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The 15 Best Food Tours with a Local Guide

54 tours  ·  from $2 a head

The difference between a stall you would walk past and one you queue for is usually a person. These 15 tours put a local in charge of the ordering, priced and timed.

Naples: Street Food Walking Tour with Local Guide - Piazza del Gesù, pastries, and old-center stories
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Naples: Street Food Walking Tour with Local Guide

1.Street Food Walking Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 4,976 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $50Our pick

Follow an English-speaking guide through Naples’ Centro Antico, beginning at Piazza Bellini and stopping for pizza a portafoglio, fried pizza, pasta frittata, arancini, pastries, mozzarella, limoncello, spritz, and gelato. Guides such as Mario, Daniela, Sara, and Carmen add local stories and humor.

“Our guide was outstanding! She was enthusiastic, attentive, and knowledgeable. The food portions were generous! It was so much fun to walk through Napoli at night, making our stops along the way, hearing our guide describe the foods and the history behind them. We also had fun chatting with the other participants and hearing about their Italy travel and home countries/states. It was a memorable experience.”

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Rome: Street Food Tour with Local Guide - Campo dei Fiori market and the first tastings
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Rome: Street Food Tour with Local Guide

2.Street Food Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 4,077 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $53

Join an English-speaking guide such as Mattia, Francesca, or Marco for 2.5 hours of Roman food and history. Try five tastings, plus wine and beer, as you walk from Campo dei Fiori through the Jewish Quarter, past the Pantheon, and on to gelato.

“The street food tour was one of our highlights of Rome. Our guide, Marti, was fantastic. Super educational, friendly, and made sure we had a great time. Great variety of local food and drinks too. Highly recommend this tour to anyone going to Rome!”

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Eat Like a Local: Venice 3-Hour Small-Group Food Tasting Tour - Two Santa Croce stops for cicchetti, meat and cheese
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Eat Like a Local: Venice 3-Hour Small-Group Food Tasting Tour

3.Eat Like a Local: Venice 3-Hour Small-Group Food Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,137 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $107Top rated

Start near Rialto Market for coffee and pastries, then follow a local guide through eight food stops in San Polo, Santa Croce and beyond. Expect cicchetti, wine, seafood, pasta or risotto, cured meats, cheese, cookies and gelato, with guides such as Anna, Marianna, Greta and Carlo sharing food tips and Venetian stories.

“The food and our guide was amazing! While on the tour we had so many samples that by the end of the tour we couldn’t eat anymore. This was the best way to see Venice”

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Marrakech: Street Food Tour with a Local Guide - Starting at Café Argana and Jemaa el Fnaa
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Marrakech: Street Food Tour with a Local Guide

4.Street Food Tour with a Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 3,119 reviews · 3 hours · from $34

Walk Marrakech’s Medina with guides such as Abdul, Abdoo, Ahmed, or Miriam, stopping for 10 to 12 local foods and drinks. Try Moroccan pancakes, harira, grilled meat, sardine balls, pastries, fruit juice, and more while learning about food, neighborhoods, and local customs. Shared and private tours are available.

“Amazing tour guide with wide variety of stops. We ended up returning to 3 of the stops multiple times throughout our trip because they were so good!!! And we don’t get a stomach ache from any of them either.”

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Venice: Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings - Crossing the Rialto Bridge to the market
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Venice: Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings

5.Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,613 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $57

Follow guides such as Tone, Denis, Ana, and Vanessa through Venice’s food quarters, with stops for cicchetti, gelato, buranelli biscuits, and other local bites. You’ll visit Rialto Market, see the Frari Basilica, and finish in Campo Santa Margherita. Vegetarian options are available, but vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free diets cannot be accommodated.

“Ana was very knowledgeable and personable. Great personality and very engaged with the group.”

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Rome: Street Food Tour with Local Guide - Campo dei Fiori market and the first tastings
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Rome Street Food Tour with Local Guide

6.Rome Street Food Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,361 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $54

Join a small group of up to 15 people for 2.5 hours of Roman street food, wine, and beer. Starting at Campo de' Fiori, you’ll taste market foods, pizza, suppli, pastries, seasonal produce, and gelato while walking through the Jewish Ghetto and past Caesar’s assassination site.

“Very instructive about history and food around Campo Di Fiori and Rome. We really enjoyed our time with Mattia. Grazie mille.”

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Venice Like a Local: Food, Wine & Spritz Tour with Traghetto Ride - Four wines and one Venetian spritz
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Venice Like a Local: Food, Wine & Spritz Tour with Traghetto Ride

7.Venice Like a Local: Food, Wine & Spritz Tour with Traghetto Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,858 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $107

Spend 2.5 hours walking from Cannaregio to Rialto with an English-speaking guide such as Olympia, Georgia, or Giovanna. Expect seven cicchetti, four wines, a Venetian spritz, dessert, and a traditional traghetto crossing in a group of no more than 10.

“Loved the food and drinks. The guide was very informative and good at guiding us from one place to another.”

