Tour gastronomico privato a piedi di Bologna con tour gastronomici segreti

I booked the Secret Food Tour for a group of 12 of us based on Tripadvisor reviews. However, my experience does not match the reviews that I saw! Our private group tour was set for 3.30 pm. We were advised not to eat lunch as there would be plenty to eat. We never ate anything as our guide did not turn up! We waited and waited in the heat and I endeavoured to contact the company to see what was going on. There is no telephone number available to contact the company, so I sent 4 emails whilst standing there and my husband managed to message them via whastapp. We were not provided with the name of our guide, with no telephone number of the guide or of the company itself! They did not even ask for my telephone number, so we were stuck waiting and waiting and getting more and more hungry and more and more frustrated until finally, after approx. 1 hour, we were informed that the company's medical team had been advised that the guide had been in a car accident. I am sincerely sorry for the guide and hope that he/she is OK. I appreciate that unfortunate things happen, however, if we had been provided with telephone number details we might have not had to wait in the unknown for 1 hour!! We were offered another day to do the tour, but we were on a strict schedule with no other dates available for it. We were offered a full refund but no compensation. Extremely disappointed!

Claire was an amazing and knowledgeable guide. Food was delicious and we went to some very unique places that we wouldn't have found otherwise. Highly reco this tour when in Bologna. Claire was also kind enough to send us her recommendations for Milan as well.

Gabriele was an amazing tour guide with so much knowledge of the history of the city and the history of the foods, balsamic vinegar and wines. Everything was delicious, and the people we were with on the tour were a fun group, so it made the experience even better! This is a must-experience for anyone who travels to Bologna.

Well organized tour. Small group, informative, you get to visit great, local places, and you definitely won’t leave hungry! We did the 10am tour, easily locating our guide who first walked us through the history of food in Bologna. We then tried everything from: a local bolognese breakfast raviole (not to be confused with ravioli pasta!), different ages of balsamic vinegar, various types of cured meats and cheese, as well as delicious meal of 2 types of pasta (where we also watched them make the fresh pasta!). We then washed it all down with some gelato. Gabriele was very informative and kindly ensured anyone who had to leave early (the tour ended around 12:30-1), was out on time. He even gave a takeaway/to-go back to someone who had to leave extra early. Highly recommend.

Mattia was an excellent tour guide for it Bologna food tour. He’s a native of Bologna who knows a lot about the history of the city. He took us to places we would not have gone without him, which is important when traveling to a new country. We had a great time and met people from all over the world.

Gabriele was wonderful! The spots on the tour were all great and the knowledge he shared was fantastic. It was such a great way to see the city, experience the food and get some great recs for the rest of our meals. Would definitely recommend and will be looking into doing in other cities.