Top Turin Food & Drink

Turin is one of Europe’s great chocolate-making cities and this 3-hour tasting tour is tailor-made for chocoholics. Admire Turin’s historic center on a walking tour; visit the city’s best pastry shops, chocolatiers, and cafés; and indulge your sweet tooth with delicious homemade chocolates and sweet treats.

Turin is known for its prestigious cuisine featuring delicacies from truffles to chocolate. Take a deep dive into the city’s food culture with this gourmet walking tour to visit restaurants, learn about traditional dishes, and enjoy tastings and lunch with a foodie guide. Sample specialties including grissini (breadsticks), agnolotti and tajerin pasta, vitello tonné (veal with tuna sauce) and steak tartare, chocolates, and bicerin (a chocolate-infused coffee drink).

Italy is a patchwork of local cuisines, each with a proud heritage and unique dishes. On this walking tour, take a deep dive into that of food-centric Turin, from its market to its neighborhood eateries. Sample a plethora of local delicacies from street foods to restaurant fare, learning about their role in the city’s gastronomic culture from your guide. Taste wines and get your caffeine fix with Turin’s prized coffee.

Take a break from sightseeing and experience the authentic side of Turin with this home cooking class. Learn how to knead, roll out, and form two traditional types of pasta (filled and shaped) plus assemble a luscious tiramisù from scratch under the guidance of your local host and instructor. Then relax over a family-style meal featuring the dishes you've created, served with wine and coffee.

Learn how to cook with an expert cook with this private class in Turin. You and your party will be equipped with aprons and work stations and then learn how to make three regional recipes yourself. When the experience is done, you'll get to sample your creations, served along with your choice of local red or white wine.

Considered one of Italy’s greatest red wines, Barolo is a favorite of oenophiles around the world. During your next visit to the Piedmont wine region—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—learn more about how Barolo and other local varietals are made during a behind-the-scenes tour of a family-run winery. Tour the vineyards, visit the cellar, and enjoy samples of a dozen wines, plus locally made meats and cheese.

The city of Turin is known as the Italian capital of chocolate and this patisserie tour takes you to a few of the city’s best cafes and confectionaries. Learn how chocolate came to the Italian region hundreds of years ago and sample delicious confections such as gianduiotti, bicerin, marron glace, pinguino, and more. Become a chocolate expert after this tour and explore more of Turin’s confectionaries on your own.

Indulge in the fantastic and impressive wines of the Piedmont region in northwestern Italy. Visit wine cellars and vineyards of Langhe and Roero and be prepared to taste some amazing wine, including Barolo, Barbaresco, Nebbiolo, Roero, Barbera, Dolcetto and Arneis. Choose between a half-day or a full-day tour, exploring and learning about the wines of the area. 

Discover the ancient secrets of pharaohs and mummies at the newly renovated Turin Egyptian Museum. Explore four redesigned floors of exhibits that house one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities in the world, with over 30,000 artifacts including papyrus scrolls, sarcophagi, taxidermied animals, and jewelry. Learn about the fascinating culture and mythology of ancient Egypt with an included video guide and multimedia displays.

Scout out Turin’s mysterious side on a 2.5-hour evening tour with a local guide. Home to an array of beguiling landmarks tucked away in clandestine corners, Turin has long been associated with magic and the occult. Hear all about it, and learn about the city’s black and white magic ‘souls’ as you explore by coach.

Discover the sweet side of Turin with a food-focused walking tour. Taste several chocolate-based specialties of Torino including Bicerin (an espresso and chocolate drink), gelato, pastries, and chocolate bars. Follow your guide on a stroll through the heart of the city and learn about the history of chocolate making in this region of Italy.

Discover Turin’s rich chocolate tradition during this 3-hour hands-on cooking class. Learn about how the city became Italy’s chocolate capital from your host before diving right into the cooking class. Create delicious recipes with chocolate as the main ingredient such as cocoa noodles with sausage ragu and cocoa butter cake with gorgonzola before enjoying the fruits of your labor with a glass of wine.

The aperitivo is one of Italy’s—especially Turin’s—time-honored traditions, and often a restaurant or bar’s proudest accomplishment. With this tour, get an easy, varied introduction to the pre-dinner drink by sampling three aperitivi in three locations in the heart of Turin. Pair the aperitivi with food and wine, and listen to your guide tells stories about local culinary traditions and history.

