Hi !
My wife an I will be in Italy this summer. Since our lodging in rome will be in Trastevere we have think about doing a food tour of that neighborhood. That one seems good :
https://www.eatingitalyfoodtours.com...ht-trastevere/
Is it worth the price ( 96 euros per person) ? We figure that we could go all the same place the tour go (easily found on internet) and pay much less to eat. Ans since english is not our main language interaction with others would not be at is max.
A primary purpose of the guide would be to foster that interaction, if you're shy, or to translate, where necessary.
It can also be easier for the guide to buy a "reasonable-sized" portion and share it among several people than for you to buy really tiny portions of everything for one or two people. I love market shopping on my own, and free tastes can be available, but I often feel that 100 grams (un etto, about a quarter-pound) is about a minimum purchase for many items, so I always buy too much. (That doesn't mean that you can't indicate "smaller" than the first slice they demonstrate to you, but much smaller isn't always practical and I know I've seen minimums stated, probably more often in France.) So tasting variety for a single traveler comes more over the course of the trip than it does in a day.
I did Eating Italy’s Testaccio food tour and consider it money well spent. The group was of mixed nationalities but English was the common language. Interaction within the group was easy with no pressure. Not only did we get the history of Roman food, we also got the history of the area. We stopped at delis and had different proscuitto, cheeses, etc. Bakeries for a variety of baked goods, pizzas, salads and more baked goods at the market, a pasta lunch with wine (copious amounts of both), and finished up with gelato. Well worth the cost for the food, an interesting tour of a historic area of Rome with a guide who was knowledgeable about both the food and the area. It was a delightful 4+ hours and the food tour of Trastevere is certainly in my list for another visit to Rome.
Trastevere is another interesting historical area and the tour will help you enjoy it .
I took this tour and thought it was great - tons of food and wine, great guide. I booked through the Roman Guy and got a Rick Steves discount (don't remember 7.5% or 10%).
We did this tour in March, and it was one of the highlights of our trip. The food was outstanding and we enjoyed the ability to try small amounts at a number of different places. I recommend it.
Yes, I also highly recommend this tour. The price tag may seem high, but you’re mostly paying for the tour guide aspect of it. They only really take you to one sit-down restaurant, the rest of the stops are to smaller places that you would have a hard time finding and appreciating on your own. You can interact as much or as little as you feel comfortable. The food you sample is some of the best I had on my entire trip, and you get all you could possibly want. So, spread that money over an entire evening and I think it’s a good value. They know what they are doing. Another word of advice, try doing this early in your stay. It will be a great introduction to the neighborhood!
Thnaks for those answers ! They are pretty convincing. I guess we will take the splurge. It could be once in a lifetime experience and I guess we will regret not doing it. Our plan was to do it the day after our arrival. The arrival day will be a foggy jetlag day.
Thanks again !
My tribe did the Trastevere day-time tour. No regrets! Best food and wine in Rome! Interesting commentary from guide. Guides are friendly and will chat about just anything. The guide and I had a conversation comparing tiny Roman vehicles to American vehicles. It was fun.
