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    Eating Europe

    4.8 (103 reviews)
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    Angelina's terrace
    Foodie B.

    We went on the VIP golf cart tour in Rome! This tour is genius and a must do!!!!! First we went to Ercoli which was this great Deli/Cafe/Patisserie! There we got an Aperol spritz cocktail and mini-charcuterie. The roasted zucchini with a hint of mint on top of the bruschetta was sublime! We drove to the top of a hill and saw the city landscape. Cool, but didn't seem to fit into the theme of a food tour and felt like an inefficient use of time, since we turned around and went right back down the hill. I think this should be reserved for other city tours. Then we went to the Jewish quarter/ghetto where we learned lots of history about the injustices towards the Jewish people even before WWII. So sad. We had some great white wine and fried cod which was just okay. I expect my cod to be crispy and hot! Maybe just a California thing. This was a great history lesson connected to food (Jewish people taught the Italians how to fry food!) Then on to da Enzo's. This place is very hard to get into; the line often has 60+ people in it! So we felt fortunate to have the fried artichoke! CRAZY GOOD ARTICHOKES!! This was my second favorite stop! The leaves were like potato chips but in a whole new level, and the heart of the artichoke took your food soul into paradise! Then to Michelin star chef/restaurant Angelina's! I can't say enough good things about this restaurant from the ambience to every part of the dishes we had. The pasta, Amatriciana, was perfect! I couldn't finish but I wanted to. I had the red wine and it was sooo smooth and paired perfectly with the pasta. Others had the white wine and it was cold, crisp, and refreshing on a hot Rome day! We stayed at Angelina's and had the BEST TIRAMISU ever! My wife doesn't usually like tiramisu in the United States, but she loved this one. Just the espresso, no liqueur! The cream was so silky and smooth. If I wasn't so full, I would have licked every ounce out of the jar!!!! Last stop Gelato. Now, this is where I want to talk about time usage. We were so full already. I wish we had had some time to digest before getting the gelato. Maybe now, would've been a good time to go see a cityscape, or just spend more time at Angelina's talking about food and culture and how Rome has influenced the international palate. Then we would've had time to digest and enjoy the gelato more fully. But I tasted my wife's gelato and it was the best gelato I've had that I can remember! Our guide Fabio was fabulous! Funny, articulate, great English accent, and knowledgeable about history Italian and worldwide. He was easy to talk to and I felt at ease with him. Again, for this kind of tour I would have appreciated less geopolitical history (which we've gotten the last 2 days on every other tour) and more history about the food and why it is so important and interwoven into the identity and pride of Italy.

    Cheeses and baguette.

    Great guide. Took tour on 4/9/26, morning. Had coffee, chocolate breads. Cheese and bread. Chocolate and more. I'm 72 years old and was able to keep up. A bit of walking.

    Harlan E.

    Thank you, Luca, for the fantastic food tour of Testaccio. Beginning at L'Oasi della Birra, we hit a well-curated selection of food and sites in the neighborhood. Although it was hot outside, the walks between each place were short, and all the stops were organized. We opted for the addon for a few extra drinks, which was fun. I'll be sure to look into anything the tour company does in future visits to Rome and Europe!

    Suppli

    Wonderful food tour today, Luca did a great job for our family of five in Rome, we were well fed and kept well informed of Roman and other regional traditions. highly recommend this tour

    Suppli with beer
    Stephanie S.

