Bologna Food Tasting Box: Self-Guided Culinary Tour in Historical City Center
4.6
27 Ratings
Bologna
Embark on a self-guided culinary adventure in Bologna's historical city center with the Bologna Food Tasting Box. Discover the city's food and culture at your own pace with 7 vouchers for selected shops and a recommended itinerary for 11 main attractions.
Duration:
1 day
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Fontana del Nettuno - The first self-guided tour in Bologna to discover food and culture at your own pace!
The Bologna Food Tasting Box includes 7 vouchers to be used during your stay in selected shops in the historic center for a complete gastronomic experience.
It also includes a handy city map with a recommended route to 11 of its top attractions, which you can discover by scanning the QR code with your smartphone.
Enjoy traveling your way!
What's Included
- Orientation using a satellite navigator
- QR code audio guide for key monuments
- Personal welcome by Bologna Tour staff
- Seven tasting vouchers for diverse local cuisine
- Five vouchers for children aged 5-11 for tastings
- Custom map of Bologna highlighting a recommended route and key attractions
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Meal Options
- Tortellini with cream - Taste of cream tortellini
- Homemade ice cream tasting - Voucher for Ice Cream
- Chocolate - Chocolates tasting
- Italian coffee - Coffee or capuccino
- Tasting of Parmigiano Reggiano and Balsamic Vinegar
- Platter of mixed cold cuts - Mortadella with ham and other typical cold cuts
- Crescentina with mortadella - Typical Bolognese crescentina
Additional Information
Experience gastronomy and heritage at your leisure with the first ever self-paced tour in Bologna! The Bologna Culinary Sampling Set contains 7 vouchers that can be redeemed at various establishments around the historic city center during your visit.
Furthermore, it provides a useful city map suggesting a journey to 11 top sites, accessible by simply scanning the QR code on your mobile device.
Make the journey yours!
- A staff member will contact you at the time of booking
Location
Fontana del Nettuno
Piazza del Nettuno
Next to it is the Neptune Fountain, on the steps of the Bar Vittorio Emanuele.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(27 Ratings)
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Al_n
Mar 26, 2024
Great to explore by yourself! - Great idea. Self paced. Vouchers never go bad. Wonderful.
Little booklet included a bunch of take away items and treats, a map, more recommendations and info audios.
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C1971eyangelar
Dec 2, 2023
Self guided food tour - Professional introduction to the city by a young woman fluent in English. She made it very clear how to locate the different places we were going to visit that day-with a map and individual coupons with QRC. Very easy to find. Food was amazing. Very flexible for us and the coupons never expire. The vendors at the food places treated us very special and we made other purchases in addition to enjoying the small bites. I really loved the places where we ate and appreciate the tourism department making it easy for foreigners. Thank you
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Harold_k
Sep 24, 2023
Food scavenger hunt - This was a lot of fun and great value. We were late by an hour and they were very nice and accommodating to meet us later. Study the map as some tastings are close to each other. The gelato was the farthest away so we stopped on the way out of town. More than enough food!
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Marcoitalytr
Aug 24, 2023
History and food in Bologna! - It's a very nice why to discover Bologna and its culinary traditions! You can take your time, since it's a self guided tour, with audioguides to discover the main monuments or point of interest in the city center, and food tasting vouchers that you can use in bar and restaurants along the itinerary. I highly recommend it :)
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Kristen_w
Jul 21, 2023
You won’t regret this activity! - The guide was amazing! Polite, knowledgeable, and so kind! We only made it to 3 places and were stuffed! Planning another day to shop and tantalize our palettes!
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Ivan_c
Jun 21, 2023
Plenty of walking while worth it - Different types of foods. No pasta. Breads, balsamic vinegars, morsels sanchwiches, pizzas, gelatos. All were delicious.
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Govelitz
May 17, 2023
Taste of Bologna. - I liked this tour because we got to explore on our own. All of the venues we stopped at were welcoming and the tastings were yummy. I suggest doing the 9 am start since a lot of things close in the afternoon here. We split our adventure over 2 days. Some places where challenging to find from the paper map. We learned that the numbers on one side of the street do not correspond to the numbers in the other so be sure you are on the correct side of the street when walking to a place using the address.
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Martha_c
May 1, 2023
Easy time - We could do this on our own time no pressure no one to follow. Got to see fish markets, cheese markets, bread, markets, very, very enjoyable, chocolate delicious.
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Tibonil
Dec 9, 2023
Good idea, but could be improved. Price a little high - Various tours leave at 10.30am, so the guides are overworked and you have to wait in the cold for the other trips to be organised. I would advise the organizers to provide differentiated departure times. The map is not very clear, because everything is concentrated in the center. The idea is good, but be careful about changing the one provided in the vouchers! Ask for prices first
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Thuc48
May 20, 2023
Disappointing - Seven different vouchers for Drinks and Restaurants, very disappointing! Small portions, afterwards still hungry… for 40euros you would think the portions should be suffient and the glass of wine should be filled more than just 1cm….
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