Italy · Wine & Beer

Guided Food Tour with Wine Tasting in Verona

2 Hours Round trip from Verona Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Guided food walk through Verona’s historic centre
  • 02 Sample cured hams, cheeses and vegetable patès
  • 03 Taste street-style pizza, focaccia and bruschetta with local olive oil
  • 04 Enjoy sweets, biscuits and Verona’s famous Pandoro
  • 05 Visit a local chocolatier for traditional treats
  • 06 Two tastings of Valpolicella wine near the Arena
  • 07 Learn about Verona’s food traditions from a local guide

Discover Verona through its flavours on this guided food tour through the city’s historic centre. Over two hours, you’ll sample a generous mix of local specialities while hearing stories about Verona’s traditions, food culture and UNESCO-listed old town.

Taste cured hams, cheeses and vegetable patès, stop at a local bakery for street-style pizza and focaccia, and enjoy bruschetta with extra virgin olive oil from the Redoro oil mill. Along the way, visit a local chocolatier, try Verona’s famous Pandoro, and pause near the Arena for two tastings of Valpolicella served with insight from a sommelier.

Along the way, visit a local chocolatier, try Verona’s famous Pandoro, and pause near the Arena for two tastings of Valpolicella served with insight from a sommelier.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 2 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access Not applicable
City Verona
Languages English, German, Italian

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Start with Chacuterie & cheeses

Our first stop will be at the Gastronomia Doc&Dop to sample a selection of cured hams, cheeses and vegetable patès from Sicily. For the cheese lovers a selection of Monte Veronese, a semi-hard cheese that is produced in the local hills and has a distinctive flavor.

Local bakery

We will move outside the crowd in a local bakery to sample a selection of street style pizzas and focaccias (salty oil bread). 

The butcher

We will pop by a local butcher too.

Oil mill Redoro shop

After a short walk through the picturesque streets of Verona, we will stop at the oil mill Redoro shop. Lake Garda keeps the climate perfect to grow olives, so enjoy a bruschetta with this liquid gold and 2 patès

At a local chocolatier

At a local chocolatier, we willsample some old fashion pistacchio sweets, the traditional sbrisolona cake or some buiscuits from Lessinia.

Local Valpolicella Wine tasting

Verona is famous for its Valpolicella wines where Corte Saibante winery is located. They produce less than 10.000 bottles per year keeping a high quality. We will stop by their tasting room near the Arena where a sommelier will explain and serve 2 tastings of Valpolicella.

The family that produces Pandoro, a traditional cake

The final stop will be in the family shop that produces and sells Pandoro, Verona most famous cake.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Verona 1 city · 2 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • 2 whole hours of food-tasting and food-stories
  • 2 wine tastings including fresh white and icon red of Valpolicella
  • Street food style pizza and bruschetta with Extra Virgin Olive Oil from local Redoro oil mill
  • Sassi dell'Adige sweets and buiscuits with butter from Lessinia mountain breeded cows
  • Local salame called 'Soppressa', Speck cured ham, 2 cheese tastings and vegetable patè from Sicily
  • Pandoro is Verona typical cake. Let's taste it from the original family shop since 1908. Or try the Risino, with rice from the plains of Verona.

What's Not Included

  • TIP OR GRATUITY

Know before you go

  • Secure payment with Paypal or Credit Card
  • Easy walk with seating stops at local shops
  • Kids & Infants allowed
  • Animal or pets allowed
  • Wheelschair accessible
  • Stroller / Pram accessibile
  • Gluten free not available
  • Arrive on time, wait for the local guide in front of the meeting point or enter the delicatessen shops and ask for a set
  • Contact us for customized solutions (large groups, events or private bookings)
  • We suggest wearing comfortable shoes.
  • If you have dietary requirements or allergies, please inform us in advance so we can do our best to accommodate you.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Verona, IT
Tour start
Verona, IT
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 2 hours finish where they began, in Verona.

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