You can really get to know a place, its people and its culture through its cuisine. Food and wine tours are ideal for anyone who loves to savour the sights, smells and tastes on local market tours or enjoys long, sumptuous meals in fine dining restaurants. Tourfind has selected the best food and wine tours in Europe and beyond.

Best Tours for Foodies

Food and wine holidays in Italy can allow you to experience the sheer diversity from region to region, each boasting its own renowned speciality.  Try Rome for its down-to-earth trattorias, oozing perfect pasta and rustic sauces which deliver on flavour. Head to Naples for cooking classes which will have you rustling up perfect pizza and pastries in no time or down to Sicily to sample its charming street food. Back up in Tuscany, you’ll find some of the world’s most notable wine tasting tours – think Chianti and Montepulciano just to begin with. Move across to Emilia Romagna for more food-lover tours to take in vinegars and cheeses.

For luxury food and wine holidays, France is a country steeped in culinary tradition, with methods and recipes which are adopted world-wide. You may choose to indulge in gourmet cheese and wine tours in the sun-kissed south of France, local food tours of Paris’s best patisseries or the ultimate luxury of a Champagne tour. On vineyard tours, you’ll visit some of the world’s oldest and most beautiful wineries in spectacular surroundings, from the Loire to Languedoc Roussillon and from Bordeaux to the Rhône.

Food and wine tours in Spain never fail to delight.  Try a fun and satisfying tapas walking tour, taking you through the streets of Barcelona, or a foodie tour of San Sebastian to sample its famous pinxtos. Speciality culinary tours may include sampling Andalucía’s famed Ibérico ham, olive oil or sherry, whilst further north, wine tours may allow for an immersive Rioja experience.

Best Guided Food and Wine Trips

Foodie holidays in India reveal spectacularly diverse regional cuisines.  Head to Rajasthan for vegan and vegetarian inspiration or to tropical Kerala for dosas and freshly caught fish. Foodies will love the punchy stews of the Punjab, the coconut-infused flavours of Goa and the Iranian influences in Mumbai’s cuisine.

Food tours in Thailand offer a feast for the senses. Take tuk-tuk or walking tours in Bangkok and discover the wonders of Thai street food. For something unique, try the floating markets of Damnoen Saduak or head north for the famed Khao soi noodles and tom sum.

If you’d like to see foodie tours for UK travellers in other famous culinary destinations, from Portugal to Vietnam, check out the wide selection handpicked by Tourfind. These include food and wine tours for over 50s and cheap foodie tours, as well as many others.

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