Church of Saint Dominic, IT
Explore the markets in Palermo's City Centre with a local food expert. Learn about locals' daily life, and traditional recipes, and taste a range of favorite local foods and seasonal desserts.
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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.
Let us guide you through the colorful food markets of Palermo to taste our traditional street food specialties, among them, the one and only authentic arancina recipe available only at one secret place in town!
When it comes to food, our policy is very simple: we only offer what locals eat, not what tourists expect. We're passionate local tour guides eager to lead travelers by the hand as they explore the rich tradition of Palermo's street food.
We have selected for you the best that the streets of Palermo have to offer: the authentic thousand-year-old arancini recipe, panelle (chickpea fritters), cazzilli croquette, Sfincione (local thick pizza), mangia & bevi (meat dish), cheese, olives, the one and only pani ca'meusa and a final seasonal dessert (cannolo or gelato or other seasonal dessert loved by locals) + a special treat reserved only to real adventurous foodies!
On Sundays you will get some different delicious treat, like the unknown crostino with béchamel and ham and the inimitable ravazzata with ragù sauce!
The walking tour ends with a seasonal dessert. The amount of food on this tour substitutes a full meal.
It's all packed in one! A FOOD EXPERIENCE COMBINED WITH HISTORY & CULTURE WALKING TOUR! Indeed, this is a fully immersive cultural experience. We will discuss many topics besides cuisine in order to make you feel the real street spirit of Palermo: history, traditions, controversial topics and more! Come venture the 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.
Guided walking tour with a local
Original arancini
Various street food tastings (makes a meal)
3 drinks (Sicilian beer or wine)
Seasonal dessert
Extra food or drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
This is a shared English-speaking group tour with a limit of 12 travelers.
If there are any vegetarians or pescatarians, please inform the activity provider.
MUST KNOW (FOOD): Traditional street food is mainly fried or baked, fat, fried and full of carbs. Some tastings might be challenging. Traditional street food does not contain any fish nor seafood. It's all vegs and meat.
We can provide alternatives to vegetarians, pescatarians and travelers intolerant to gluten. Just inform us at the time of your booking.
MUST KNOW (DRINKS): locals only drink beer with street food, not wine. So tour has been designed to offer a truly authentic local experience. However, we offer wine as alternative option at one stop.
This tour is not suitable for vegans.
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.
Excellent tour! Everything was so delicious and very much fried, fatty & greasy…all very good things! We also had great wine & gelato within the tour as we walked through a few markets. I absolutely enjoyed myself!
Angelo made the tour so fun and engaging. We loved his energy and information.
This tour was fantastic for my family. A great way to experience authentic Palermo cuisine. Salvatore was fantastic and introduced us to some of the most delicious food we have ever tasted. The tour was fun, informative, and delicious! we hope to return someday.
our guide was wonderful lots of knowledge, food was really nice overall a lovely experience thankyou
Great tour. Very knowledgeable
Amazing! We were running late due to an issue with our flight and they allowed us to meet up with the group late! We had the best time! Georgia (our guide) was awesome!
We always try to do a food tour when we visit somewhere new because it helps to give a sense of a place and it's culture, which is pretty much always deeply connected to the local food. This tour did not disappoint! Salvo was a fantastic guide - incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about his home city, its history and food. Everything we tasted was delicious, the portions were very good and we left with full tummies and big smiles. We thoroughly enjoyed this tour and would highly recommend.
Simona our tour guide was excellent
That was a perfect tour. Alessandra is the best tourguide in the World. We visited 2 mercatos and other local places. We tasted fantastic dishes and learnt a lot about sicilian culture and language. Thanks for the perfect experience.