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Hungry Osaka Street Food Tour:15 Tastings & 3 Drinks with a Local - The opening walk past Tsutenkaku
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Hungry Osaka Street Food Tour:15 Tastings & 3 Drinks with a Local

8.Hungry Osaka Street Food Tour:15 Tastings & 3 Drinks with a Local

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,727 reviews · from $73

Spend about three hours eating through Osaka’s Shinsekai with a local guide such as Adam, Anna, Andy, Tim, or Scott. Visit five small eateries for karaage, yakitori, takoyaki, udon, oden, kushikatsu, dessert, and drinks while learning about the neighborhood.

“Scott was a phenomenal guide who knew the area very well and had great historical context he shares with the group. We really enjoyed all the stops and would highly recommend .”

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Florence: Street Food Tour with Wine & Local Guide - San Lorenzo Market and the Morning Food Trail
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Florence: Street Food Tour with Wine & Local Guide

9.Street Food Tour with Wine & Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 1,443 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $44

Spend 2.5 hours walking Florence with an English-speaking local guide such as Francesco, Giovanni, Anna or Paolo. Visit San Lorenzo Market, sample schiacciata, pasta, cantucci, gelato and Tuscan wine, and learn how food connects with Florence’s history.

“We enjoyed learning more about food and Florence from our guide Francesco. We enjoyed some good food and stories.”

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Bologna: Walking Food Tour with a Local Guide - Cured meats, cheese, bread, and local wine
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Bologna: Walking Food Tour with a Local Guide

10.Walking Food Tour with a Local Guide

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

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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Budapest Food Walking Tour: Eat, Sip & Explore Like a Local - Starting beside the Kazinczy Street Synagogue
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Budapest Food Walking Tour: Eat, Sip & Explore Like a Local

11.Budapest Food Walking Tour: Eat, Sip & Explore Like a Local

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,027 reviews · 3 hours · from $73

Spend three hours eating through District 7 with a local English-speaking guide such as Eszti, Laura, Kitti, or Peter. Expect four eateries, generous portions, lángos, Hungarian soup, pörkölt, dessert, wine, beer, pálinka, and stories about Jewish and Hungarian food traditions.

“Eszti was very friendly, smiling, and explained everything very well. She made us enjoy the experience and the food. I highly recommend her. I wasn't a big fan of the soup, but the rest was excellent.”

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Venice: Eat Like a Local Food Tour with Wine & Spritz - Starting at Campo della Maddalena in Cannaregio
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Venice: Eat Like a Local Food Tour with Wine & Spritz

12.Eat Like a Local Food Tour with Wine & Spritz

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 985 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $99

Walk from Cannaregio to Rialto, stopping at family-run bacari for cicchetti, seafood, wine, Spritz, and tiramisu. Your English-speaking guide, including hosts such as Camilla, Olympia, Alice, or Giovanna, adds Venetian food lore, local tips, and a short traghetto crossing. Groups are limited to 10.

“Very informative The food and wine/spritz was delicious”

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Hanoi: Eat Like a Local Small Group Street Food Tour - A food route built around variety
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Hanoi: Eat Like a Local Small Group Street Food Tour

13.Eat Like a Local Small Group Street Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 978 reviews · 210 minutes - 4 hours · from $24Best value

Join a local guide such as Ha, Emily, or Chip for a 3.5-hour walk through Hanoi’s Old Quarter. Eat 6 to 7 or more local dishes, learn how to order and eat them, and ask for vegetarian or allergy-friendly adjustments. Private pickup and optional Train Street or egg coffee visits may be available.

“The tour was above expectations. Our guide Ha was great. She showed us great places and different foods. Also she made sure that everybody in our group was comfortabele. If you are looking for a foodtour where you can taste the hart and soul of Hanoi this is the one.”

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Eat and Drink Like a Local: Tokyo Ueno Food Tour-Taverns&Ramen - Through Ameya Yokocho to Okachimachi
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Eat and Drink Like a Local: Tokyo Ueno Food Tour-Taverns&Ramen

14.Eat and Drink Like a Local: Tokyo Ueno Food Tour-Taverns&Ramen

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 957 reviews · from $95

Follow a small group through Ueno and Okachimachi with a guide such as Aki or Akira, stopping at a standing bar, izakaya, and ramen shop. Food and drinks are included, translation is provided, and the route introduces Japanese dishes, drinking customs, train travel, and local streets you may not enter alone.

“Aki was welcoming, engaging, thoughtful and organized. The food and drinks were lovely and plentiful. He was well-prepared and kept the tour moving at a comfortable pace. I never felt bored or rushed. He shared history and points of interest along the way, in a way that felt like we a group of friends on a night out. He also accommodated dietary needs for some of our group with care. Aki is a star and I am so glad to have been on the tour.”

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Seoul: Night Market Food Tour with Local Guide - Why Gwangjang Market works well for a guided food tour
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Seoul: Night Market Food Tour with Local Guide

15.Night Market Food Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 943 reviews · 2 hours · from $73

Meet guides such as Juno, Jacob, Yoon, Tan, or Roky at Jongno 5-ga Station for a two-hour walk through Gwangjang Market. Expect up to 10 Korean foods, drinks, vendor introductions, cultural stories, and drinking games. Some tastings may include seafood, meat, and alcohol.

“The tour was excellent, Roky is one of the best tour guides I've ever met. He not just showed us delicious food but also taught us really interesting Korean food and drink etiquette.”

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