Ferrara Food Tasting and Walking Tour

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US$56.54 per guest

Adult x2

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Earliest available date: July 19, 2026

All bookings are final. Cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

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10 meals

Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

Reviews

Location

Ferrara

Duration

2 hours 30 minutes

Number of Guests

2 - 10 guests

Accessibility

Stroller Accessible

Language

English, French, Spanish, Italian, German

Other

Wheelchair Accessible, Family-friendly, Pet-friendly, Private Experience

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Explore Ferrara's rich history and culinary traditions on a walking tour. Discover Renaissance monuments and taste local delights like ricciola, maccheroni pasticcio, and Ferrara's unique sweet treats.

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Ferrara, city of Renaissance and UNESCO World Heritage, has a very old history about food traditions, started with the Este family in the XVI Century. A food tour in Ferrara is the best way for discovering the main monuments of this wonderful city: the beautiful Estense Castle, the Cathedral and the Ducale Palace, Schifanoia Palace, the urbanistic project Addizione Erculea.

During a Food Tour in Ferrara, accompanied by local expert guides and escorts, you will have the opportunity to find out all the secrets about its food excellences and old traditions: ricciola, a salty dough for breakfast; pasticcio di maccheroni; pumpkin’s cappellacci (tortelloni); salami of Ferrara; coppia, typical bread; pampapato and tenerina, chocolate cakes; Fortana, local wine.

What You Get

Taste of Macaroni Pasticcio

Taste of cappellacci with pumpkin (tortelloni)

Private certified food guide

Tickets to monuments or museums in Ferrara

Good To Know

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Specialized infant seats are available

What You’ll Experience

Panificio Cappelli

First food stop for the breakfast as people used to do in Ferrara: a savory pasta + cappuccino. This is one of the most famous and the best Pastry Shop of Ferrara, located in the city centre. Here you will see also fresh food of gastronomy, hand-made pasta, local bread and cakes.

30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

Via delle Volte (Pass By)

Walk with the guide through one of the most famous medieval street of the city

Piazza Trento e Trieste (Pass By)

After a short walk with the guide through narrow streets, you will arrive at the main square of the city; here you will pass by the Dom, the oldest Wine Shop of Europe and the famous Estense Castle

Il Leon D'Oro

Second food stop for tasting a selection of fresh cured-meats with local bread, a taste of "pasticcio", a casket of macaroni with white ragù, mushrooms and truffle, all enclosed in a sweet pasta and a glass of local wine (sand wine) and the typical "caplaz", tortelloni with pumpkin

1 hourAdmission Ticket Included

Castello Estense (Pass By)

Walking to the last food stop, you will pass around the famous and wonderful Estense Castle. The guide will explain you the history and secrets about this medieval jewel.

Palazzo dei Diamanti

Last stop at the Cafeteria of Palazzo dei Diamanti (Diamonds Palace), the most famous palace of the city which keeps a secret into a legend: a real diamond on its walls! Quick lunch with 2 fresh hand-made pasta: pumpink's tortelloni and an exclusive pasta of the restaurant with with ragù, a glass of Prosecco and dessert Tenerina (the chocolate cake of Ferrara)

1 hourAdmission Ticket Included

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Porta Paola, Via Donatori di Sangue, Ferrara Provincia di Ferrara Emilia-Romagna, Italy, IT, 44122

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Our guide will meet you in front of Porta Paola. The guide has a signboard with the logo fo My Motorland or your name.

End Point

Palazzo dei Diamanti, Corso Ercole I d'Este, Ferrara Provincia di Ferrara Emilia-Romagna, Italy, IT, 44121

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Cancellation Policy
All bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

Reviews

5.0

based on 1 reviews

(Viator)

Great food great information

August 02, 2025

The tour guild was incredible. Love every minute of it. The food and history was great. It was nice learning about the foods history.

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Experience Details

What You Get

Good To Know

What You’ll Experience

Panificio Cappelli

Via delle Volte (Pass By)

Piazza Trento e Trieste (Pass By)

Il Leon D'Oro

Castello Estense (Pass By)

Palazzo dei Diamanti

Meeting & Pickup

Cancellation PolicyAll bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

Cancellation Policy
All bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.