anyway...if anyone has a different tour they can recommend, I'd love to hear it. Thank you!

Posted by
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Email the tour organizer and ask. That's what I did (used The Roman Guy).

How long is the tour? In other words, what time does it end? Then consider how your kids, especially the youngest, will do.

Posted by
131 posts

It's a three-hour tour. That wasn't really my question, sorry for not being more clear. I just wondered what time is best to truly experience a "twilight" tour - I saw that sunset isn't until 8:45 pm or so when we are there - and feel part of the food scene rather than visiting when no one is around.

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I did the tour in September 2015. It was wonderful, but if your two youngest are picky eaters I doubt they will like it. We started at 6:30 and it ran closer to 4 hours . There is one time you do actually sit for a meal of various pastas. It's nice to get off your feet, your kids might enjoy that food. The food was delicious at every stop, but not what I consider kid food. There is a pizza and gelato stop, though. To be perfectly honest, my boys at that age would not have enjoyed this tour. It was definitely adult oriented.

There were a lot of people around and about at 6:30. If you want it to be dark more, I'd start at 7.

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Thanks, Lulu! I think the teenagers will enjoy it, but maybe I'll pick one with a kid friendlier menu, such as visiting the market and delis or such. Eating Italy has one of those in Florence.

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