Taste Perugia: The Original Perugia Food Tour (All-Inclusive)
Description
Experience Perugia through the stories and traditions behind its food with a licensed local guide who lives in the city. On this walking tour, enjoy 10 tastings—from pastries, cheese, and cured meats to truffle pasta, olive oils, chocolate and gelato—paired with local wine and beer. Each stop is chosen for both quality and story, offering insight into the people and traditions behind what you taste. By the end, you’ll have enjoyed a complete, satisfying meal and have a deeper understanding of Umbrian cuisine. Highlights: • Led by a licensed local guide based in Perugia • 10 tastings across the historic center — enough for a full meal • All-inclusive experience with food, wine and beer • Discover the stories and traditions behind Umbrian cuisine • Walk through 2,500 years of history from Etruscan to Renaissance times • Visit one of Italy’s Top 100 artisan gelaterias
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Itinerary
Enjoy breakfast Italian style and learn the history of this charming cafe as you sip a creamy cappuccino or tea with a freshly baked pastry.
Enjoy a variety of typical cheeses and Umbria’s famous Prosciutto in a historic cafe linked to Umbria's rich fabric traditions.
Sample the ancient and nearly extinct Fagiolina del Trasimeno with tangy olive oil and Grechetto wine.
Step back in time while tasting Perugia's famous and lesser known chocolates at the city's oldest spice shop and general store.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Vegetarian options are available
- Not recommended for vegan or gluten free travelers
Reviews(198)
Hugely enjoyed a quiet and culinary exploratory walk led by guide Richard. Definitely recommended 👌😋
What a wonderful way to enjoy the day! Friendly and knowledgeable guide that showed us the special treats of the city along with history that catered to our interests! Highly recommended 💕
Sue and Richard are great tour guides. Ex-pats from USA they now live in Perugia and know the food, drink, history and culture of Umbria. The food and drink was plentiful, informative and joyful. Join them after the tour at their son’s bar near the main town square. A wonderful food tour!
Pietrina is an outstanding guide. We learned so much about the history, shops, food, local custums and more. She is genuinely enthusiastic, so the experience felt like a friend showing us around their favorite places. The food and wine were delicious. I highly recommend this tour.
We strongly recommend this food tour if you 1. like trying different foods 2. like learning about food histories. We visited small shops and cafes, we wouldn't have found on our own. Pietrina was friendly, patient and very knowledgeable about the food but also Perugian history.
This tour was a great introduction to some of what Perugia has to offer. Our guide Pietrina was a delight. Knowledgeable and friendly. The food we sampled was delicious
Richard did an outstanding job guiding us around Perugia and introducing us to many tasty foods and drinks along the way. Just the right amount of walking and history lessons during the tour. He knew so many people there and shared his own experiences about being an American in Umbria.
Hi Peg, Thanks so much for taking the time to leave us this wonderful review. We're so glad you enjoyed the tour!
The Taste Perugia tour was an excellent & fun way to see the city and learn more about its history, and of course local food and wine! Everything we tried was delicious and Richard was a great & knowledgeable guide. Highly recommended!
We're so glad you enjoyed the tour. Thanks for taking the time to leave us this fabulous review!
Pietrina was a great tour guide with great knowledge of both the wine and the food we were tasting along the way as well as explaining a lot of historical detail about Perugia. I would wholeheartedly recommend this tour as it combines food and history with a lot of walking made easy by stopping often (5 stops) for delicious food. The highlight of our trip!
Thank you so much for joining our Taste Perugia tour, your kind words about Pietrina, and for taking the time to leave us this fabulous review! We're so happy this was the highlight of your trip!
Very worthwhile. Just the right amount of strolling, tasting and learning. Richard was a very good host.
Teresa, thank you so much for joning us and for taking the time to leave us this fabulous review! We're so happy you enjoyed the tour.
