The 5 Best Self-Guided Tours

1.Self-Guided Food Tasting Tour with Vouchers

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

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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2.Audio-Guided Archiginnasio Visit with Food Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★3.3 · 79 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $24Best value

Visit Bologna’s Archiginnasio Palace and Anatomical Theatre with a smartphone audio guide in Italian, English, or Spanish. Walk through its decorated galleries, learn about the world’s oldest university, then use your voucher for local cured meats, wine, and gelato in the city centre.

“Non è molto utile. Nel pacchetto ci sono i biglietti salta fila, ma nel nostro caso (sabato pomeriggio) non c’era fila. Ottimo invece il voucher degustazione (piccolo tagliere di buoni affettati e bicchiere di vino + gelato Fabbri).”

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3.Clock Tower Audio Guide and Food Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 58 reviews · 2 hours · from $30

Meet a Bologna Tour host by Neptune Fountain, then explore Palazzo d’Accursio’s Clock Tower and Municipal Art Collections with a smartphone audio guide. Reach the clock mechanism and, if you accept the narrow staircase, the terrace. Finish with a voucher for typical food in central Bologna.

“Esperienza meravigliosa! La torre dell’orologio regala una vista unica dall’alto dell’intera città di Bologna, il palazzo ha delle stanze con affreschi spettacolari e la degustazione con vista merita tantissimo! Assolutamente consigliata!”

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4.Lugano: Self-Guided Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 29 reviews · from $110

Follow a one-day food trail through Lugano, visiting five local favorites independently. Start with pastry at Grand Café Al Porto, then enjoy prosecco, cheese, Ticinese cuisine, wine, and gelato. The voucher supplies the route, opening hours, and stop details, but you should allow flexibility for seating.

“It was great, exceptional places we wouldn't have visited if we hadn't been on the tour. The food was very refined and delicious. We received a warm welcome everywhere we went, it was fantastic.”

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5.Around Florence Hills: App‑Guided e‑Vespa Tour + Wine&Food

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 26 reviews · 4 hours · from $99Top rated

You’ll collect an electric Vespa in Florence, follow a smartphone route through the hills and Fiesole, stop at Piazzale Michelangelo, then enjoy Tuscan wine with cheese and cold cuts in an Oltrarno food bar. This is a self-drive tour for confident scooter riders.

“Tour was excellent. The most beautiful views. The restaurant at the end of the tour was closed but we were given a great sandwich suggestion and that was 5 stars as well. Very pleased with the women and man that assisted us for setting up and turning in.”

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