Rome: Chef Guided Weekend Food Tour and Market Visit with Lunch
Overview
Exclusive weekend market food tour led by a local Chef guide and passionate foodie in love with Italian traditional recipes. Amidst mouthwatering tales and stories, your guide will take you on a culinary journey through the truest and most genuine gastronomic Rome. You will enjoy the unique taste of local cuisine thanks to delicious guided tastings and traditional Lazio and Roman recipes, served in the market's delightful outdoor courtyard.
An exclusive and unique experience for food lovers, a total immersion in the culinary heart of Rome and Lazio. You will have the opportunity to:
- discover genuine ingredients and products of rare goodness
- meet local producers and taste delicacies of ancient tradition, jealously protected and preserved
- discover recipes and secrets of the Roman cuisine.
Immerse yourself in the joyful atmosphere of one of Rome's liveliest markets.
What's Included
- Breakfast Enjoy an ancient typical Roman pastry and dive into Rome's culinary history
- Lunch 2-course meal based on the market restaurant daily specials.
- Snacks 1 guided tasting of local cheeses + 1 tasting of walking cold cuts + 1 snack based on local products from a local farmer + 1 typical dessert at the end of the meal
- Alcoholic beverages 3 glasses of local wine or 2 glasses of local wine + 1 glass of local beer
- Bottled water 1 small bottle of water is included with lunch
Meeting Location
Piazza di Sant'Anastasia
00186 Roma RM, Italy
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
People born and bred in Rome love shopping at the Saturday market. This is a tradition that still endures and is deeply felt. You will have the opportunity to live this unique experience with a local Chef Guide.
To start with you will be treated to a Roman traditional pastry that will give you the right boost to experience an unforgettable tour. This will be followed by a food walk among the stalls of one of Rome's most genuine markets, where local producers sell unique products that are often impossible to find elsewhere. The walk will be marked by tastings and meetings with the proud local producers.
The market is located just a stone's throw from the core of ancient Rome, between the Roman Forum and the Circus Maximus, a place of rare beauty, and stands on a space that housed the old fish market in the 1800s. After the walking tour you can enjoy a lunch of typical recipes prepared by a renowned Agrichef and her staff. You can enjoy a tasty traditional lunch in the outdoor courtyard of the market, which every weekend hosts passionate foodies from around the world.
Enjoy the culinary wonders of ancient Rome.
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Service animals allowed
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Not recommended for those who have difficulty standing
- Not recommended for young children
- Cheese tasting can include raw milk cheeses. Upon request, pasteurised milk cheeses are available
- Please note that cross-contamination cannot be avoided. Guests are kindly requested to communicate food allergies or intolerances in advance. Vegetarian options are available upon request.
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- Lunch is served in an open-air porch.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions
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Activity code: C-5585118P3
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Boat Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CEST).
- Breakfast. Enjoy an ancient typical Roman pastry and dive into Rome's culinary history.
- Lunch. 2-course meal based on the market restaurant daily specials.
- Snacks. 1 guided tasting of local cheeses + 1 tasting of walking cold cuts + 1 snack based on local products from a local farmer + 1 typical dessert at the end of the meal.
- Alcoholic beverages. 3 glasses of local wine or 2 glasses of local wine + 1 glass of local beer.
- Bottled water. 1 small bottle of water is included with lunch.
This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Apr 2025The minimum age to participate is 16. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Rome: Chef Guided Weekend Food Tour and Market Visit with Lunch is as follows:
- Service animals allowed
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Not recommended for those who have difficulty standing
- Not recommended for young children
- Cheese tasting can include raw milk cheeses. Upon request, pasteurised milk cheeses are available
- Please note that cross-contamination cannot be avoided. Guests are kindly requested to communicate food allergies or intolerances in advance. Vegetarian options are available upon request.
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- Lunch is served in an open-air porch.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Rome: Chef Guided Weekend Food Tour and Market Visit with Lunch will be included in your confirmation email from City Boat Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024What's Included
- BreakfastEnjoy an ancient typical Roman pastry and dive into Rome's culinary history
- Lunch2-course meal based on the market restaurant daily specials.
- Snacks1 guided tasting of local cheeses + 1 tasting of walking cold cuts + 1 snack based on local products from a local farmer + 1 typical dessert at the end of the meal
- Alcoholic beverages3 glasses of local wine or 2 glasses of local wine + 1 glass of local beer
- Bottled water1 small bottle of water is included with lunch
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Service animals allowed
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Not recommended for those who have difficulty standing
- Not recommended for young children
- Cheese tasting can include raw milk cheeses. Upon request, pasteurised milk cheeses are available
- Please note that cross-contamination cannot be avoided. Guests are kindly requested to communicate food allergies or intolerances in advance. Vegetarian options are available upon request.
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- Lunch is served in an open-air porch.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
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