Culinary Secrets of Backstreet Naples

Join our food tour in Naples to taste the city’s best bites, from local pastries to iconic street foods, in the old market streets and local “institution” restaurants. Dive into the city's bustling backstreets and enjoy food that goes beyond just pizza.

• Culinary walking tour
• Visit Old City of Naples
• Visit the private workshop of the last sign painter
• Backstage access in a family-run bakery
• Visit to bakery making the famous baba au rum

On this food tour in Naples, we’ll contrast the narrow cobblestoned alleys of Centro Storico with what lies beyond the old city walls in the thriving old neighborhoods that crowd Naples’ historic gates. We’ll start in a third-generation pasticceria for a Neapolitan coffee and sfogliatella, followed by the famous baba au rum. We will then plunge into the traditional food shops, stopping for a quick limoncello in a most unusual place before a snack of classic, seasonal Napoli street food and, of course, there will be pizza in more than one form. We’ll then move beyond the walls into a very different area teeming with local life and market streets. We’ll stop into a baccaleria, before sampling the healing waters of Vesuvius at a kiosk in the market.  We’ll visit a family-run bakery, where we will make our own Neapolitan caponata.
Our day will be dedicated to experiencing the everyday food traditions served up with the superlative hospitality that is the hallmark of the Neapolitano.

Naples is at once a sophisticated ancient metropolis littered with monuments of art and architecture, a city dramatically perched between Mount Vesuvius and the sea, a place of palaces, the hometown of pizza. But unlike many other Italian cities with such a formidable legacy, Naples is not an open-air museum. This is a city with a pulse so strong and a culinary heritage so divine that after spending time in Naples we’ve found ourselves wondering: why don’t all roads lead here?

Along with the other stops mentioned, we’ll meet three sisters at their vegetable stand and sample some of the famous tomatoes grown around Vesuvius, the volcano that looms over Naples. Shopkeepers, bakers, olive sorters, home cooks, vendors and the last traditional sign painter of the market are all part of the warm community we’ll be welcomed into.

• Catacombe di San Gennaro, Via Capodimonte, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Quartieri Spagnoli, Quartieri Spagnoli, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Sant’Antonio Abate, Via Foria, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Porta Capuana, Piazza San Anna a Capuana, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Teatro Sanità, Via Sanità, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Galleria Borbonica - Ingresso Vico Grottone, Vico del Grottone, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Area Marina Protetta Parco Sommerso di Gaiola, Discesa Gaiola, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Piazza Plebiscito, Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Duomo di Napoli, Via Duomo, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Teatro di San Carlo, Via San Carlo, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Napoli Sotterranea, Vico San Anna di Palazzo, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Castel dell'Ovo, Via Eldorado, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Via Miano, Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
• Vesuvio National Park, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

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If you have food allergies, you are ultimately responsible to ensure your own health and safety. If you share information about your allergies, we can provide you with some guidance about the food purveyors on your tour, but we are not responsible for any allergic reactions that you may have. We are not responsible for any damages or losses incurred as result of acts by entities beyond our control, including but not limited to restaurants, shops, market stalls, eateries and food carts. We are not responsible for acts beyond our control, including but not limited to acts of God, act of nature, acts of war, or other unrest caused by state or non-state actors. If you are disruptive, we have the right to ask you to leave the tour without refunding you or providing you with a credit for your tour. You are aware of and responsible for all damages or losses that may arise during the course of the tour resulting from:

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