Naples: Excellence Food Tour
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Prepare to experience the pinnacle of Neapolitan cuisine
Naples: Excellence Food Tour is a two-hour guided walk through Naples’ historic center, with tastings that move from savory specialties to sweets and regional drinks. Sample cuoppo with fried squid, sardines and prawns, Neapolitan ragù and sfogliatella, then visit a nearby winery for traditional Campania wines before finishing with limoncello. The experience includes a local professional guide/interpreter, food tastings and a walking tour.
What's Included
- Local, professional guide/interpreter
- Food tastings
- Walking tour
Prices and discounts
Opening hours
Meeting Point
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Start Time: 12:00:00
Average Duration
Duration: 02:00
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation allowed up to 24 hours before the event.
Wheelchair Accessible
Additional Information & Description
Naples: Excellence Food Tour takes you through the historic center for a two-hour exploration of Neapolitan cooking. The focus is on tasting: you visit local food stops rather than simply hearing about the city’s cuisine, following a route that moves from savory dishes to pastry, regional wine and liqueur.
Begin with cuoppo and Neapolitan ragù
The first stop specializes in cuoppo, with a freshly fried seafood mix of squid, sardines and prawns. It gives the opening tasting a clear seafood focus before the tour turns to a different side of Neapolitan cooking. Next comes ragù at a local eatery, where this traditional dish is prepared with a flavorful tomato sauce and quality meats. These two stops bring distinct preparations to the table: freshly fried seafood first, then the meat-and-tomato flavors of a Neapolitan classic.
A sweet stop for sfogliatella
After the savory tastings, the route turns to sfogliatella, a local pastry delicacy. This is the tour’s sweet-food stop, adding pastry to an itinerary that has so far centered on seafood and meat. It also gives you another named Neapolitan specialty to taste during the walk.
Campania wines and a limoncello finish
A visit to a nearby winery introduces traditional wines from Campania, extending the tasting beyond Naples’ dishes to the surrounding region’s drinks. Wine is part of the route, rather than the final stop: the tour closes with a tasting of limoncello, the traditional liqueur. The sequence gives the two drinks their own place in the visit, with the winery preceding the closing liqueur tasting.
Your guide, tickets and arrival
The ticket includes the walking tour, food tastings and a local professional guide/interpreter. Live guiding is available in English, French and Italian. The starting point is 32 Via dei Tribunali; arrive 10 minutes before the tour begins. The tour is wheelchair accessible. Tickets are delivered instantly, and smartphone tickets are accepted, so you can present your ticket on your phone when you arrive.
Frequently Asked Questions about Naples: Excellence Food Tour
The ticket includes a walking tour, food tastings and a local professional guide/interpreter. Tastings include cuoppo, Neapolitan ragù, sfogliatella, Campania wines and limoncello.
The cuoppo is a freshly fried mix of squid, sardines and prawns. The route also features traditional Neapolitan ragù, sfogliatella, Campania wines and a limoncello tasting.
The tour lasts two hours.
The starting point is 32 Via dei Tribunali. Arrive 10 minutes before the tour begins.
The tour is wheelchair accessible, and smartphone tickets are accepted. Tickets are delivered instantly.
Live guiding is available in English, French and Italian.
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