    We booked the VIP Golf Cart food tour (evening) with Eating Europe Food Tours and it was FANTASTIC. First, our guide Gabriele was incredible, just a wealth of knowledge. It was SO MUCH food we were absolutely stuffed after. My teenage girls (and myself) could barely eat our pasta dinner which was the last stop before tiramisu AND gelato. It was NOT a tasting tour. It was tons of food LOL. The golf cart was great because we got to see a lot of the city that we would not have otherwise seen in such a short visit. Not any touristy sites, but just neighborhoods and areas that we probably would not have made it to in 2 days. Plus the golf cart was great for a nice breeze and resting in between stops. The tour included: Sorpasso Vin Cafe' E Cucina - Trapizzino and Prosecco (you selected your own Trapizzino from 5 choices. SO good!) Quick stop up at Giancolo for amazing vistas of the city. L'Elementare - Trastevere - Suppli and beer Ercoli 1928 - Charcuterie, Cheese and Aperol Spritz Da Enzo, Trastavere - Jewish Artichoke Ristorante Angelina - Amatriciana, wine, and Tiramisu (Rooftop patio) GIOLITTI - gelato

    Meet Fred! He rocks.

    We have toured with Eating Europe in five cities and all have been amazing. Yesterday's in Lisbon was the best ever. We had done on tour with Eating Europe and Fred back in December 2023 when we did their combo food tour and TukTuk ride. We were back this fall with friends and the one thing we couldn't wait to do when we came back to Lisbon was to do another food tour with Fred from Eating Europe. We had done a different tour with Fred last December (he is a little scruffier now), and we had LOVED IT! So, we wanted to take the rest of our group on a tour to have a chance to experience Fred. His real name is Frederico, and by day, he is a humble food tour guide who has a vast knowledge of Lisbon and true culinary expertise. However, his real secret is that at night, he works as a stand-up comic. This means that besides great food and great info, you get hilarious laughs. I could tell you a lot more, but why bother? This is a MUST-DO if you come to Lisbon. Contact Eating Europe, choose any of their tours and specify that you HAVE TO TOUR WITH FRED! You will not regret it. That's all I need to say. The food was great and included five stops for some of the best food we have had on the trip. Most voted at the end for the grilled chorizo at the first place we visited as their favorite food, not counting the pastries we had as dessert to finish the tour. But forget the food--this tour is about the amazing Fred, who loves food and his city.

    Arturo describing a fresh wheel of Parmesan cheese.
    William C.

    Taste of Testaccio - This walking food tour came highly recommended and I can see why. Arturo was a wonderful guide - very personable and funny with a quick laugh - as well as well versed in the many variations of delicious Roman food. He had a great rapport with all the shopkeepers, who were very welcoming to our small group. All the food was delicious, but I was especially impressed with the 15 year old red vinegar - so good. But the finale was the best - real gelato topped with whipped cream from a century-old machine. Yum! And we made some great new friends as well! Ciao.

    Gelato time!
    Lielani L.

    Twilight Trastevere Tour: Such a great experience and so glad we did this for our first night in Rome!! I discovered Eating Europe while browsing travel videos on YouTube- Roma eats for 4 hours, it was no brainer. Company is very hands on and provide super in depth information prior, super easy meeting location. We had the pleasure of doing our tour with Valentina, such a doll- very personable, fun and knowledgeable! All the places we visited were local, had a homie aunthentic Roma feel and the food simply delicious- we tried everything from wine, melon, prosciutto to fresh pasta and gelato, no complaints! Our entire group was lovely and everyone appeared to have had a superb time. Also, we are now obsessed with Sangovese red wine haha! Thank you to Eating Europe and Valentina for starting our Rome vacation out right! Grazie!

    Porchetta w/sundried tomatoes
    Lori R.

    I am so glad we chose to spend four hours of our short time in Rome on the Taste of Testaccio walking food tour! It was such a wonderful way to immerse ourselves in non-touristy Rome. Our guide told interesting stories, led us to amazing food and answered all our questions. Note they have several tours in different areas of Rome at different times of the day. It was hard for me to narrow down which one we would take, but timing of our short trip decided for us. Very happy with this one. Four hours well spent and well worth the euros. Highly recommend!

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    Lots of walking but worth it, several interesting places, great food and drink, our tour guide Toni was fab

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    Fabio was excellent! we had so much fun and he was incredibly knowledgeable about Rome and the food!

