Rome Food tours: Special meals

Rome food tours: Special meals

Unique meal tours in Rome designed to highlight the city's culinary heritage

CUCINA POVERA, A CRUATED MEAL

Our Cucina Povera Dinner is a culinary dive into the heart of Italian cooking, one based on "poor" ingredients, that is those readily available and inexpensive. Our docent, a culi...

Duration: 3 hours; Cost: $107 per person; Private: $435 per group

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La Cena, An Italian Dinner

Though Italy boasts a wealth of excellent dining establishments, from the humble streetside sandwich shop to elegant Michelin-starred restaurants, the best, and most authentic, meals...

Duration: 3 hours; Cost: $593 per group

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Savoring Rome, A Culinary Stroll

Maureen Fant is a well known food writer living in Rome who has lectured widely on the history of Italian cuisine. In this walk and seminar on traditional Roman food, Maureen takes...

Duration: 5 hours; Cost: $90 per person $390 per group

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Panoramic Rome by Night Tour and Dinner in Trastevere

Start your evening with a panoramic night tour of the city, where you will see all the famous Roman sites lit up! Then, enjoy a late dinner in the district of Trastevere. Dine on traditional Italian cuisine in a typical Roman restaurant, and sip Italian wine as you relax and discover the charm of Rome by night...

Duration: 4 hours; Cost: $95 per person

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Taste of Italy Food Tour to Chianti and Umbria from Rome

Leaving Rome, you'll head north to cross the Tiber valley to Cortona. This town has changed little since the Middle Ages and described by Frances Mayes in her book Under the Tuscan Sun. Next you'll drive along the shores of Lake Trasimeno and have lunch in a typical country restaurant. In the afternoon, you'll drive through the hills of the Chianti region to reach the hilltop town of Montepulciano, whose ruby-red Vino Nobile wine is famous the world over...

Duration: 13 hours; Cost: $138 per person

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Culinary tours

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Rome food walks & seminars

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Special meals

Rome wine tastings

Rome vineyard visits

How long does Rome take?

Planning your day: Rome wasn't built in a day, and you'd be hard-pressed to see it in that brief a time as well. Still, you can cram a lot into just a day or three.

To help you get the most out of your limited time in the Eternal City, here are some perfect itineraries, whether you have one, two, three, or four days to spend in Rome.

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Useful links

SIGHTS

Tourist info
Turismoroma.it

Other useful sites
060608.it (tourism info database)
Vatican.va (Vatican)
Coopculture.it (major sights/ruins)
Archeoroma.beniculturali.it (civic archaeology department)
Museiincomuneroma.it (civic museums)
Comune.roma.it (city site)
Sovraintendenzaroma.it (city cultural department)

LODGING

TRANSPORT

Public transportation:

Agenziamobilita.roma.it (all transit and driving/parking info)
Atac.roma.it (bus & Metro/subway)

plane

Rome airports:

Adr.it

Airport transfers:

Trenitalia.com (express train: €14)
Viator.com (private car: €14–€16.50)
Terravision.eu (bus: €4)
Cotralspa.it or Sitbusshuttle.com (bus: €5)
Taxi: €45–€55

Airfares:

train

Trains:

automobile

Driving/parking:

Sabait.it (Villa Borghese garage; €18/day)
Atac.roma.it (outlying commuter parking lots; from €5 per day)
Agenziamobilita.roma.it (more on the ZTL)

Car rentals:

Car resources
Emergency service/tow: tel. 803-116
Highway agency: Autostrade.it (traffic info, serivce areas, toll calculator, weather)
Italian automotive club (~AAA): Aci.it
ZTLs: Ztl-italia.blogspot.com (lightly outdated, but handy, links to cities' traffic-free zones)