Top Perugia Culinary & Gourmet Tour

Meet the locals as you taste your way around Perugia’s historic center on this 4-hour tour. With a foodie guide, you’ll enjoy ten tastings of classic Umbrian foods plus wine and beer tastings from one-of-a-kind restaurants, charming cafes and shops as you walk in the footsteps of ancient Etruscans, Roman emperors, noble families and Renaissance painters. You’ll enjoy enough food for breakfast and a hearty lunch including pastries, cheeses and cured meats, olive oils, fresh truffle pasta, chocolates, gelato and more! Highlights: • 4-Hour Food & Wine Walking Tour of Perugia with a local foodie guide • Discover Perugia’s history + taste foods with an ancient history • Enjoy 10+ samples of regional food, and discover where the locals go • Meet the restaurant owners, chefs and shop keepers and hear their stories and passion • Visit one of Italy’s Top 100 artisan gelaterias

Travel through the green fields and vineyards of Umbria on a trekking bike, without the inhibition of glassed-in tour bus windows. You can focus on the scenery as your guide leads the way through Bevagna and listen to commentary on the area's medieval history. Visit an organic winery for a tasting and settle down for a provided picnic lunch in a scenic spot.

Experience the gorgeous countryside of Umbria on a full-day bike tour that features a lunch stop at an agriturismo farm. Pedal past vineyards, olive orchards, and picturesque villages with an engaging guide who shares live commentary about this region of Italy. Take a well-deserved break for a multi-course lunch at an agriturismo farm, with the option to swim in their pool in warm weather.

Engage your senses on a wine tasting tour through the vineyards and olive groves of Umbria. Known for the production of Sagrantino Montefalco DOCG wine and Montefalco Rosso, Umbria is the perfect wine-land to explore for those who want to discover the beauty of this ancient tradition through the word of local winemakers and professional sommeliers. In between tastings, treat your palate to a lunch of organic Umbrian products.

Sip your way around Umbria during a day-long private wine tour from Assisi. Also introducing you to medieval cities such as Montefalco, the experience takes in sights of monuments, churches, and Roman ruins, to give you a slice of history to accompany your wine. Try the full-bodied sagrantino wine that is loved in the region, and learn about Umbria as you explore.

Experience the ancient city of Perugia on a half-day walking tour and immerse yourself in the city’s rich cultural traditions. Meet your local guide at a central location and embark on your journey, visiting Rocca Paolina fortress, the bustling pedestrian street of Corso Vannucci, the amazing Maggiore Fountain, and other sites. Enjoy a delicious breakfast, handmade chocolates, and a light lunch included in the tour price. 

Guided winery tours and tastings to discover Umbria wines, olive oils and other specialities. The guided tours are for single guests or groups, experts or novices, winelovers or wine experts, students and families.

- Gubbio is one of the oldest Umbrian cities. Here you can breathe history from every stone and many are the traces of its glorious past: the Roman Theater of the first century AD, the Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo which overlooks the city and houses the remains of the saint, patron of Gubbio, the Church of Santa Maria Nuova which houses the fresco "The Madonna of the Belvedere" by Ottaviano Nelli. At the end of the tour, we enjoy a traditional Umbrian lunch at a local restaurant. - We dedicate the rest of the day to Perugia. The capital of the region of Umbria, is worth visiting not only for the beauty of its hilltop setting, but also for its fine old buildings. - During our time in Perugia, we’ll take a visit to Perugina Chocolate House, located inside renowned Perugina chocolate factory. A magic place to taste fine chocolate and enjoy a rich collection of pictures, labels, posters, gift boxes and special old machines to produce the chocolate and its most famous product the “bacio”.

