Palermo: Street Food and Local Market Tasting Tour

Palermo: Street Food and Local Market Tasting Tour

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Explore the markets with a local food expert. Learn about locals' daily life, traditional recipes, and taste a range of favorite local foods.

Highlights

Taste at least 7 different traditional street foods
Interact with local vendors and make new friends with other travelers
Have a cheerful toast at the oldest tavern downtown
Challenge your palate with new and unique flavors
Explore the food market of Capo and Vucciria with a local

Description

Explore the main markets and backstreets of Palermo city center with a local food expert. Escape the usual tourist traps and discover venues loved by the locals for a fully immersive foodie experience. You will easily find arancini around the streets but there is only one place in town that still makes the thousand-year-old recipe, you will find it on this tour. Your guides will have selected various bouquets of traditional street food for you. Enjoy veggie fritters, soft ravazzata with spinach, and a challenging offal sandwich. All tours end with a seasonal dessert. The amount of food will substitute for your lunch. Venture down secret alleyways to chat with street food vendors and colorful characters. Enter the oldest working-class bar downtown and share a drink with Palermitans. The small group tour will allow you to interact with your local guide and collect the best tips to enjoy the city like a local. This is a truly authentic street experience. Local guides discuss many topics besides cuisine in order to make you feel the real street spirit of Palermo.

Includes

Licensed local guide Walking tour 7 street food tastings 2 drinks (1 wine, 1 beer) Seasonal dessert (cannoli or ice cream)

Important Information

If your tour is in the morning you will visit the local markets. If it takes place in the evening, your guide will take you around Vucciria and the old port areas as the markets are closed in the evening Traditional street food is mainly fried or baked, fat,ty and full of carbs. One of the tastings also contains entrails This tour is not suitable for vegans, people allergic to gluten, people on a low-carb diet, or picky eaters This tour is not wheelchair accessible or suited for those with walking difficulties. There are few opportunities to sit down during the tour The amount of food offered substitutes a full meal