Attilia was an EXCELLENT Guide! We enjoyed this tour immensely and Attilia gave us great information about the culture and her experiences. She took us to a delicious wine shop, pizzeria, lunch Osteria, gelateria, and café for espresso. Thank you for a wonderful day!!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- English-speaking local tour guide
- Water
- This is an itinerant full meal. At the end of the tour, you will have eaten the equivalent of a full meal in at least 4 stops
- One alcoholic beverage included (served only to 18 years old and above)
Excludes
- Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Meet your guide for the Do Eat Better Experience Lake Como Food Tour in Piazza Duomo, near the Cathedral
Itinerary
You will meet your local expert at the meeting point. Let's begin the food adventure!
Starting from the Cathedral of Como, our food tour begins at the first stop, where we’ll savor a selection of high-quality cured meats, perfectly paired with a glass of local wine, all served in a charming, historic wine shop.
In Como, locals have a beloved tradition: enjoying pizza by the slice right in the heart of the city! To truly eat like a local, a stop for this delicious, quick pizza is an absolute must.
As we continue, we will taste one of Como’s most traditional dishes: polenta uncia or polenta with braised meat. A true queen of the table in the Como area and throughout the Alps, polenta is made by cooking a mix of corn and buckwheat flour and served either with tender braised meat or with melted butter and local cheeses, as in the classic polenta uncia. We’ll also try the famous sciatt—crispy, golden pancakes with a gooey, stringy cheese center, a crunchy delight that perfectly complements the heartiness of the polenta.
As we conclude the tour, you’ll enjoy a seasonal delight, a warm, velvety zabaione with chestnuts or a refreshing artisanal ice cream, depending on what the moment calls for. Both are served with a rich, aromatic coffee, because in Italy, no meal or food tour is truly complete without a perfectly brewed espresso to finish.
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Reviews
Elisa is a wonderful person and an amazing food tour guide. We had a great time tasting and enjoying local food in Lake Como. At every restaurant Elisa shared the history of the restaurant, or the history of the food, and having that information made us appreciate what was to be served - delicious food. She is passionate about sharing her culture and food with everyone she meets. I highly recommend Elisa's Do Eat Better food tour experience.
Janis was a terrific host! Very informative, friendly and hard working. We enjoyed our time with her and her extensive follow-up with links to attractions, restaurants and recipes! Thank you!
The tour was nice but would prefer to have a local guide.
Guide was great food was only ok!
Janis was a spectacular guide. Very knowledgeable about the area, culture, history. Pointed out all the local spots to try versus the touristy places. High energy and so fun!
Giorgia was a fantastic guide, very friendly and knowledgeable. We did the tour on our first night in Como and it was great way to learn about the city.
This was an exceptional experience. Our guide Elisa could not have been better. Remarkable knowledge, great choices and an incredible ability to make us all feel like family around a table. The food was great but the venue selections even greater, capturing some wonderful aspects of Como. A perfect evening with a one of a kind guide in a beautiful town.
Besides an experience with delicious food, our guide had knowledge and insight into the city of Como. A wonderful afternoon!
Excellent tour, great different local spots, and lots of helpful local advice on where to eat and even how to get ferry!
Elisa took us on an amazing tour of food, wine, and dessert. She was very knowledgeable about the local products and how things were made. She was so friendly and engaging. It was lovely way to spend a day.
We really got a flavor for the food, culture & Como fantastic experience! Greta was a awesome tour guide
Janis was a great host!! She was very knowledgeable and also well known in the areas we visited. The tour was worth every penny! We ate and drank quite well. From vino, to pizzas, a full course meal, dessert, and coffee! One delicious thing after another! We highly recommend this tour!
Great foodie tour in Como. Elisa was friendly, very informative and shared some great stories of Como and her travels in Europe. The restaurants she took us to were fantastic. Would highly recommend!
Wonderful experience! Would recommend to others. Food and tour were both great and learned a lot from our guide.
Fun experience with stops for local food, wine, coffee and gelato. Our guide was super!
Janis was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable, one of our best ever! We had a great time with her and the food was very good as well. The tour description was quite understated.
Our guide was entertaining and knowledgeable. The food choices were very good, although having wine at 11am was a bit early for us lol. There is a lot of walking and the group moved very quickly. So if you have mobility issues, take note. Otherwise, I would highly recommend her tour!
Met with Elisa for approximately 3 hour visit around Como. Ate some delicious food and visited places we wouldn’t have normally visited. Not much walking for those who may struggle, mostly local to the area around the Duomo. Definitely an activity to do whilst in Como.
True Italy eating experience. Greta was knowledgeable, engaging, enthusiastic about the local area and culture. She held great conversation, and understood the correct pacing for the tour. She provides excellent experience for a tourist, without feeling like a tourist. All food options were delicious! Would absolutely book with her again.
Greta, our guide was excellent. She was very personable, knowledgeable, friendly & professional. She showed us around the city & offered us a great choice of local & traditional food & drink, which we loved. We would highly recommend her.
Food was pretty average. Better to have had local tastings of specialities rather than menues from an average restaurant.
The paste was fine. Too Small of a group, only 4 people. Food was not great, could have found better on our own. Not enough information about Como and surroundings, not enough suggestions for our free time was provided.