Nice fluvial village of Roman origins, today Torgiano owes its fame to the excellent agricultural productions that have made it one of the most appreciated capitals of olive oil and wine in Italy. We’ll first take a visit to the olive oil museum, where is the precious material of the museum and its countless virtues. Only a few steps away from this fascinating museum, and we are faced with 5000 years of narrative history through archaeological finds and artifacts that document the role of wine in Mediterranean civilization. And if it is true that we are enjoying wine tasting and brunch in a prestigious winery, in which Torgiano wines and olive oils will be the undisputed protagonists

Spend a day discovering where locals eat, shop and hang out through this fun Umbria Food Tour! The day begins with a visit to an organic flour-mill where the bakers will introduce you to the entire transformation process of making bread from grains. Explore Bevagna, a beautiful medieval hamlet, the perfect sleepy town to immerse in the local lifestyle, tasting some local cheese, cold cuts and whatever is in season! For lunch, enjoy a typical Italian feast a local family-run farmhouse. Our Umbria "Slow Food" Tour is the perfect gourmet experience for those who want to explore, taste and live the true spirit of the Italian countryside!

We'll travel deep into the vines through spectacular Assisi Valley in a carriage pulled by two magnificent horses. Experience a wine tour and tastings at a bio winery. Enjoy the relaxed pace while learning of the biological philosophy of the vineyards. At the end, a delicious lunch of biological wines and cold cuts. Then, we’ll visit Montefalco, known as the Balcony of Umbria (Ringhiera dell’Umbria) from which you can enjoy a breathtaking 360 ° view of the entire Valle Umbra. Among the numerous attractions: Town walls, Torre del Verziere, Church of Sant’Agostino, Piazza del Comune, Museum complex San Francesco, Church of Santa Chiara, lookout point. After we’ll visit Orvieto, an ancient city of Etruscan origin that dominates the valley of the river Paglia from the top of the tuff cliff on which it stands. Old town, Duomo, St. Patrick's Well.

- This morning we’ll go discovering Assisi, Franciscan place par excellence, not only in Umbria and in Italy, but all over the world. We’ll take a stroll around its fascinating alleys, admiring the most remarkable sites of the city: Basilica di San Francesco, Chiesa di Santa Chiara, Piazza del Comune, Cattedrale di San Rufino, Chiesa di San Damiano. - Truffle hunting in Umbria is an old age tradition. Umbria produces the highest number of black truffles in Italy, whose quality is famous throughout the world. Truffles are an integral part of Umbrian cuisine and culture. And for those who still have some questions at the end of the hunt? Do not worry, the experience will end with a delicious truffle tasting, that will dissolve any doubt! Truffle-menu lunch at a local restaurant. - After lunch we’ll visit Spoleto, the ancient capital of the Lombard dukes. Spoleto is often considered one of Umbria’s most graceful hill towns.

Green gold, this is also called extra virgin olive oil in Umbria. Our region is probably the region with the best quality in all of Italy (and the world), having won numerous awards worldwide in recent years. A tradition devoted to the quality of the oil and not to the quantity of production.

- We begin our day visiting Todi, which is according to an American reserch "The most livable city in the world" or "The ideal city", to admire its treasures: Cisterne Romane, Church of San Fortunato which preserves in the crypt the tomb of Jacopone Da Todi, ceramists’ workshops, and more. - Umbria boasts an excellent agricultural production that have made it one of the most appreciated olive oil and wine producer in Italy. We’ll firstly take a visit to the olive oil museum, where this precious product is illustrated through museum objects retracing its history and analyzing its countless virtues. At the end of the museum tour, we’ll enjoy a rich wine tasting and brunch in a prestigious winery, in which Umbria wines and olive oils will be the undisputed protagonists. - We dedicate the rest of the day to Perugia. The capital of the region of Umbria, is worth visiting not only for the beauty of its hilltop setting, but also for its fine old buildings.

See Rome through the eyes of a local with this food-themed private walking tour. Taste traditional Roman fare including pizza bianca and gelato. Explore multiple neighborhoods on foot, from the markets of Campo de Fiori to the charming bars of Trastevere. Customize the itinerary according to your interests and get advice on where to eat and drink for the rest of your stay.