Ferrara Food Tasting and Walking Tour with Local Guide

Highlights

• Savory breakfast
• Cured meats and wine
• Dessert and pasticcio

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   30min

   First food stop for the breakfast as people used to do in Ferrara: a savory 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.

2. 2

   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

3. 3

   Stop 3

   30min

   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 savory pasta (at your choice). Beverages included

4. 4

   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.

5. 5

   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

6. 6

   Stop 6

   1h

   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

7. 7

   Stop 7

   30min

   Last "sweet" stop for a delicious home-made gelato or for a dessert at a Pastry Shop

Before you go

Location