Top Piedmont & Liguria Food Tours

Capital of Italy’s beautiful Liguria region, the coastal city of Genoa takes great pride in its local cuisine—with fresh flavors and traditional recipes handed down through the generations. On this walking tour, explore Genoa’s culture and lifestyle through its food and learn why Italian cuisine is the envy of the world. Sample pasta dishes with fresh pesto, local cheeses and seafood, and savory pastries, and taste the flavors the locals love.

Intrigued by our title? Wine here is truly a life experience, and the people that made and are still making wine in this incredibly difficult terrain are following their ancestors' practices handed down since the 1300s. Wine is the cultural heart of the Cinque Terre, and this tour offers one of the only ways to visit a working wine cellar in the Cinque Terre and taste their wine. This unique opportunity is combined with a second wine tasting led by a sommelier with unparalleled experience in Cinque Terre wines, all the while looking out at the breathtaking sea from a location that only people on this tour can access. No other tourists allowed. When you finish this intimate tour, you'll have learned the ins and outs of winemaking, wine tasting, and the true history of the Cinque Terre, all the while in the company of experienced local guides who have been working with both the winemaker and the sommelier for years. Looking for something different and real? This is for you.

The Italian city of Genoa, where pesto got its start, is home to antique shops; stunning 15th-, 16th-, and 17th-century palaces; and scores of outstanding restaurants and bars. This tour leads you through the top sites, secluded squares, and hidden spots. You’ll try local Prosecco, coffee, pesto, and focaccia, all with the expertise of a local guide.

Treat yourself to a more intimate way to see the Liguria coastline, and set sail on a private boat for an experience that's tailored to you. What you do and where you go is up to you; leave the itinerary in the hands of the capable skipper, or create a personal route. Lunch and swim stops are included, and you'll use your deck time to help with the sails, or simply bask in the sun.

Indulge in the fantastic and impressive wines of the Piedmont region in northwestern Italy. Visit wine cellars and vineyards of Langhe and Roero and be prepared to taste some amazing wine, including Barolo, Barbaresco, Nebbiolo, Roero, Barbera, Dolcetto and Arneis. Choose between a half-day or a full-day tour, exploring and learning about the wines of the area. 

Truffles are one of the most famous and prestigious products from Alba, but taking to the woods to search out these delicacies in the wild is a pastime usually reserved for expert foragers. With this exclusive experience, join a local truffle hunter and his dogs as they uncover these tiny treasures in the wooded hills. Relax after your adventure with a wine tasting in a local family-run cellar.

Delve into the world of Langhe wines with this insider tour of the top cellars in Piedmont’s most prestigious wine country. Join your sommelier guide on a customized itinerary through the hills surrounding Alba to taste the area’s top-rated Barolo, Barbaresco, and other wines and learn about their history and production. Meet the winemakers and access vineyards and barrel rooms where some of Italy’s most prized vintages are born.

Discover the wine of Italy’s prestigious Piedmont region on a private tour with a local winemaker guide. After leaving Milan, you’ll travel to the Barolo and Barbaresco wine regions, learning about the grapes and winemaking techniques as you go. Stop to visit cellars and vineyards, taste the wine, and even add on a 3-course lunch plus coffee at your own expense, if you wish.

Italy is a patchwork of local cuisines, each with a proud heritage and unique dishes. On this walking tour, take a deep dive into that of food-centric Turin, from its market to its neighborhood eateries. Sample a plethora of local delicacies from street foods to restaurant fare, learning about their role in the city’s gastronomic culture from your guide. Taste wines and get your caffeine fix with Turin’s prized coffee.

Embark on a savory gastronomic journey through the historic port city of La Spezia, led by a friendly foodie guide. Sample tasty regional specialties at 5 different food stops, pre-selected to bring you the best of local cuisine. Taste briny fried anchovies, or a delicate chickpea pancake. Menus are seasonal, guaranteeing the freshest ingredients, and small groups are capped to ensure a personalized tasting adventure.

Italy’s Piedmont region is known as a gastronomic capital. On this private tour, you won’t just get to taste some of its most famous culinary products—you’ll go behind-the-scenes and see how they’re produced. First, join a truffle hunter and his dog on a walk, and see if you unearth any treasures. Then, transfer to a family-run winery, where you’ll learn how wine is made and enjoy samples of Barolo.