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    Real Rome Tours

    Real Rome Tours

    4.5(50 reviews)
    0.9 km•Prati

    My wife, mother-in-law and I used this company. We were running about 3 minutes late, even though…read morethe messaging we received was very clear to be early. My mother-in-law is elderly and getting around with her took more time than expected. Still, we arrived at the staging area and the staff was still very pleasant and accommodating. You can tell they were getting us to hurry because they know the area would be overrun with other tour groups. They really wanted us to have the best time and experience there. And they sat us in a very good spot for the Wednesday audience with the Pope. I would definitely recommend this company.

    Great tours! We did the Colosseum and Vatican tour. The Colosseum tour was with Ferdinando and his…read moreknowledge and passion for what he was showing us was obvious. He is definitely highly recommended. He is an archaeologist as well so he had a lot of fascinating things to share with us. We actually ran into him on three separate occasions in Rome by chance and he was great to talk to each time. The Colosseum tour we took also included the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (both even more fascinating than the Colosseum in my opinion). The Vatican tour was with Claudia and she was equally as knowledgeable and fun! She obviously knew the folks she needed to to get around in this massive complex without having to wait for anything. The "no-line" entry most tours get has lines here. She had the hookup to get us even past those lines. The tour starts through the Vatican Museum and it was very crowded at the time we were there. She fought to make room for us to get in front of the masses to get a close look at all the things she wanted us to see. It was great to see her genuinely care about our experience. Just about every other tour group we saw in this places had at least 30 people in them. Both tours we took with Real Rome Tours had less than 10. We all had an equal opportunity to experience these beautiful sights with great knowledgable folks who even stuck around to answer any questions we had. They also give great recommendations on restaurants and other places you need to see while in Rome. Gerard was also a pleasure dealing with while booking our tours. He is well organized and gave us a great alternative when we wanted to do the Colosseum Underground tour that wasn't available. It worked out perfectly for us. I couldn't recommend Real Rome Tours any more.

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    Real Rome Tours - Quirinal palace.

    Quirinal palace.

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    What a Life Tours - Vatican City, What a Life Tours

    What a Life Tours

    4.7(40 reviews)
    0.8 km•Prati

    We booked an early morning Vatican tour with What a Life Tours for our trip to Rome last month, and…read moreit was an A+ way to explore the world's smallest country. We could've visited on our own, as many obviously do, but it was great to have a skilled guide to put all that marble and history in context. We'd already paid to come to Rome and set aside a morning to see Vatican City. The added value we got out of the tour far outweighed the incremental expense. I found the tour on Get Your Guide, where it was highly rated with thousands of reviews, and I liked that it was a small group situation, with a maximum of ten participants. We received strict instructions to arrive before 7:45 at the What a Life office, within walking distance of the Vatican. We checked in and got assigned to our tour group, with an amazing guide named Giulia. She set us up with audio devices that let us hear her through our earphones even when she was just whispering--a cool bit of tech I'd never encountered before, but saw again twice more before leaving Italy. We arrived in time to enter the Vatican Museums right at 8:00, the start of visiting hours. Our tickets allowed us to skip the line, which was nice in mid-November, but no doubt doubly nice during peak season. Giulia was fantastic, so smart and informative and funny. She knew how to corral us, and I got the sense that she could work very easily under much worse conditions. She let us know how lucky we were to see the Vatican on such a quiet morning. There were plenty of people, but the crowd was apparently nothing compared to the crush of summer or early fall. The Vatican is so grand it was almost overwhelming, and it was extremely helpful to have a guide to keep us oriented. She gave us so much insight into what we were seeing, pointing out the highlights and offering a running commentary with a dry wit that was all Giulia. In the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican Museums, she showed my husband where he could find the village his family came from, painted on a 16th-century Fresco. She also prepared us well for the Sistine Chapel, where visitors are not allowed to talk, using down moments to tell us about the chapel and its artwork, with the aid of a well labeled print-out. The tour was three hours long and encompassed the museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica. We could've spent several more hours in the museums alone, but we saw a lot, moving at a pretty brisk pace. The tour was very well calibrated. I can't think of a single thing I would have changed. I thought about booking our Colosseum tour through What a Life (would've saved me a review) but saw that the one they offered had very few ratings, compared to the thousands they had for the Vatican. I'm curious what their other tours are like, and have more confidence in the company overall after going on this one. If you're visiting the Vatican, in any case, What a Life Tours is a top notch provider. We saw and learned so much in those three hours, and had a truly wonderful time.

