Enjoy 10% off our TUI Collection experiences. Simply access or create your myTUI account to get the code. Click here Valid until 15.01.2025
Menu
La Spezia traditional food tour2021122161c2060569658.jpg2021122161c206058e58f.jpg2021122161c2060567c29.jpg202005265ecd25fbaed74.jpg202005265ecd25fc6db49.jpg202005265ecd25fc90a75.jpg202005265ecd2601423d7.jpg202005265ecd2601957a8.jpg
+ 6
+ 4
Activities
Excursions & day trips
Food & drink
Food & dining

La Spezia traditional food tour

Free cancellation
Place: La Spezia
Duration: 3 hours
Language: English, Italian, French, Spanish
Availability: Please see calendar
Mobile voucher accepted

Do this because

  • Experience a progressive meal walking in La Spezia city center
  • Enjoy traditional dishes and the best street food specialties
  • Learn about the city's mixed culinary foods from Liguria and Tuscany

What to expect

On this tour, you'll discover the food scene in this beautiful part of Italy, La Spezia, enjoying traditional dishes and the best street food specialties.

La Spezia is a small town and the best place to stay while visiting the amazing Cinque Terre. Surrounded by other beautiful places like Porto Venere and Pisa, La Spezia has inherited a mixed culinary tradition combining the foods of Liguria and Tuscany.

This dining experience incorporates five different eateries with foods ranging between traditional and street food styles. The walking tour will start with an entrée and ending with a typical Italian dessert or a delicious ice cream. You will taste some of the following foods on this tour (according to products availability):

  • Sgabei and Frisceu: Small fried pancakes with vegetables and fritters made from bread dough
  • Panissa and Gattafin: Typical of Liguria Street Food, Panissa is made with chickpea flour and water. Gattafin are herbs, eggs and greens filled Ravioli served fried
  • Mesciua: A local soup made from chickpeas, beans and wheat grains
  • Testaroli or Panigacci: A sort of pancake, boiled and enriched with pesto, oil, parmesan cheese and mushroom sauce, baked and served with cheese and cured meat
  • Fried Calamari and Anchovies: Locally caught fresh fish, cooked directly by the fishermen
  • Farinata: A delicious chickpea pancake cooked in a flaming oven
  • Ice cream or dessert: Enjoy the finest artisanal treats in La Spezia
Read more

Important to know

  • You will be asked to specify any dietary requirements at the time of booking
  • There will be a minimum of one food serving at each stop with drink including water, wine or beer/soft drinks (in fixed amounts)
  • Tour requires a minimum of 2 adults per booking and there is a maximum policy of 12 people per tour
Read more

What’s included

3-hour walking tour

Local foodie and multi-lingual guide

5 food tasting stops

One serving minimum at each stop with drinks

What’s not included

Gratuities (optional)

Hotel pick-up and drop-off

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 24 hours before the experience begins.

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Location

Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 28, 19122 La Spezia SP

Meeting point:

Meet your local food guide in Piazza G. Garibaldi, in the city center.

Provider

Do Eat Better Experience

Need a hand?

Would you like some help making a booking? Or perhaps you just want to ask a few questions. Whatever the reason, don't hesitate to get in touch.

Opening hours: Our team is available from 10.00 to 18.00 CET

Phone number: +1 208-744-6464