The Best European Trips For Foodies

From tapas tours in Spain to street food in Italy, these are the most mouthwatering itineraries featured on our collection of European trips.

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Seductive Southern Italy

Italy usually ends up at the top of polls on people’s favourite cuisines, with good reason. Any trip to this gorgeous Mediterranean nation is bound to be filled with foodie experiences, and our 10-day tour of the west and east coast is no different. Expect great coffee, gelato and minimalistic pasta dishes throughout your time with us, but it’s hard to top our starting destination when it comes to taste. Said starting point is Naples, the home of pizza, so you can expect the finest slice of your life as we embark on a street food tour of the city, which also includes a variety of incredible sweet pastries, like sfogliatelle. You’ll also get to visit a rural Puglian olive farm, where you’ll get to sample freshly made olive oil, renowned the world over for its quality.

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Next available from 25th May 2024

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STARTS AT

Naples, Italy

ENDS AT

Lecce, Italy

DURATION

10

GROUP SIZE

14

PHYSICAL RATING

Easy

STYLE

Discovery

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Complete Portugal by Train

Portugal is one of the best seafood destinations on the planet, but the defining feature of Portuguese culinary culture is surely its sweet tooth. The towns and cities of this country are lined with incredible patisserie shop-windows stacked with dozens upon dozens of delicately designed pastries and cakes. The nation’s most famous export, the pastel de nata, is sure to feature on a daily basis on any foodie’s trip to Portugal, and you’ll get to sample some of the finest in the country on a Lisbon delicacies tour, which also includes cod fritters and Ginginha berry liqueur. An underrated sweet treat is the ovos moles from Aveiro, a sugary egg concoction wrapped in wafers and sold all over the pretty lagoon city, which you’ll also visit on this eight-day Rail Trip. Wine connoisseurs will also be in their element, both in the Port wine cellars of Porto and at a local winery in the heart of the Douro Valley.

From US$1927

Next available from 11th May 2024

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STARTS AT

Porto, Portugal

ENDS AT

Lisbon, Portugal

DURATION

8

GROUP SIZE

16

PHYSICAL RATING

Light

STYLE

Discovery

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Coastal Croatia

Being a country that’s pretty much all coast, you can imagine that the seafood scene is pretty spectacular in Croatia. On this eight-day tour you’ll be treated to dinners in two of the country’s finest foodie cities – Split and Dubrovnik. The culinary highlight, however, comes in the lesser-known town of Ston, not far from Dubrovnik. This region is one of the best places on Earth to try oysters, with traces of oyster farming in the region dating all the way back to Roman times. The bay of Mali Ston’s unique combination of freshwater and seawater is perfect for developing the fresh, salty oysters that you’ll be slurping down on day seven of our trip.

From US$2231

Next available from 26th May 2024

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Trip highlights and details

STARTS AT

Split, Croatia

ENDS AT

Dubrovnik, Croatia

DURATION

8

GROUP SIZE

16

PHYSICAL RATING

Moderate

STYLE

Discovery

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