Food is an important part of traveling. It's such an ingrained part of a regions culture, that part of the travel experience includes tasting the local cuisine.
When traveling to a new area where you're unfamiliar with the local and traditional foods, or you just don't know the best places to find them, a great solution is to take a food tour.
Food tours are also a great way to try many different foods at once, to get a wide variety of options and see what local foods you like or don't like, information you can use at your next meal to eat your favorite dishes.
For solo travelers, it is an opportunity to meet other travelers and have an instant group of dining companions.
Many cities offered guided food tours. There are many different types. Some tours focus on a particular neighborhood, others focus on a type or cuisine, or just dessert. There are even tours that include classes, such as pizza-making class in Italy or a wine-tasting class in France.
The list of cities that offer guided food tours is expansive, and the best place to find a great guide in the city you're visiting is to search for food tours on yelp. Then you can see which tour offers what you're looking for by visiting the tour company web sites and reading the reviews.
A great food tour in Rome is Food Tours of Rome, which is led by Bruno, who is a friendly and knowledgeable guide. The tour is an evening tour that takes you through the Jewish Ghetto and the Campo de' Fiori, with stops by the Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain. Along the way, you will taste pizza, pasta, zucchini flowers, prosciutto, coffee, gelato and artichokes.
In Paris, the tours given by Paris by Mouth are fantastic, with many different options to choose from, depending on what you are interested in tasting. There are neighborhood specific tours that go through the Marais, Latin Quarter, Saint-Germain or Montmartre as well as cuisine specific tours, such as a tour that focuses on cheese and wine and another that focuses on chocolate.
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