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A pastry with a golden-brown crust, cut in half, revealing a creamy filling. 1
A person using a blue-handled tool to scrape ice cream from a metal machine into a metal container. 2
A cobblestone square with a tall bell tower, historic buildings, and people walking. 3
A hand holding a scoop of chocolate ice cream with a metal bowl in the background. 4
A narrow street with buildings, a signboard, and a person using a mobile phone. 5
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Price is S$132 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • 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 how the local cuisine is strictly connected to its medieval past, as well as to the surrounding area, and how Ferrara, Bologna and Modena are all connected to food!

    During a Food Tour in Ferrara, accompanied by local expert tour guides specialised in Food&Wine , you will have the opportunity to find out all the secrets about its food excellences and old traditions.

    Don't forget that you will taste them, thebest moment during a Street Food Tour!

Activity location

  • Panificio Cappelli
    • 4 Via Ripagrande
    • 44121, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Porta Paola
    • 22 Via Donatori di Sangue
    • 44122, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Taste of Macaroni Pasticcio
  • Inclusions
    Gelato or local dessert
  • Inclusions
    Private certified food guide
  • Inclusions
    Cured-meats with local bread and local wine
  • Inclusions
    Breakfast with savoury pasta and cappuccino/coffe
  • Exclusions
    Tickets to monuments or museums in Ferrara

Know before you book

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Specialised infant seats are available
    • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
    • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Panificio Cappelli

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
First food stop for the breakfast as people used to do in Ferrara: a savoury 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.

Via delle Volte (Pass by)

Walk along Via delle Volte, a picturesque medieval street with distinctive stone arches and elevated walkways, which were once used to connect the river warehouses to the shops

Caffè Europa

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Food stop for tasting themost famous excellence of Ferrara: "pasticcio", a casket of macaroni with white ragù, mushrooms and truffle, all enclosed in a sweet or savoury pasta (at your choice). Drinks 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.

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

Retrobottega Travagli

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Discover the typical cured-meats of Ferrara and Emilia entering the famous Butcher Shop Travagli. It's time for an apertiv: tasting of a selection of cured-meats with a glass of local wine

Piazza Cortevecchia

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Last "sweet" stop for a delicious home-made gelato or for a dessert at a Pastry Shop

Location

Activity location

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    Panificio Cappelli
    • 4 Via Ripagrande
    • 44121, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Porta Paola
    • 22 Via Donatori di Sangue
    • 44122, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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