Food Tasting Walking Tour in Palma with a Local: 3-Hour Gastronomy Adventure in Old Town
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42 Ratings
Palma

Join us for a 3-hour culinary journey through the genuine Palma, featuring various stops to sample native gourmet selections while understanding the history of the city along with the unique tapas of Mallorca’s gastronomy around Palma old town.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mercat de l’Olivar - Our tour starts by heading towards Mercat de l´Olivar, however during the tour we will make different detours as we learn about the city, and as we enjoy small bites of typical products such as confectionary, local cold meats, digestif liqueurs… and a longer stop for a tapa and a drink!

  • Palma de Mallorca - Then we will walk by the old Jewish quarter, cobbled streets, stunning gothic patios while we learn how the locals live in this part of the city, and how the city´s history has influenced its gastronomy. The tour lasts 3 hours and we will be walking passing many interesting sights such as:
    • the monumental area
    • the municipal market where we will learn about the local vegetables and fish (note it opens from 9-14)
    • the old fishermen area, nowadays a very popular tapas area and where we will learn about this culture.

  • Plaça Major - As we continue on we will take a stroll through the Plaza Major as we make our way to discover more of this city full of History!

  • Catedral de Mallorca - We will then head towards the “Casco Antiguo” - the monumental area where the maginificent Cathedral, old walls and Almudaina palace are.

What's Included
  • Enjoy a long stop for a tapa and refreshment.
  • Sample delicious snacks.
  • Indulge in 3 or 4 drink and food tasting stops.
  • Guidance from an English-speaking local.
What's Not Included
  • Pick up at your accomodation. You have to make your own way to a central location which is the meeting point for the tour.
Additional Information
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
  • Please note that the itinerary may change depending on the time or weather and safety reasons
Location
Tourist Information
Carrer del Moll
Please wait outside the tourist information office at Parc de La mar. see map: https://goo.gl/maps/pE1nbyuGfFEkpVsH8 The office is grey colour and at the top has an I in orange colour
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Jerrad_f
May 30, 2024
Great tour and food! - Great tour and guides! Very knowledgeable and great food selection. They also waited for us as we were running late which was greatly appreciated!
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Roving41644877176
May 23, 2024
Great Food Tour - Melanie and Juan were amazing! They made the tour so fun and carefree despite the on and off rain storm that plagued our tour. We had a chance to have some sweet and savory treats along with Wine and Liquor. I would highly recommend and go again!!!
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Victoria
May 6, 2024
Welcoming, tasty, informative, fun. Go with an empty stomach! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ - Natalia was prompt, friendly and knowledgable from the outset. She has lived in Palma for almost 20 years originating from Madrid. She is clearly popular locally as many of the venues we went to she was greeted warmly. All the places we visited were local business where she frequents with friends and family. We started with a short walk to the local market including some local history on the way. We sat and ate some divine tortilla, croquettes and a glass of the local vermouth (don’t think 70/80’s martini). The different types of Iberico ham were explained to us - samples later ….We then went on to the best view of the city of the cathedral and learned why local lad Rafa Nadal is so good at tennis 🎾. We then went to a local bar where we had a Mallorcan Pa anb oli with said ham with a glass of local wine. Next was deeper into the old town with many historical sights to a Mallorcan specialist food/wine shop where we tasted 2 types of pate with local liqueur. Then to our final destination to the oldest patisserie in Palma for savoury and sweet treats. Over 3 hours in total, many steps and a full tummy. When my slightly annoying partner asked questions regarding local history of which she wasn’t sure of the answer, she found a local historian police officer who knew the answers! (And shut said partner up 🙃). Thoroughly recommended. Go with an empty stomach !
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Alan_p
Apr 7, 2024
A lovely tour - Loved it! Wonderful tour guide, good stops off for a variety of different food. Simply a lovely afternoon. Thank you :)
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Sharonrich71
Jun 20, 2024
Great walking food tour - This was a really great tour of Palma with fantastic stops for food and also a little tipple, with a little bit of history thrown in. Definitely don't eat before you go!
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Errin_m
Jun 11, 2024
Delicious food with a stroll - Very enthusiastic local, willing to share the best of Mallorcan food. Unfortunately his English explanations weren’t as good as the samples. If you want to do some walking and try some different cuisine, this won’t disappoint. If you need to learn facts and dates, look elsewhere.
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Jarid_s
Jun 7, 2024
Good mix of history and food. - Was a fun way to see the city. Our guide gave us a short tour of the outside of the Catherdral along with some historical context which I enjoyed. The food was good that we got to try, the main tapa stop meal was a little out there so you have to be an adventurous eater. The desert stop was the highlight for me.
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Ellen_f
May 14, 2024
Mixed bag - Our guide was very knowledgeable about the city, but her accent made it difficult to understand. I have been on other Viator tours and they were much better. This felt rushed and one of our planned stops was closed - that showed a lack of planning. I asked about using the toilet at one point and no accommodation was made. It was hard to enjoy the tour when I was experiencing this difficulty - no concern was showed. The food was of mixed quality.
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Lynn_l
Oct 25, 2023
A good walking tour - Walking around the city and learning about the history was the great, Janeanne was a super guide, very friendly and knowledgable with excellent English. The stops were all really interesting but the main tapas at the market was very disappointing- all mixed in a bowl together, didn’t taste good, very unappealing. Nice glass of wine though and other taste stops were fine and in places we wouldn’t have found ourselves.
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Maria
Apr 30, 2024
Are your own tapas! - Unfortunately not what we expected. Nice guide but food and drinks were not good. A little wine in one place, something to eat but not what I call Tapas. We got to eat afterwards. Expensive for what we got!
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