Turin Food Tours, Chocolate & Vermouth Tastings
Turin’s food is chocolate, vermouth, one of Europe’s biggest markets and a repertoire of Piedmontese dishes that the rest of Italy borrows, and a food tour here moves from a historic café to a market stall to an aperitivo bar. Compare the top-rated tours and tastings below, then read our notes.
Food tours in Turin
Chocolate, vermouth and wine tastings
Formats: gourmet walking tours with six to eight tastings; street food and aperitivo tours at sunset; Porta Palazzo market tours; chocolate tastings and classes; vermouth and boutique wine tastings; a chef-led luxury street food tour.
What you will taste: a bicerin, gianduiotti, agnolotti del plin, vitello tonnato, grissini from the bakery that invented them, tomini cheese, a vermouth on the rocks, a Barbera, and a bônet for dessert.
Price and time: 45 to 125 dollars for two to three and a half hours; chocolate and vermouth tastings 40 to 75.
The cafés and the chocolate
Turin’s historic cafés date from the eighteenth century and the drink they made famous is the bicerin, espresso, hot chocolate and cream layered in a small glass. Gianduja, chocolate with Langhe hazelnuts, was created here and became the gianduiotto and, eventually, Nutella. Chocolate tastings and classes are among the best-rated experiences in the city, and every food tour stops for a bicerin.
Porta Palazzo
Piazza della Repubblica holds Porta Palazzo, about 800 stalls and one of the largest open-air markets in Europe, open weekday mornings and all day Saturday. Market tours walk the produce, cheese and salumi halls with tastings and explain the Piedmontese pantry: Castelmagno and Toma cheeses, hazelnuts, cardoons for bagna cauda, the rices of Vercelli.
Aperitivo and vermouth
Vermouth was invented in Turin in 1786 and the city’s aperitivo is older than Milan’s; evening tours pair it with street food from the piazzas, and dedicated vermouth tastings run an hour with three or four styles. Boutique wine tastings cover Barolo and the Langhe without leaving town; for the real thing, see Barolo tours from Turin.
Frequently asked questions
What is Turin’s signature food?
Agnolotti del plin and gianduja chocolate, with the bicerin as the drink. Vermouth if you count aperitivo.
Is a Turin food tour worth it?
Yes; the food is distinct from the rest of Italy and the cafés, market and aperitivo bars need a guide the first time.
When is Porta Palazzo market open?
Monday to Friday mornings until about two, and Saturday until evening; closed Sunday.
How we choose
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