Bergamo Traditional Food Tour: A Culinary Journey in Historic Bergamo Alta

Embark on a culinary journey through historic Bergamo Alta with the Bergamo Traditional Food Tour. Experience high-quality gastronomy, Italian culture, and lifestyle while exploring the city’s charming streets and tasting delicious local dishes.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • La Citta Alta - Bergamo is the split-into-two town: Bergamo Alta (
    the high Bergamo) and Bergamo Bassa (the low town), joined by the historic cable car.

Within the heart of the beautiful Bergamo Alta, we selected the best preparations, capable of presenting in one dish the food culture of the area of Bergamo: from the farmers’ traditional meals, to the richly presented meats, to the gelato ‘stracciatella’, which was first created in Bergamo indeed.

Escorted by our local Foodie, you will discover a secret itinerary enclosed within the walls of the Citt Alta, created following strong flavours and delicate scents, starting from the origins of the Lombard tradition and taking us to the contemporary Bergamo food scene that we know today.

What's Included
  • Lunch
  • One alcoholic beverage included (served only to 18 years old and above)
  • Tea and coffee
Additional Information

The ‘Do Eat Better Experience’ culinary tour includes a guided stroll of at least 4 stops throughout the historic center of Bergamo Alta. Participants are led by a ‘Foodie’, a local pal who elucidates all aspects of the chosen eateries, their dishes, and the interesting history/facts tied to them.

Tours offered by ‘Do Eat Better Experience’ blend top-notch gastronomy as a showcase of Italian culture and way of life with a walking exploration alongside a local buddy. This is why we only accommodate small groups: we aim for authenticity and ensuring each participant receives personalized attention.

Kindly be informed that the tours are conducted in both English and Italian; other languages can be catered to upon request.

  • Please be aware that the guide may speak both in English and Italian during the tour
Location
Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe, 5
Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe
In front of the arched fountain
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Pnwtraveler02
Aug 4, 2024
Food and fun in Bergamo! - Really fun tour! Massimo was a wonderful guide, warm, engaging and he kept things fun and moving along. We had great group of people which made it even better. The focus on the foods of Bergamo made this a unique tour!
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Suloveitaly
Jun 28, 2024
A wonderful evening under the lights of Bergamo - We had a very nice and delicious evening at beautiful Bergamo. Our guide Yuliya immersed us in the cuisine and life of the city. City tour with food allows you to dive deeper into another culture. Understanding Italy is best done with food.
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Journey21452839938
Jun 22, 2024
Best trip ever - The tour guide Massimo is an amazing person. We had a very good Bergamo expirience. Besides trying local food we were able to learn about history of the city and local traditions.
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Gemmapv4246ry
Jun 17, 2024
Great experience - Had a lovely experience in Bergamo doing the food tour, our guide Julia was amazing and friendly, she was great to do the tour with
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Patrick_v
Jun 17, 2024
Brilliant unknown locations and unknown dishes - Finding unknown locations and eating local dishes in a very nice atmosphere with nice stories about the city, people and local life.
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Ton_odje
Jun 14, 2024
Surprising - It was a lot of fun, we didn't like all the things equally, but it was very nice to hear all the stories behind the dishes. A number of dishes were very tasty and the history of the buildings was also fascinating. Our guide was also very passionate. 🧒
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Henrid645
May 30, 2024
Very good tour - Very interesting way for visiting Bergamo Città Alta. We had a wonderful time and, thanks to Yuliya’s very good explanations, we now know much more on Bergamo food and also on the history of Città Alta! Yuliya was fantastic and told us a lot of interresting facts on Bergamo.
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Lemonka
May 23, 2024
Excellent!! Highly recommend. - Our food tour was lovely!! Our guide Julia was wonderful and shared the history behind the food and traditions as well as information about the charming city of Bergamo. The stops were varied in nature and all with outstanding food and drink!!! My favorites were the Casoncelli pasta and the stracciatella. Although it rained for most of the tour it did not affect our enjoyment. Thank you so much!!!
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Deacontom2020
May 21, 2024
Bergamo Food - Our guide was wonderful. We had a good time. The diversity of food and wine was enjoyable. And our guide was well informed locally.
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Martin_f
Jun 10, 2024
Overpriced tour - The tour guide Julia (?) was great, very friendly and gave excellent advice and help to everyone in the group. The food part of the tour was very different. We had food tours in other parts of Italy that were excellent with good food provided. On this tour, there was not much food offerered with no choice, and cheap food, such as pollenta and pasta, which I know are typical Bergamo dishes, but the tour was very overpriced for what was offered to us. Do not recommend except the guide was excellent.
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