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Food tours in Genoa

Genoa Food Tours Guide 2026

Eating your way through Genoa: guided tours, hands-on classes, and self-guided routes that deliver.

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This guide covers 9+ food tours and culinary experiences in Genoa — Genoa Street Food Tour, Traditional Genoa Food Tour and Genoa Cooking Class with Tasting top the list. Every recommendation carries its practical details: typical costs, the best time to visit, and what to know before you commit.

Genoa travel guide - where to stay, what to do, and where to eat in Genoa, Liguria, Italy.

Top food tours

Guided experiences that show you Genoa through its food.

Street Food Tour

Genoa Street Food Tour

About 3.5 hours (11:30AM, Monday to Saturday)From €65.95 (~$76) per person

Do Eat Better leads small groups from the Neptune Galleon at the Porto Antico through the old town for at least four food stops: fried fish and panissa, pesto focaccia, farinata and onion focaccia, savoury pies and cheese focaccia, and panera.

Includes: Fried fish and panissa · Pesto focaccia · Farinata and onion focaccia · Savoury pies and focaccia al formaggio · Panera, the Genoese coffee semifreddo
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Food Tour

Traditional Genoa Food Tour

About 3.5 hours (11:30AM daily; 6:00PM Monday to Friday)From €75.95 (~$87) per person (promotional price; listed regular price €85.95, about $99)

A Do Eat Better walk with at least four tastings: fried fish cone and panissa, Genoese focaccia at a bakery, pasta with pesto, cheese focaccia with a glass of wine, and artisan ice cream near Piazza delle Erbe.

Includes: Fried fish cone and panissa · Pasta with pesto · Cheese focaccia with wine · Artisan gelato
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Cooking Class

Genoa Cooking Class with Tasting

About 3 hours (9:15AM Monday and Thursday)From €99.95 (~$115) per person

A hands-on class with a chef and a local food expert: testaroli served with pesto, mortar-made basil pesto, focaccia al formaggio from Recco and canestrelli, all tasted at the end.

Includes: Pesto in a mortar · Testaroli from Lunigiana · Focaccia al formaggio from Recco · Canestrelli biscuits from Torriglia
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Food Tour

Genoa Food Tour (A Small Kitchen in Genoa)

2.5 hours, morning€97 (~$112) per person; under 12 pay €60 (~$69); under 5 free

Enrica Monzani leads a small group of up to eight on about 2 km on foot with at least seven tastings: gelato, focaccia, mortar pesto, cheeses and salumi, sciamadda and friggitoria items, with stops at confectioners, a chocolate maker, spice shops and the historic vegetable market.

Includes: At least 7 tastings · Mortar pesto · Sciamadda and friggitoria stops · Historic vegetable market
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Market and Cooking Class

Market Day Cooking Class in Genoa

4.5 hours (9:30AM to 2:00PM)From €180 (~$207) per person; under 12 pay €120 (~$138); under 5 free

Enrica Monzani meets guests at the Mercato Orientale for coffee and sweets, a one-hour market tour with tastings, a taxi to her home and four hours of hands-on cooking of three dishes, ending with lunch and Ligurian wine.

Includes: Market tour with tastings · Taxi transfer included · Three dishes cooked by hand · Lunch with Ligurian wine · English recipe booklet
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Producer Visit and Pesto Class

Basil Farm and Pesto Making Experience

About 4 hours, by arrangementFrom €180 (~$207) per person; final price depends on group size

A private experience at a family basil farm with sea-view greenhouses, followed by pesto made by hand in a marble mortar and a lunch with the pesto on fresh pasta and a glass of wine.

Includes: Basil farm visit · Pesto in a marble mortar · Lunch with wine
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Cooking Class

Cesarine Cooking Classes and Market Tour in Genoa

Varies by listingPesto-in-the-mortar class €149 (~$171) per guest; private market tour of the Mercato Orientale €189 (~$217) per guest (Cesarine listings)

Cesarine, a network of Italian home cooks, lists several Genoa experiences, including a pesto class, a pesto and cheese focaccia class and a private Mercato Orientale market tour.

Includes: Pesto class in a local home · Pesto and cheese focaccia class · Private Mercato Orientale market tour
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DIY Food Tour

Self-Guided Genoa Focaccia and Farinata Walk

3-4 hours€15-25 (~$17-29) per person

A do-it-yourself route: focaccia at Panificio Mario (Via San Vincenzo 59-61R), a torta at Sciamadda (Via di Ravecca 19R), farinata at Sà Pesta (Via dei Giustiniani 16R), and a fried cone at Antica Friggitoria Carega (Via di Sottoripa 113R).

Includes: Focaccia · Savoury torta · Farinata from noon · Fried seafood cone
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DIY Food Tour

Self-Guided Soziglia Sweets Walk

1.5-2 hours€10-25 (~$12-29) per person

A short pastry route: Pasticceria Klainguti (Piazza di Soziglia 98R, opened 1828), the candied-fruit shop Pietro Romanengo (Piazza Soziglia 74-76R, 1814 shop) and focaccia or a torta from Antico Forno della Casana (Vico della Casana 21).

Includes: Sacripantina and Engadina cake · Candied fruit and sugared almonds · Focaccia and torta di bietole
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Foodie tips

Get more out of every meal.

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Book tours and cooking classes at least a few days in advance — small-group experiences sell out quickly.

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Come hungry — most food tours include 5-8 tastings.

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Bring cash for unscheduled stops the guide may recommend.

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