Bologna Food Tour from a local perspective

Really a great tour! The tour guide owns his company and this is all he does so you don’t get farmed off to a first time tour guide. He has eight years of experience doing the tour and has great connections with local purveyors and restaurants. We bag an with coffee and croissants at a cute coffee shot that roasts their own beans. Next was a stop to watch pasta being made and a short tour of the historic area. Then we had a charcuterie and cheese tasting with a tasting of balsamic vinegars in front of an awesome salumeria. We made our way to a restaurant where we tasted three typical bolognese pastas. Then a stop for a typical appetizer and finally some amazing gelato. It’s all included in the price and there is plentiful wine with the tasting and lunch. Awesome value and awesome experience! He even sends out recommendations after the tour. The best part is it’s limited to eight people per tour! We loved it!

All of the local food that our guide highlighted was amazing. I would highly recommend to someone who is coming to Bologna

We had an excellent time with Matthea during this walking-food-tour. Lots of information about the typical bolognese food and historical facts of Bologna. I would recomment this tour when you are visiting this beautiful city!

Absolutely wonderful - the tour guide owns this business and it shows that it’s his passion and truely enjoys personally hosting every tour himself as he grew up in the area. He was incredibly entertaining and knowledgeable about sights and history in Bologna and the food the region is known for. It was a great mix of food with breaks of walking around the city and hearing it’s stories and history. A great thing about this tour is it’s always 8 people or less so it’s an intimate tour which makes it easy to ask questions about anything and everything. It was outstanding that the guide was so knowledgeable and friendly - and takes you to truely great Family run restaurants and shops. We did the morning tour (10am-2pm) which started out food wise with espresso and cappuccino with pastries, followed by a spread of all the meats you could imagine…mortadella, prosciutto, culatello, parmigiano reggiano, and salami (and wine), a balsamic vinegar tasting, watching pasta making, 3 popular types of pasta (with more wine), a warm cheese and bread snack that was amazing, and of course gelato (the really amazing gelato that’s stored in metal containers and made in house instead of those gross tourist trap mounds of artificially colored and flavored gelato). Would hands down recommend to everyone coming to Bologna.

The guide does an excellent job speaking to the food, traditions, and history of Bologna on this tour. The food is excellent and the small setting perfect for an authentic, local view into the offerings of this food capital.

Mattio was a great tour guide he had so much knowledge on the local food and went over several things we should look for . He was amazing

We had the best time with Mattia as our guide. The food was delicious and we loved getting to see how the tortellini is made. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone looking to enjoy some local food and history while in Bologna.

This tour was the highlight of our trip to Italy. Great food, interesting and informative information and tons of fun. A must do!

Very unique experience. Mattie made it super fun and yet educational. Loved all the places we’ve visited.

Educational tour, lovely pace. Max number of 8 in group although we were only 4 on that day. Lovely tastings en route of coffee, cake, cheese, meat, vinegar, wine, tortellini and delicious lunch of special soup, lasagna and tagliatelle ragu. Mattias did us proud. Thank you.