Barolo and Barbaresco are two of Piedmont’s flagship wines and among the most prestigious in Italy. Discover the scenic hills where these blockbuster reds are made with this sommelier-led wine tour. Begin in the picturesque hill town of Neive for a brief introduction to the area, then stop at two boutique wineries to meet the producers and learn the history and stories behind their wines while enjoying guided tastings.

During the visit you can learn about the rich history of the winery, retracing the evolution of viticulture and winemaking in Neive through 5 generations of winemakers. The visit will begin in the small family museum in the remuage cellar of the Valsellera Classic Sparkling Wine and in the barrel ageing cellar of the great red wines. Dulcis in fundo, a spectacular tasting of 5 great Barbaresco and Barolo wines of our production will be waiting for you to immerse you completely in the family and traditional atmosphere typical of our cellar.

Turin is the city of taste par excellence: many are the dishes of its gastronomic tradition made with high quality ingredients and famous even beyond national borders. What few people know, however, is that the aperitivo as we know it today was born right here! So, what better experience to get to know the local tradition than to immerse yourself in an aperitivo tour? Let yourself be charmed by the famous wines of the area, the delicious and aromatic vermouth (the oldest aperitif drink!) and why not, even a Piedmontese craft beer. You won’t leave with an empty belly because next to the most famous drinks, you can also eat the best aperitivo dishes.

Martini & Rossi has been producing Italy’s most famous red and white vermouths for over a century, and to make an iconic Italian cocktail, you need to be handy with this mixer. With this experience at the company’s original headquarters outside Turin, learn how to make classics like the Americano and the Negroni, as well as new crowd-pleasers like the Fiero & Tonic, from a Bar Academy mixologist. Master techniques and recipes, and then sample your creations with cocktail snacks.

This tour is perfect for chocolate lovers and sweet-toothed travelers alike. A guide takes you on foot through Turin, and teaches you the history of chocolate in the city. Plus, along your route, you’ll taste up to four sweet Italian chocolate samples. An easy-to-find meeting spot in San Carlo Square also makes it simple to get your tour started on time.

In the heart of the Barolo production area, in a beautiful panoramic position, you will find the Municipal Cellar of Castiglione Falletto which houses all the producers of the precious Castiglione Falletto wines. The diversity of winemaking among the various producers further accentuates the particularity of the lands of Castiglione Falletto, who know how to give unique characteristics to the quality wine produced here. In a simple and hospitable environment you can taste the wines of our producers from the fresh and fruity white Arneis and Favorita, to the young Dolcetto d'Alba, from the elegant Barbera d'Alba to the imaginative Langhe Rosso and the soft Nebbioli, but above all the king of wines and the wine of kings, the noble Barolo who has the heart of productive excellence at Castiglione Falletto.

Immerse yourself in a private pasta-making class at the Cesarina's home, learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by a glass of local wine. During the lesson the Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of 3 authentic regional pasta recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test. Each participant will have a workstation equipped with utensils and all the ingredients to make the dishes. Then, taste everything you have prepared accompanied by a selection of red and white local wines. Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of 1000+ home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Our home ambassador brand will guide you on a journey through time to discover all the Martini vermouth range. Dedicated anecdotes, sensory games and food pairing will make this experience unique and unforgettable!

Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive show cooking and taste authentic Turin recipes treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people. Enjoy a 4-course menu including starter, pasta, main course with side dish, dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from Piedmont cellars and coffee). This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of 1000+ home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Martini & Rossi’s red and white vermouths have been Italy’s most popular mixers for over a century, and the recipe is a closely guarded secret. With this vermouth masterclass at the company’s original headquarters outside Turin, get an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse at how this famous drink is made. Learn about the distillation process and the various extracts used to create its unique flavor, and try your hand at mixing your own signature vermouth.

Save time and combine two experiences in a day—a local market visit and a private cooking class at a Cesarina’s home in Turin. Learn the secrets of Turin’s most popular dishes, and try out three authentic local recipes. A highlight of the experience is being able to eat your creations at the end of the class with drinks included.