Guided tour

Flavors of Lucca Food Tour with Local Guide

4.8 / 5

26 reviews

Activity provider: Tuscany like a Local
Guided tour

Flavors of Lucca Food Tour with Local Guide

Activity provider: Tuscany like a Local

From US$ 73.75 per person

Discover Lucca with an interesting walking tour in the morning and dive into its history, art, and architecture. Enjoy a taste of local cuisine with delicious treats, coffee, and cured meats.

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Duration 2.5 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Wheelchair accessible

Experience

Highlights
  • Discover the hidden corners of medieval Lucca
  • Taste authentic local treats such as Torta di riso and expresso or gelato
  • Relax outdoors at a bar in the magnificent Amphitheatre Square
  • Dig into locally produced meats and cheeses, washed down with wine or craft beer
  • Walk along Lucca’s ancient walls and learn about the city’s artisan traditions
Full description

Explore the city of Lucca on an insightful walking tour and get a taste of local cuisine with delicious samples. Stroll around the main squares, come across the city walls, and admire the imposing architecture. Enjoy a sweet treat, coffee, and traditional cured meats.

Start your tour at the very spot that welcomes most visitors to the city: the Lucca train station. From there, head through the majestic city walls and reach the beautiful Cathedral Square, giving you your first taste of life in Lucca. To truly sense the city, you need to put your taste buds to work.

Italians never start the day without their espresso fix, so do as the locals do and savor a cup of coffee. And because a good espresso goes best with a delicious treat, you’ll taste a traditional delicacy: rice cake. Alternatively, replace this with a gelato stop at the end. With caffeine and sugar fueling you, head to the main shopping street of Lucca, admiring the medieval and Renaissance architecture and the signs of the old shops that testify to the city’s ancient artisan traditions: shoemakers, knife grinders, and silk merchants. 

Then, it's time for more food as you get to know aspects of the local gastronomy. Learn about local recipes that you will also taste. Take in wonderful views from the heart of the city as we wander along medieval alleys. Be brought to Roman times in the Piazza della Anfiteatro or Amphitheatre Square.

For lunch, be introduced to some authentic food and wine, like maybe some Bazzone cured ham, finocchiona salami, or Pecorino cheese produced in the Garfagnana mountains. To wash it all down, toast with a glass of good local wine or beer. 

Includes
  • Local English-speaking guide
  • Food samples (including sweets, local snack, and a selection of cured meats)
  • Drink samples (including a hot drink or gelato, a glass of wine or beer)
  • Additional food and drink
  • Souvenirs and items of a personal nature
  • Tips and gratuities for the guide

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Entrance to Lucca train station, under the taxi sign

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Important information

Know before you go

  • On certain days of the year, breakfast can be replaced by gelato as a final stop and the snack can be served at the pastry shop
  • Keep in mind this is not a food tour, it is a walking tour with food tastings included
  • Children under the age of 2 are permitted to join this tour free of charge. Please inform the supplier at the time of booking if you’ll be bringing a child under the age of 2
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.8 /5

based on 26 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    5/5
  • Value for money
    4.6/5
  • Service
    5/5
  • Organization
    4.9/5

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Sara was really friendly and explained a lot about the history of the local area, as well as taking us to some places to eat delicious food. We tried several local dishes which Sara explained all about, all were fantastic! The reason for not giving 5 stars is that due to it being Monday, many of the coffee shops were shut and so we could not do our first stop for coffee and cake. Sara was great and took us to an extra stop later on instead, but it would have been good to know about this in advance as it meant our first food stop was not for some while (we had all skipped breakfast at our hotel in anticipation of the breakfast stop on the tour). All in all it was a great experience and definitely recommend - maybe avoid booking on a Monday if you can!

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March 29, 2023

The tour was great, we not only got to eat delicious local food, we also got to know a lot about Lucca and its history. We got to see some parts of Lucca you'd usually would not see, and with every stop our guide would provide us with lot's of information about architecture, history and other fun facts. After the tour, our guide mailed us all of the information she told us during the tour. The food itself was also very tasty and varied and our guide was great! So I would definitely recommend this experience.

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March 29, 2023

Chiara hat sehr viel Wissen über Essen und Geschichte der Stadt und der Regipn. Wir haben es sehr genossen mit dieser sympatischen und interessierten Person. Es gab nur zwei Stopps zum Essen. Das kennen wir anders. Allerdings war es Frühstück und ein kaltes Mittagessen mit sehr vielen verschiedenen Kleinigkeiten in toller Qualität. Wir hatten Hunger, haben trotzdem nicht alles geschafft. Sehr empfehlenswert.

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March 29, 2023

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