    We did the early entry (7:45 am) tour with Jeannette. She was amazing. Her knowledge was expansive…read moreand being an art historian made it even more amazing. She not only covered the immense history of the Vatican, but her knowledge of the artists and their works was very helpful. I would not hesitate to recommend her and thus company. It was limited to a group of ten made it so easy to stay together and not lose anyone.

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    What a Life Tours - Papal throne at St. Peter's basilica.

    Papal throne at St. Peter's basilica.

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    Eyes of Rome

    Eyes of Rome

    4.8(26 reviews)
    1.0 km•Prati

    We booked the "Private Borghese Gallery Tour with Hotel Pick-up and Drop-off" from Eyes of Rome on…read moreOctober 21, before the Omicron variant placed our present trip to Rome very much up in the air. Happily we were able to make it to Rome and to experience this wonderful, personalized tour of what I think is the greatest collection of treasures in Rome on December 26. We were picked up on-time at our hotel by the tour's driver who was well-informed and effective with regard to the current COVID protocols, helping us to ensure we had the appropriate type of mask required and our physical vaccination proof (we had assumed digital versions would suffice, but this is not currently the case in Rome or at least not for the Villa Borghese). Another tour operator probably wouldn't have checked for these items and we would have missed the entire experience. We were dropped off at the Villa Borghese and met immediately by our personal guide, Silvia, who greeted us warmly and immediately started setting the context of what we were about to see with the history of the Aurelian wall, Roman life in the 1600s, and the concept of the "villa suburbana," all of which is quite necessary for a full appreciation of the wonder that is the Galleria Borghese. She explained to us the relation of the Galleria's founder Cardinal Scipione Borghese and his position as the Cardinal Nephew to Pope Paul V, which gave him political power over the Papal States. Silvia told us of the original plan of the gardens and the vivarium, which housed species from all over the world- plants and birds respectively, which was foundational to understanding the art collection to come. For context, I have twice visited the Galleria Borghese in 1996 and 2010, but it was my husband's first visit to the Galleria and, in fact, to Rome. Our tour impressed, entertained, and satiated the curiosity of both of us equally- not an easy feat, for sure. We appreciated that Silvia structured the tour as much as possible as the Galleria was meant to be experienced (unwinding, if philosophically, the changes to the sequence of rooms necessitated by current COVID protocols). Silvia was knowledgeable, personable, funny, and very well-versed in the history of the Borghese family, the Papacy as related to it, and the artists (Bernini, Carvaggio, etc.) and their works featured in the museum. Among the highlights for us: *A very informative but also witty and humorous study comparing the depiction (and by extrapolation the characterization) of Venus painted with Cupid by two artists- Cranachi (il vecchio) and Brescianino, an eye-opening discussion about the differing regional attitudes toward women at the time *Revealing the technique but also the humanity of Caravaggio with a thorough education on the 'Madonna dei Palafrenieri.' Some of why the painting would have been a shocking portrayal of Mary, Jesus, and St. Anne may be obvious, but understanding all the details- Mary's plainly visible underskirt- contemporary of the artist's time, the wrinkled, withered portrayal of St. Anne (the Vatican chapel bearing her name being the intended destination for this work, where it was ultimately rejected), and the still-astounding use of light in darkness was extremely interesting and enriching to our experience *A 360-degree analysis of Bernini's Baroque masterpiece Apollo and Daphne (starting with Silvia ensuring we averted our eyes to view the sculpture first from the right-hand side, as intended by the artist himself prior to the statue being moved) gave us a complete understanding of this work. Viewing the sculpture- which I had seen before but never from the vantage point encouraged by our guide- this way gives the complete story of Daphne's encapsulation into the tree depicted here and Apollo's (non-)reaction. When the delicately carved, paper-thin tree bark was pointed out to us, you could almost feel the heartbeat that Apollo would have felt as his hand grasped it. I appreciated the details of the windswept hair turning into leaves, which also stemmed from her hands, and the roots emanating from her foot, details I had not really fully appreciated before. I would highly recommend Eyes of Rome and specifically our guide Silvia. I cannot enumerate with words how much more I appreciated the Galleria Borghese with her expert and naturally flowing guidance and historical context. We had a fantastic time that we will not soon forget.

