The 15 Best Food Tours in Bologna

1.Walking Food Tour with a Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,418 reviews · 3 hours · from $86Our pick

Spend three hours eating your way through Bologna with guides such as Roberta, Valentina, Stefania, Eugenio, and Darren. Visit five food stops, taste tigella, tortellini, tagliatelle, cured meats, cheese, wine, balsamic vinegar, and gelato, then finish near the Two Towers.

“Great tour, was good to explore the local food shops, amazing produce and loved the idea of eating the food we collected along the way in an Osteria. Eugenie (presume I’ve not spelt that correctly, sorry) was a great guide and full of enthusiasm and clearly proud of his local cuisine”

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2.Bologna Food & Market Tour with 6 Tastings, Pasta, Wines & More

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,328 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $118Top rated

Spend about 3.5 hours walking Bologna with an English-speaking guide such as Claire, Federica, Mattia, or Caterina. Watch pasta being made, taste Parmigiano Reggiano, aged balsamic, cold cuts, wine, gelato, and a secret dish while exploring the Quadrilatero market.

“We had a wonderful time with our guide, Mattia. We covered a lot of ground and Mattia was very interesting and informative. We had a ton of great food and wine. The group was was not too large and everyone seemed to be having a great time.”

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3.Bologna Food Experience: Factory tours & Family-Style Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,201 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) · from $216

Leave Bologna at 7:00am with a guide such as Elena, Alessandro, or Federico and visit working producers of Parmigiano Reggiano, Traditional Balsamic Vinegar, and prosciutto. Tastings, breakfast, a multi-course lunch, wine, and return transport are included. Expect a full, social day that may finish with singing and dancing.

“It was amazing to learn how parmesano reggioano, balsamic, and prosciutto are made. Incredibly knowledgeable and engaging. Lunch back at the restaurant was the best! Music, dancing, singing, food, and wine was amazing! Frederick and Roberta are awesome! As are the restaurant staff!! Highly recommend for an amazing day!”

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4.Bologna Food Tour from a local perspective

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 860 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $133

Join Delicious Bologna at 10:00 for a 4.5-hour food walk led by guides such as Mattia, Matteo, or Riccardo. Expect breakfast, fresh pasta, mortadella, Parmigiano Reggiano, wine, balsamic vinegar, lunch, city stories, and gelato in a group capped at nine.

“One of the best things we did in Bologna. Riccardo was an amazing guide and made the time fly by with amazing food tastings and great stories about the city in between stops.”

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5.Roundtrip San Luca Train Ticket & Food Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 654 reviews · 1 day · from $41

Meet your host by Bologna’s Neptune Fountain for a roundtrip San Luca Express ticket, map, timetable, and audio guide. Visit the basilica at your own pace, then use two food vouchers at selected local shops or markets. Return trains run every 45 minutes.

“the view was magnificent. The food tasting consists of vouchers you redeem later, not on thevtrip.”

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6.Bologna gastronomic experience with a local

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 626 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $95

Walk Bologna’s old center with a local guide such as Eugenio, Roberta, Valentina, or Matteo. Taste tigelle, regional cold cuts, cheeses, fresh pasta, wine, and gelato at small food shops, an old osteria, and a family-run gelateria. Groups are capped at 12.

“A great walking and talking about food (and eating it) experience. Enough to eat to qualify for a meal, and plenty of wine, so come hungry.”

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7.Open Bus City Tour and Local Food Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★3.7 · 550 reviews · 1 day · from $46

Meet at Neptune Fountain for a 50-minute open-top bus circuit with multilingual audio, then use your food voucher near Bologna’s historic market area. You can hop off at selected stops, see major landmarks, and sample specialties such as mortadella.

“Excellent trip from start to finish. Good communication the day before the trip. Met by Rep who explained the package purchased, the timetable and meeting points. Well organised and worth booking”

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8.Full meal Food Tour with Local Delights by Do Eat Better

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 541 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $81

Walk Bologna’s historic center with an English-speaking local guide and eat your way through the city in about 3.5 hours. Expect handmade pasta, tigelle or mortadella, cotoletta alla Bolognese, gelato or rice cake, wine, water, and espresso. Groups are capped at 12.

