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Piran Walking Tour: Exploring Medieval Streets with Local Wine and Food Tasting
5.0
280 Ratings
Tartinijev trg 2
Embarking on a walking exploration of Piran’s slender lanes transports you to the Middle Ages, offering a profound understanding of life here several hundred years ago. This 90-minute journey led by local guides allows you to listen to fascinating tales from their forefathers, area fishers, salt makers, and others.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Piran Walking Tour - Best way to discover the city is with knowledgable local guide
- Tartini Square (Tartinijev trg) - Meeting point where you will hear introduction about Slovenia & Piran. The main square of the city today used to be a harbour and we will tell you why there is no sea in there anymore.
- Benecanka Casa Veneziana Pirano - You will hear an interesting legend about Venetian gothic style house, which is one of the most beautiful historic buildings in town.
- The Cloisters of Saint Francis Monastery - 700 years old monastery, which is not always possible to visit, but we’ll try our best to show you around.
- Piran Town Walls - We will see the walls from the distance and describe what purpose of defence it had to protect the city.
- Church of St. George (Cerkev sv. Jurija) in Piran - Panoramic view point from the top of the hill is amazing, if the weather is clear you will see 3 countries from 1 spot.
- First of May Square - The heart of the city where the biggest water supply for residents was in the past. Nowdays is very vibrant part of the town with some great food options, which you will also try along with some local wine.
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What's Included
- Professional local guide
- Wine tasting
- Snacks
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Tartinijev trg 2
Tartinijev trg
In front of Touristic Info Centre (behind the statue)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Lotteh758
Aug 6, 2024
Fun tour with delicious snacks and wine - Jan gave a very nice Tour with a tasting where we could taste delicious local snacks and wine. We had a nice evening!
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Sarahg161616
Jul 14, 2024
Excellent Walking Tour in Piran! - I had a wonderful time on this tour! Jan is a fantastic guide, I learned a lot about Piran and the surrounding region. I loved tasting local products at Jan's shop too, and I really appreciate his dedication to supporting producers/small businesses in the area. Bonus: my dog was able to join us!
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Carole
Jul 5, 2024
Discover local history and regional products - Very interesting tour with local history and fine tasting.
Recommended if you want to learn about Piran.
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Anne_m
Jun 18, 2024
Great tour and amazing food and wine! - Jan was an excellent guide through the city. He spoke knowledgeably about the history and architecture of the region. The high point of the tour was the food and wine tasting at the new shop just off the main square near the harbor. The selection of local wines, meats, cheeses, and olive oils was amazing. Thanks, Jan!
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Sanjay_j
May 31, 2024
Best spent 90 minutes in Piran - The tour starts in Tartini square where tour guide tells you about the history of Piran and the buildings some of which is very interesting. The tour takes you to all important places in Piran including near the clock tower and fr0m there the surroundings. The information you would get is lot more than you would even with extended stay. The wine testing and food (?) testing is added bonus. No one minds couple of glasses of wine and few canopies to go with it while having interesting discussion on various topics. Overall a pleasant enjoyable experience.
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Chucka514
May 2, 2024
Pardo provides excellence. - Moritz Pardo, our tour guide, spoke with both real world and academic expertise about Piran, Portoroz, and Slovenia in general. An excellent guide and authority to have at your disposal during a tour of this historic town.
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Jen1603
Oct 11, 2023
Amazing food tour! Highly recommend! - We went for a superb food walking tour around Piran today and all 6 of us thoroughly enjoyed the entire time. Jan is so charismatic and enthusiastic about what he does and rather than just talking at us he was conversational, it was more like having food with a friend than a tour guide which enhanced the experience. Jan clearly knows his way around the food in Piran as every dish was fantastic and we all left feeling completely full! We tried a variety of dishes including tuna tartare, sea bass carpaccio, octopus, baked sea bass, truffle pasta, and cuttlefish risotto. We also sampled some truffle products, olive oils and wines at GourmIstra shop, and local salt products at Piranske Soline, so we left with some products to fit in our suitcases! But I think it’s really important to highlight that at no point did we feel pressured to make any purchases which is how it can feel with other food tours. Jan spoke passionately about the products however whether or not to buy any was left completely up to us which actually meant we felt more comfortable to browse.
I would recommend this tour to anybody thinking of booking one and when we come back we will book again!
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Karenstarnaud
Sep 26, 2023
A wonderful way to experience Piran! - Our guide, Jan, took us on a journey through Piran stopping at all the important sites. He gave us an overview of the history of the area and explained about the main foods and wines. Our stop at Gourmista was very interesting and we had a chance to try a white wine, red wine, snacks with various spreads, prosciutto, and several types of olive oil. Everything is locally grown/made. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour!
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Garyae5817uv
Sep 18, 2023
Piran - Great host. Layback tour. Small group made it more personal. Great way to see Piran for the first time. Good samples of wine, olive oil and salami at the end.
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Matt_s
Jun 5, 2024
Swell time was had - The tour consisted of a cursory history of Piran, sampling of local products - wine, olive oils, truffles, meets, cheese, and a brief walk up to the church and around the point. The righteousness of the guides’ restaurant referrals were validated.
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