    Alessandro is a fantastic guide! So knowledgeable and fun. I can't recommend him and and this tour…read morecompany enough for a hypogeum tour of the Colosseum.

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    Eyes of Rome - Arco di Settimio Severo in the Roman Forum

    Arco di Settimio Severo in the Roman Forum

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    Rome Free Walking Tour - Us at the Trevi Fountain

    Rome Free Walking Tour

    5.0(2 reviews)
    2.7 km•Centro Storico

    Want a guided tour for low cost? This one is technically Free. This is a great way to be educated…read moreabout the sites rather than just showing up for a picture without any reference. Our tour guide, Laura, was informative and a trooper on a rainy day that included many who defected from our group once the wind kicked in. You get to stop at Rome's top sites. When it's over, you donate whatever is on your heart. The guides work on donations only. My only complaint is that after two hours, the tour stops, and you're pretty far from where you started. So we got lost trying to get back, eventually giving up and hailing a taxi. Book your ticket online, and be directed to the meeting point. Highly recommended.

    After being denied by another tour company for not having reservations, I contacted this one to…read moremake sure we didn't need one for their 4:30PM evening Colosseum tour and luckily we didn't. The meeting point is NEAR the spanish steps in front of the statue by the Versace building. Our tour guide was Fredricka (sp?) and she is a TRUE local Italian! She took us all around the city, stopped at the Trevi Fountain, Victor Emmanuel Monument, the Forum of Cesar and towards the Coloseum. We ended the tour right around sunset at the Colosseum which made for AMAZING photo ops! Fredricka is SUPER knowledgeable about the city and its history that everyone in our group was extremely impressed by her tour! She even recommended a small cute little local restaurant to us nearby that we would have NEVER found because it was so hidden from the main busy street. Definitely do the city tour with this company and if you get Fredricka, that's a bonus!

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    Trevi fountain

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    Walks of Italy - Basilica San Marco.

    Walks of Italy

    3.8(93 reviews)
    3.2 km

    We did the Rome in a Day Tour with Vatican, Colosseum & Historic Center with Walks and it was…read morephenomenal. With an early start we were able to see several of the key sites including the colosseum and Vatican City. Our guides were amazing and so knowledgeable.

