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Walking and Food Tour in Varenna, unique Experience leaded by a native local Guide: history and traditions, tasting of local wines and food specialities. Lifestyle, History, breath taking panoramas, high standard of local Wines and Food tasting in a romantic place that you will remember for the rest of your life!
Varenna: guided Walking Tour with Wine & Food tasting lasts about 2h 30min.
Prices start at $225 per person for this Lake Como experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
The meeting point is Varenna, San Giorgio square, in front of the main church of San Giorgio. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in DE, EN, IT.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 10 participants.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.9 out of 5 across 20 verified reviews; it is run by Trekkingsmile Di Nadia Lillia. Most-mentioned highlights: Alcoholic Beverages.
Our guide was amazing. Very knowledgeable about the area. The wines, cheeses, and meats we sampled were all delicious.
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed the tour and appreciated our guide’s knowledge of the area. It’s fantastic to know that you loved the selection of wines, cheeses, and cured meats as well. We truly hope to welcome you back for another delicious experience soon!
Nadia was an excellent tour guide. As a local of Varenna, she was super informative and well versed in the history of the region. The food & wine tasting was the highlight for us. It was a great tour. Very relaxed. Nadia was friendly and relaxed. We also loved that she went the extra mile and dressed in her local traditional costume.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m truly happy to hear that you enjoyed the tour and that the food and wine tasting was a highlight for you. It was a pleasure to share the history, traditions, and stories of my hometown, Varenna, and I'm glad you appreciated the relaxed pace and atmosphere of the experience. I’m especially touched that you noticed my traditional local costume. Wearing it is my way of celebrating and sharing a part of our local heritage with visitors. Thank you again for joining me, and I hope to welcome you back to Lake Como someday for more wonderful memories together! Warm regards, Nadia 😊
Great introduction to Varenna. We took this tour on our first day and was so glad we did. Nadia was excellent. She really wants you to have a wonderful experience in her city. She knew we had a boat tour an hour after the food tour. She extended our tour by 45 minutes and took us right to the boat pier.
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! It was a pleasure showing you around Varenna and helping you start your visit with a local perspective. I'm delighted that the tour helped you make the most of your time here. It was my pleasure to adjust the schedule so you could comfortably make your boat tour, and I'm glad everything worked out perfectly. I hope the rest of your stay on Lake Como was just as enjoyable. Thank you again for your kind words, and I hope to welcome you back to Varenna someday!
Nadia is authentically from Varenna. It was wonderful walking the streets with her as she greeted friends and neighbors. The food, the wine, the scenery, the history, the people, and her personal stories were second to none! Every scenic corner took our breath away!
Great way to start your Varenna visit! Nadia is fun and informative and gave us a good overview and insight into the history of Varenna and the lake. The wine tasting was amazing, and we would go back to this shop.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm delighted to hear that you enjoyed starting your Varenna visit with me . I am very happy to know my passion made your experience both fun and informative. And I couldn’t agree more—the wine tasting is definitely a highlight! 🍷
Tour guide very professional, good knowledge of the places visited and top of the top the choice of the food place she took me
I am always happy to introduce my guest in Varenna, the place where I was born and my place of heart. Thank you!
It was really a very nice and rich experience! Hiking with Nadia around the lake means enjoying beautiful views and learning a lot about the history, traditions and habits of the people who live around! She is very professional, friendly and knowledgeable…I suggest this experience to everybody!
It was a pleasure to spend some time with you, thank you!
The walking food tour was an amazing experience from start to finish and we cannot speak highly enough of our tour guide Nadia who was just fabulous!!! She was so knowledgeable about lake Como, the village of Varenna and it's history, the local food we ate and the wine we certainly enjoyed. We would highly recommend this 3 hrs Tour to anyone, the best starting to introduce lake Como and romantic Varenna.
A perfect experience: the heart of Varenna through food and wine! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you are visiting Varenna, this tour is an absolute must. It was easily the highlight of our trip to Lake Como! The guide (Nadia): Nadia is a force of nature. As a local guide, she doesn't just give you touristy facts; she shares the real soul of the village. She is incredibly knowledgeable, friendly, and answered all our questions with genuine passion. Excellent tastings: This isn't your typical tourist trap. We sampled authentic products, from alpine cheeses to local cured meats, along with a selection of wines (the Valtellina red was exceptional!) that truly tell the story of the region. The route: Wandering through the narrow alleys of Varenna while discovering hidden corners and historic shops was magical. The pace was perfect—very relaxed and convivial.
Thank you so much for your beautiful review, meeting my clients' expectations fills me with happiness.
It is so very worthwhile!! Varenna is a lovely lake Como town. It has charm, history & fantastic shops and wine..our day and exposure to Varenna was perfect; include time after to go shop; beats the big lake town of Bellagio.. Our guide Nadia was BEYOND expectations; she was charming & knowledgeable with a friendliness that was sincere! What ever she offers I would do! I would love to come back and book another itinerary with her.. don’t miss out
Every day I am grateful, to do a job that I love. Thank you for your beautiful words Debra! I hope to see you in the future for new experiences on Lake Como. Nadia
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