15 Food Walking Tours in France to Book This Year

1.Nice Small-Group Walking Food Tour with Local Specialties & Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 558 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $97Our pick

Meet your guide at Place Massena for a three-hour walk through Vieux Nice, Cours Saleya, and nearby sights. You’ll taste about 20 local specialties, including pissaladière, petits farcis, socca, cheeses, olive oil, wine, and calisson. Guides such as Lara, Laura, Marion, Gabby, and Sasha bring food, history, and neighborhood connections together.

“Perfect tour if you want to learn about Nice and taste many of the local dishes. Our guide Laura was so nice and made the experience!”

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2.Saint-Germain: Gourmet Chocolate & Pastry Walking Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 495 reviews · 3 hours · from $105

Spend three hours walking Saint-Germain-des-Prés with an English-speaking guide such as Catherine, Lola, Emy, or Kevan. Taste eight treats at places including Debauve & Gallais, Pierre Hermé, and Patrick Roger, with stops that may include chocolate mousse, macarons, pastries, jams, and olive oil. The tour ends with tea, coffee, or hot chocolate.

“Our guide, Catherine, was wonderful – very knowledgeable, easy-going, and with great sense of humor. She related interesting background stories regarding the history of the chocolate industry. The patisseries had fabulous chocolates that were delicious! All four of us highly recommend this tour!”

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3.Nice: Provencal Food Walking Tour with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 387 reviews · from $76Top rated

Meet your English- or French-speaking guide at Lou Balico for a three-hour walk through Nice with up to 10 people. Taste pan bagnat, socca, pissaladière, Niçois farçis, sweet chard pie, macarons, and homemade ice cream while learning about local food and city culture. Guides may include Leo, Sarah, Héloïse, or Lilith.

“This was a fun and informative tour! There were so many food tastings, we couldn’t even eat it all. We also loved learning about Nice, some history and of course lots of food culture. One of the most interesting moments was to see how they make Socca in a wood burning oven! We highly recommend this tour!”

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4.Le Marais Walking Food Tour with Cheese, Wine & Pastries

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 339 reviews · 3 hours · from $153

Spend three hours tasting 8 to 10 French specialties across Le Marais, including cheese, cured meats, pastries, chocolates, wine, and seasonal treats. Your English-speaking guide may include a stop at Marché des Enfants Rouges, artisan shops, and a restaurant. Groups are limited to 10, with guides such as Lolla, Dorine, Pierre, and Bartholomeo.

“Highlight of our tour. It was French food 2.0, such an unexpected twist! Sasha was delightful and talked about her passion for French food and anything Paris! We even went back to a few places for more on our own. Despite drizzly November weather all in our group loved the tour and nobody walked away hungry! Highly recommend. This was our fourth/fifth time to Paris and it made the trip memorable.”

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5.Strasbourg: Traditional Food Walking Tour with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 219 reviews · 3h 30m · from $116

Walk from Place d’Austerlitz through Strasbourg’s historic center and Petite France while tasting bretzels, charcuterie, cheese, choucroute, desserts, and local drinks. Guides such as Raphael, JP, Loubna, and Christine lead small groups of up to 12 in English or French. Come hungry: the portions can add up to a full meal.

“we saw the highlights and had nice food. the explanations were good. it is a bit pricy but one-time experience still worth it”

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6.Lyon: Food Walking Tour with a Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 198 reviews · 3 hours · from $88

Spend three hours in Vieux Lyon with a local guide such as Nathalie, Manu, or Eric, stopping four times for roughly 10 regional tastings. Expect sausages and wine, cheeses and white wine, praline pie, chocolate with beer, or seasonal ice cream. The route also includes traboules, silk history, and lively food stories.

“Axel was an excellent guide - the tour was a really fun way to see a bit of the city and learn about its history while also trying some of the local & regional food. Highly recommended.”

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7.Paris: Saint Germain des Prés Guided Foodie Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 146 reviews · 2 - 3 hours · from $112

Walk Saint Germain des Prés with a guide such as Laure, Fanny, Zoe, or Fernando, stopping for six tastings on the two-hour tour or nine on the three-hour option. Try pastry, chocolate, jams, olive oil, regional dishes, wine, and, on the longer route, producer-sourced cheese in a small group of up to six.

