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Bologna food & wine guides

Everything to sort out before you book: which food tour, which wine, what is really from Bologna, the Food Valley question, the markets and how long to stay.

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Tours

Choose your food tour

The three tours most people choose between. Every tour has its own page with what you taste and what guests say.

Walking Food Tour with a Local Expert Most booked ★ 4.83 hours

Walking Food Tour with a Local Expert
15+ tastingsOsteria del SoleGelato

Tigella, the market, aged balsamic, tortellini and tagliatelle in a trattoria, a stop at Osteria del Sole and gelato at the end. The classic Bologna food walk.

What's included
  • 3-hour walk with a local guide
  • Five food stops and wine along the way
  • Mortadella, Parmigiano, balsamic, fresh pasta and gelato
  • Starts at the Neptune Fountain (orange umbrella)
  • Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
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Dinner, Wine & Food Tastings Walk Wine with every stop ★ 4.83 hours

Dinner, Wine & Food Tastings Walk
Seated pastaOld wine barGelato

A glass in one of the oldest wine bars in town, a board of salumi and cheese, then a seated plate of fresh pasta with local wine. Come hungry: it replaces dinner.

What's included
  • Local host for about 3 hours
  • Wine at an old wine bar, then wine with the pasta
  • Charcuterie and cheese board, fresh pasta tasting, gelato
  • Meets at Palazzo della Mercanzia
  • Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
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Length3 hoursFree cancellation Book this
Food Valley Day: Parmigiano, Balsamic & Wine Full day out ★ 4.98 hours

Food Valley Day: Parmigiano, Balsamic & Wine
Van from Bologna3 producersLunch

A Parmigiano Reggiano dairy, a balsamic acetaia and a Lambrusco winery near Modena, then a long osteria lunch. None of it is in Bologna, and that is the point.

What's included
  • Parmigiano Reggiano dairy tour, 12 to 36 month tasting
  • Traditional balsamic acetaia, 15 and 25 year tasting
  • Family winery with wine tastings
  • Osteria lunch with two pastas, wine and coffee
  • Van and pickup in Bologna; free cancellation up to 24 hours before
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Length8 hoursFree cancellation Book this

Plan your date before you go

Wine in an old wine bar, a salumi board and a seated plate of fresh pasta: three hours that replace dinner. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

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