Walk above the village of Manarola, in the heart of the Cinque Terre, among its terraced vineyards, discovering its millenary tradition of wine culture and work. Here, wine production has always meant a sense of sacrifice and self-denial in total harmony between land and sea. Here, man's work took place in communion with nature, with the construction of dry stone walls that have withstood a thousand years redesigning the landscape and the base of winemaking. Here the work breathes the sea and is transformed into nectar that tastes of the sea, and of the magical fusion of Mediterranean aromas. After a short guided walk, discovering the technique, the history, the nature of the Cinque Terre vineyards, you can enjoy a wine tasting offered by a local producer.

Barolo and Barbaresco are two of Piedmont’s most prestigious wines. Get an inside look at how these flagship reds are produced with this tour led by a local winemaker. Visit cellars in the hills of the historic Langhe wine country and learn about the unique terroirs and microclimates behind these blockbuster wines. Stop for tours and tastings at area wineries and admire views of the vineyard-covered countryside along the way.

Turin is known for its prestigious cuisine featuring delicacies from truffles to chocolate. Take a deep dive into the city’s food culture with this gourmet walking tour to visit restaurants, learn about traditional dishes, and enjoy tastings and lunch with a foodie guide. Sample specialties including grissini (breadsticks), agnolotti and tajerin pasta, vitello tonné (veal with tuna sauce) and steak tartare, chocolates, and bicerin (a chocolate-infused coffee drink).

Italian truffles are loved by foodies around the world and this truffle hunting experience offers a chance to see how they are collected. On a 3-hour tour from Alba, help to hunt and harvest the sought-after black and white truffles, then sample delicious truffles and other regional delicacies.

The aperitivo is one of Italy’s—especially Turin’s—time-honored traditions, and often a restaurant or bar’s proudest accomplishment. With this tour, get an easy, varied introduction to the pre-dinner drink by sampling three aperitivi in three locations in the heart of Turin. Pair the aperitivi with food and wine, and listen to your guide tells stories about local culinary traditions and history.

Wine fans looking for a tasting experience with a difference—this is the one for you. Enter a historic and beautifully preserved wine cellar in Manarola for a tasting that involves the senses of smell, sight, and taste. The experience is heightened by darkness and atmospheric music, as you try three half glasses of Cinque Terre white wine and snacks. A sommelier guides you through the experience and provide information you wouldn’t discover otherwise.

Considered one of Italy’s greatest red wines, Barolo is a favorite of oenophiles around the world. During your next visit to the Piedmont wine region—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—learn more about how Barolo and other local varietals are made during a behind-the-scenes tour of a family-run winery. Tour the vineyards, visit the cellar, and enjoy samples of a dozen wines, plus locally made meats and cheese.

Discover the sweet side of Turin with a food-focused walking tour. Taste several chocolate-based specialties of Torino including Bicerin (an espresso and chocolate drink), gelato, pastries, and chocolate bars. Follow your guide on a stroll through the heart of the city and learn about the history of chocolate making in this region of Italy.

Beyond the architecture and the monuments, get to know another side of Turin when you embark on a culinary-minded, evening walking tour of the city. Meet your guide in the center of town and be sure to come hungry: you’ll be visiting four different venues over the course of the evening. From a traditional aperitif all the way up to espresso, enjoy a delicious overview of the city’s rich gastronomic traditions.

Learn about Barolo wines from the grape vines to the tasting rooms during a half-day wine tour from Turin. Take a walk in the vineyards and a guided tour of the wine cellar, then head to the tasting room for a guided wine tasting accompanied by typical snacks from the region. Private round-trip transportation from central Turin is provided for your convenience.

During the visit you can learn about the rich history of the winery, retracing the evolution of viticulture and winemaking in Neive through 5 generations of winemakers. The visit will begin in the small family museum in the remuage cellar of the Valsellera Classic Sparkling Wine and in the barrel ageing cellar of the great red wines. Dulcis in fundo, a spectacular tasting of 5 great Barbaresco and Barolo wines of our production will be waiting for you to immerse you completely in the family and traditional atmosphere typical of our cellar.

Get a taste of Cinque Terre on this 4-hour tour from Manarola, Cinque Terre, that combines a pesto demonstration, a boat cruise along the coast, and lunch. Travel to Cinque Terre via train with your group, then end the tour in Vernazza with a Cinque Terre trail pass to explore further if you wish.

Hi everyone, I'm Federico and I represent the fourth generation of the Bussi Piero Winery. I will guide you to discover our territory starting with a visit to the vineyards (weather permitting), passing through a visit to the cellar and concluding with a complete tasting of our range of wines, starting from the Piedmont DOC Chardonnay, passing through the different types of Barbera d 'Asti and Nebbiolo and concluding with our Moscato d'Asti DOCG