Red Rose Walking Food Tour

Embark on a 3-hour walking food tour in historic Lancaster, exploring local cuisine and family-owned eateries. No chain restaurants, diverse culture, and special dietary accommodations available.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Lancaster Central Market - Your guide will take you through the Market giving you the history of the Market and it’s vendors and some of their samples.
What's Included
  • Snacks included
What's Not Included
  • gratuities
Additional Information

Join our skilled narrative expert at Penn Square’s visitor center to embark on a journey through Lancaster’s rich history. We wouldn’t let you go hungry!
This captivating three-hour downtown Lancaster tour showcases the city’s colorful culture and includes mouthwatering food samples exclusively from local family-owned restaurants. We promise — no chain…

Location
Penn Square
Downtowns' visitors center is located on the corner of King St. & Queen St. Using a GPS will only confuse you.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Scottandkathy
Oct 13, 2024
Central Market Sherpa - Debbie was awesome! So knowledgeable about local history and, of course, food!! Glad we had her to guide us through Central Market — that place is overwhelming on weekends! The three hours just flies by — it was the kind of tour you don’t want to end!
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P7455yxdonnas
Oct 12, 2024
Delicious and intriguing! - This was an amazing experience! My 13 year old granddaughter and her friend also enjoyed the tour. Debbie, our guide, is an absolute wealth of great information. Her knowledge of the vendors that we visited and the history of the area is incredible! The food experience was fantastic! She definitely knows how to engage with people and teenagers and how to provide them with some really great information and insights of the city. Without any hesitation, I recommend this tour!
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Linda_b
Oct 5, 2024
Wonderful combination of food and history! - I enjoyed both the historical stories at various buildings and statues as well as the variety of food experiences. Our guide was definitely an expert on both counts. I also appreciated her concern for our safety during the walk.
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Margie_k
Sep 18, 2024
Food and Fun - Debbie was very informative about the town itself and our food bites were tasty! Would definitely recommend.
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Bonnie_s
Aug 18, 2024
Red Rose is the way to go! - Deb was a great tour guide. A great overview of food and history. Thoroughly enjoyed. Food samples were yummy and the vendors very nice.
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654seb
Aug 3, 2024
Awesome Tour, and History associated with the City - Awesome tour of Lancaster City with a lot of interesting history of how the city became to be and the different events that occurred.
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Kim_s
Jul 30, 2024
Great walking food/history tour. - Our tour guide, Debbie, was so friendly, knowledgeable, and kind! She MADE the tour! We enjoyed the history of Lancaster City, as well as the food. Highly recommend!
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Debra_r
Jul 6, 2024
Walk, Eat, Learn and Be Charmed by Lancaster! - Debbie was an excellent tour guide to downtown Lancaster, PA. She obviously loves her city and is extremely knowledgeable about its history as well as its current day strengths and charms. She led us on a 3 hour tour highlighting the famous as well as lesser known people, structures, and cultures. I loved her style of storytelling about the city, it was so interesting and engaging. I love stories about people, and Debbie was very descriptive in intertwining the stories of the history of Lancaster with its people. I learned a lot more about the beginnings of not only Lancaster but also of our country. We sampled great samples of diverse foods throughout the tour, along with explanations of the history of the food sites. I will be recommending Debbie’s tour to anyone I know that is visiting Lancaster!
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Jacksona5623
Jul 1, 2024
Fun Tour - Grateful for Deborah, she alowed us to come after we missed our first date of the tour! We had so much fun! She made I t fun. The food from the market was delicious. We purchased some food to take home. So much history in Lancaster. I'll be back!
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Barbara_a
Jul 25, 2024
The food was varied,... - The food was varied, interesting and good. The storytelling was very interesting. It was a fun time.
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