Tour was very well organized and personable. Giorgia, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable of Como and local cuisine, and very helpful to all members of the group. Unfortunately it was raining throughout the entire tour, but our guide adjusted the tour to accomodate and provided personal recommendations for activities to do in the Lake Como area. The main course of the tour was at a small local restaurant, not somewhere that we would've found ourselves, so it was a great experience. Highly recommend this tour to anyone wanting to get an introduction to the Como area and local Italian food!
Giorgia was our tour guide. She was wonderful! Very knowledgeable of the area of Como and local cuisine. We enjoyed it so much, we went back to all the places on the tour to experience the food again!
Wonderful experience with a very knowledgeable local guide, Greta. Highly, highly recommend! She chose wonderful restaurants with amazing food.
Great tour. Greta was both knowledgeable and personable and make it a great experience.
Chiara the guide was very engaging, personable, and Intune with a multiaged group thats hard to please
We were a multi-generational group of 10, a generally hard to wrangle group. Chiara was fantastic - engaging, lighthearted, intelligent, and perceptive in reading the group. The food we tasted was delicious, and we would not have ordered the dishes we lived without her instruction.
It was a perfect tour of food drinks and great conversation. We ate some great food in some really cool off the beaten path places. This was at the end of our trip to Como and we saw all new places which was great. Giorgia was a fantastic guide. Would definitely recommend!
We had a lovely time with Greta around Lake Como! She was very energetic and personable - sharing facts about Italian history, and answering any questions we had about the local area. The food was authentic and delicious. The perfect pace and number of stops.
The tour was great, our guide (Gretta5Como) was lovely and knowledge and the food was delicious and bountiful. This is a great wadi to see the heart of Como.
Greta was our guide. She was absolutely amazing! She gave us so many helpful tips for what to do in the area. She was so easy to talk to and because it was just my family of 4 on our tour, we received such personal attention. Greta is so knowledgeable and taking this tour was the perfect way to learn all about the food of Lake Como and the area. Would highly recommend!
We enjoyed our food tour in Como City. Our guide Mario was knowledgeable about the area and very helpful at the different places we stopped for food. We especially enjoyed the wine shop stop! And the food was all good.
Elisa was a wonderful guide. She has a lovely personality that made the tour very easy and enjoyable. The food was delicious and Elisa was fantastic. We highly recommend this food tour in Lake Como!
Mario was fantastic. He really ga e us insights into the local area and food. Delicious!
Giorgia was a great host - personable, warm, chatty, and full of local knowledge. We really enjoyed the tour and there was so much food! Would definitely recommend.
My husband and I joined Giorgia for the tour, and we had a wonderful time with her as our guide! Giorgia was incredibly friendly, personable and knowledgeable about Como and its local legends and lore. It was a well-paced tour, and I recommend it for any new traveler!
It was great to experience Como with a local. Everything we ate and drank was wonderful! I felt like we got a special look behind the tourist curtain. Book at the beginning of your visit!
We had an absolutely wonderful day! Our group had so much fun on the food tour. We couldn't have asked for a better guide than Janis. She shared so many great local tips and made the whole experience even more enjoyable. Janis is not only an excellent tour guide but also a genuinely warm and kind person. Her enthusiasm and friendliness made us feel welcome from the very beginning. I highly recommend this food tour to anyone looking for a fun, authentic, and memorable experience!
The food tour was our first activity in Como and it was great! Our host was lovely and knowledgeable. We learned many things about the Como area and had some delicious food, wine, gelato and espresso along the way! A perfect first activity to get ourselves acclimated to the area.
Excellent guided tour. Food was delicious. Our guide, Janice was very friendly and full of local knowledge. Highly recommend.
Food tour had a good variation of local cuisine and the guide was perfect.
It was only us and our guide! Georgia was a great guide. She showed us some less touristy streets and things to look for at local shops. We started at a local wine shop which was so charming and had an awesome dinner at a trattoria. Great way to explore the city!
Our guide Janis was very friendly, she taught us a lot about como and gave tips for where to go and what to eat. The places we stopped for food were also very friendly and the tastings were very good. I would Suggest doing this tour on the first day of your como visit to get a good idea of the city, get your bearings, and you will go back to some of the sites again.
Friendly and knowledgeable guide. Food was very good, got to experience different things and places which we went had been there for a while and not your typical eating places
Our guide was Janis. Great tour. She was really engaging and interesting. Food was great and tried some things we hadn’t before. Would recommend!
The tour is a great way to check out the area, learn about different sections of Lake Como. Taste different local foods and wines. Wonderful knowledgeable tour guide.
This walking food tour, led by our guide Mario, was amazing. We tried a lot of traditional foods, including ravioli, pizza, and buckwheat! The people on our tour were also great. Mario did a great job explaining the history behind the food and pointing out some points of interest in Lake Como. This food tour was one of the best I have done (and I have done a lot of them).
Our host Janis communicated well with us prior to meeting and was a very bubbly and engaging host. We had a great time experiencing different local delicacies. My favourites had to be the beef and ice cream. Not forgetting the fresh meats and cheeses with prosecco or wine 🤔 . Thanks again Janis for the great experience. It was lovely to meet you.
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