“Wonderful experience. Luca took us an a great walk around the city so that we not only were able to try different food, but learned about the history of Bologna and various neighborhoods. Really glad we went on this tour.”

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9.Local Food Tour with Authentic Tastings and Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 383 reviews · 2 - 3.5 hours · from $61

Meet an English-speaking Secret Food Tours guide under the orange umbrella on Via Zamboni. Choose a 2-hour tasting of Bologna classics or a 3-hour route with handmade pasta, aged balsamic, Parmigiano Reggiano, wine, espresso, and a secret local dish.

“Caterina was a wonderful tour guide. We enjoyed the variety of food and wines. Excellent tour!”

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10.Food Tour with Pasta Tasting & Local Specialties

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 312 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $86

Walk Bologna with a local food guide and eat your way through four or more stops. Expect fresh pasta, mortadella, tigelle, dessert, coffee, and a small serving of wine, beer, or soft drink. Guides such as Luca, Eugenio, Angelica, and Giada add food knowledge and city history.

“Angelica was amazing! So knowledgeable and very nice to talk to. We tried a wide variety of delicious foods and were very happy with the tour. Would absolutely recommend!”

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11.Walking Food Tour and Highlights with a Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 179 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $82

Walk from Piazza Galvani through Bologna’s market lanes and historic center with guides such as Ilaria, Matteo, Valentina, or Stefania. Taste mortadella with bread and wine, fresh tagliatelle al ragù, and gelato, with history and local restaurant tips along the way.

“Englisch (Übersetzung): Yesterday we went on a food tour with Valentina, and it was a wonderful experience that I can highly recommend to anyone visiting Bologna. If you want to taste real Italian food the way the locals do – away from tourist spots and typical restaurants – and at the same time learn lots of interesting details and tips about the specialties, this tour is perfect. It was exciting, insightful, and absolutely delicious. Thank you, Valentina, for such a lovely time. I will definitely come back!”

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12.Food and Wine Tasting with Interactive Game

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 175 reviews · 1 day · from $34

At Bottega Botlé in Bologna, a sommelier and food guide lead you through three regional wines, local cheeses, cured meats, oils and balsamic vinegar. You will test your senses with the tablet-based Sommelier Game. Guides may include Massimo, Danilo, Claudio or Ixchel, and groups are limited to 10.

“A brilliant experience and learnt a lot, the staff amazing and attentive. Definitely a worthwhile experience. Would definitely recommend! 5 stars all the way. You will learn a lot about the locally produced classics and how to choose the right wine for your table.”

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13.Tastes and Traditions Food Tour with Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 162 reviews · from $100

Spend 3.5 hours walking Bologna with an English-speaking guide and a maximum of 12 people. Taste torta di riso, mortadella, Parmigiano Reggiano, handmade pasta, tagliatelle al ragù, wine, and more at eight local stops, while learning why spaghetti bolognese is not the local classic many expect.

“Trying different food. Our guide was amazing giving us so much helpful information about cooking and good food. Benadita I believe? Thank you”

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14.Self-Guided Food Tasting Tour with Vouchers

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 140 reviews · 1 day · from $50

Follow a Bologna food route with a map, QR audio guides, and seven vouchers for local tastings. Stop for tortellini, Tigellone with ragù, gelato, chocolate, coffee, wine, and Parmesan while exploring the old town at your own pace. A host or greeter speaks English, Italian, or Spanish.

“very good experience, only problem were the first place bar vittorio emanuele where we took some coffee. the personel where very unpleasant. part from that it was a good trip.”

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15.Street Food Tour in the Historic Center

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 125 reviews · 2 hours · from $59

Meet at Neptune’s Fountain for a two-hour food and history walk through Bologna. Guides such as Leonardo, Filippo, Domenico, and Giulia lead you to four tasting stops featuring crescentine, tigelle, mortadella, ragù, fried specialties, wine, and gelato. Come hungry: this can replace lunch.

“All will done, delicious food and Leonardo is a great guide”

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