    I booked a tour for our family with Walks of Italy (also called "Walks & Devour Tours") for the…read morePrivate VIP Colosseum Tour with Roman Forum & Palatine Hill. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!! First of all, we booked our tour for four people months in advance, and reserved an 8:30am slot (as the morning is the best time for this tour in late May, as Rome gets hot fast). A few months later, I was informed that our start time had been moved to 10:00am, with no options to rebook at a different time for the days we would be in Rome (5 days in late May 2026). We received instructions on where and when to meet our guide, for this small group (basically, our family) VIP tour. On the day of the tour, we arrived early at the designated location, but our guide was not there. An employee at a nearby cafe insisted that "the tour groups meet down those steps" and pointed to the pathway to the entrance of the Colosseum. We went down the steps and looked around but could not find our guide. When we returned to the designated area (still before the 10am start time), a guide from another company told us our guide had been there but had left a few minutes prior. We went looking for the guide "with the green WALKS sign" but could not find him/her. I tried calling the customer assistance number provided in the email but was put on eternal hold. More than an hour later I was finally able to speak to a customer service representative, who said "because you missed your guide, there is nothing I can do for you" (or words to that effect. Because our guide had our tickets/passes to get into the Colosseum and Palatine Hill, we had no way to even visit the Roman Forum. I logged into the government-run website to see if there was any way we could purchase scheduled-entry tickets for the Colosseum sometime later when we were still in Rome, and the only tickets were for late on our last afternoon, when we had already scheduled a "Small Group VIP Tour of the Vatican Museums" with Walks & Devour. I purchased these tickets, knowing that we could end up having another Walks & Devour Guide disappear/no-show leaving us to miss pretty much everything we had come to Rome to see. When I tried to cancel our VIP Vatican Museum Tour, I was told that we had already passed the refund window. When I explained what had happened, the customer service rep said there was nothing she could do. DO NOT BOOK ANY TOURS WITH WALKS & DEVOUR!!!!

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    Excited for our class to begin!

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    LivTours - St. Peter's Basilica

    LivTours

    4.4(64 reviews)
    2.3 km•Centro Storico

    I booked a Colosseum guided tour through LivTours for my family during a long planned trip to Rome,…read moremeant to celebrate my son's graduation from Lehigh University and my daughter's high school graduation. Instead of a memory to celebrate, we left with one none of us will forget for the wrong reasons. LivTours guides do not give guests individual paper tickets. The guide holds all admission on an electronic ticket and hands each guest a small sticker as the only proof of entry. On an extremely hot day, my sticker came loose. Our guide walked ahead with two other guests to the bookshop and, by her own account, only glanced back and saw our group heading toward the exit. She never confirmed we actually made it out and never checked that each of us still had proof of admission. When I reached the exit checkpoint, staff asked for my ticket. I had none, because LivTours never gave me one. I was told it was illegal to be in that area without a valid ticket, pulled aside, and questioned. The police were called. I stood there while my wife and children watched and had to step in to try to help me. My wife eventually pulled up our purchase receipt on her phone, and that is the only reason I was allowed to leave. LivTours admitted in writing that the guide saw our group heading toward the exit and left without confirming we made it out. She did not secure our exit. She did not check that everyone in the group actually cleared the checkpoint before she walked off with two other guests to the bookshop. Making sure a group actually exits a controlled site, not just watching them walk in that general direction, is a basic responsibility of a tour guide, especially one holding the only ticket that gives that group the right to be there in the first place. As an African American man in a foreign country, being publicly stopped, questioned, and detained by police in front of my family was humiliating in a way that is hard to put into words. This was supposed to be a trip celebrating my children's accomplishments. Instead they watched their father get pulled aside like a criminal because a tour guide walked away without making sure we had what we needed to leave. A LivTours representative called me shortly after and told me directly that a refund would be issued. Weeks later, after I put the complaint in writing, LivTours reversed course completely. They now claim the tour was "completed as planned" and that the incident was outside their control. Their own emails contradict that. They admit their guide saw us walking toward the exit and left without confirming we got out safely. They admit they do not provide physical tickets to guests. Those two facts together are exactly why this happened, and it happened because of how LivTours operates, not because of anything my family did. I would not recommend LivTours for any tour requiring facility exit past a checkpoint. Ask directly whether you will receive an individual physical ticket before you book, and get it in writing. Reggie

    We had an amazing tour with Maria Claudia through the Vatican City in July! She was so…read moreinformative, pleasant, and a real trooper guiding us in 100 degree weather! She was also very thorough and accommodating. We even watched her swoop up an injured bird in her hands to rescue it from getting trampled by tourists. Overall, an unforgettable day! Later the same day we did a Coliseum and Ancient City tour with Gabriella, who gave the same awesome informative type tour, and did it with a fab attitude in the humid heat. Overall, I would say this is a great company!

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