“Fanny was very engaging and full of information and tips. Really enjoyed the tour 😊”

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8.Montmartre Private Food Walking Tour With Locals: The 10 Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 142 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $223

Spend about three hours eating and walking uphill through Montmartre with a private local host. Expect 10 hand-picked food and drink tastings, including classics such as quiche Lorraine and crêpes, plus neighborhood stories and stops near Place du Tertre and Sacré-Cœur. Hosts have included Maxime, Iza, Alpha, Jay, and Bibiana.

“Food was great, however our private group was left disappointed with overall experience. First of all, our guide, Maxime, was late. His English was not something you would expect from a guide. As mentioned, food was delicious, however the order of the whole tour was somewhat not right. The tour started with a dessert, then quiche, then oysters, macaroons, then crepes, then red wine, cheese and ham. Stomach did not felt well after this experience. You might think that this is a local way to eat, but is it really? Moreover, one of the places that we were supposed to visit was closed. Plan B was arranged on the spot,…”

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9.Marseille: Walking Food Tour with Full Meal

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 137 reviews · 3h 30m · from $99

Walk from Marseille’s Old Port through Le Panier, Rue Caisserie, and Noailles while stopping at at least four local food spots. Your guide serves a full meal’s worth of cheese, seafood, panisses, Provençal sweets, Mediterranean pastries, water, and an alcoholic drink. Guides including Sophie, Yasmin, Ines, and Inga lead tours in English and French.

“Maria was great and very informative. Loved the tour.”

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10.Marseille: Foodie Walking Tour of the Cours Julien District

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 112 reviews · 3 hours · from $73Best value

Spend three hours eating your way through Marseille’s Cours Julien with guides such as Coline, Paul, Tom, and Sarah. Expect around ten or more shared tastings, local specialties, street food, international flavors, street-art stories, and plenty of practical food recommendations. Vegetarians are welcome, and groups are limited to eight.

“Paul was an excellent guide. He was friendly and clearly knowledgeable and passionate about the local food. There was a good range of food we tried, and more than enough food for lunch. He also shared his passion for street art in context for the tour - unexpected but very welcome and interesting bonus content. Would recommend a tour with Paul to anyone.”

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11.Bordeaux Historic and Gourmet Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 82 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $103

Walk Bordeaux at an easy pace with a food-focused guide such as Quentin, Crystal, Theo, or Rémi. You’ll see major monuments, learn how wine shaped the city, and stop for canelé, chocolate, cheese, ham, pastries, and wine. The three-hour tour is capped at eight people and starts at 9:30 am.

“A great way to walk around Bordeaux and taste some fabulous food. The best being the chocolate shop we visited where chocolates are still made by hand. Got to taste as many as we liked. Then visited the shop to purchase chocolates. Wished we had bought more as the best chocolates I have ever tasted and very reasonably priced. Lunch was also very nice in an apartment in Bordeaux and served with wine. Guide very knowledgeable. Great walking tour all over Bordeaux.”

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12.Nice: Old Town Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 69 reviews · 3h 30m · from $141

Spend 210 minutes walking from Place Masséna into Nice’s Old Town with an English-speaking local guide such as Jael, Johanna, or Malvina. Expect 8 to 10 tastings, including wine, cured meat, cheese, chocolate, pastries, market produce, and local specialties such as socca. The group is limited to 10 people.

“The tour was excellent. The guide was very knowledgeable and pleasant. We really enjoyed our time with Johanna.”

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13.Paris: Pastries and Chocolate Walking Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 57 reviews · 2h 30m · from $93

Spend 150 minutes tasting Paris with an English-speaking guide and a group of no more than 10. Try award-winning pain au chocolat, seasonal cake, artisan chocolate, salted caramel crêpes with Normandy cider, and a macaron while walking through the covered passages near the Grands Boulevards.

“We had a great morning on this tour. Our guide Dave was a lot of fun and very informative about the different areas of Paris so it wasn’t just a food tour. Make sure you don’t have breakfast as you’ get to try lots of different things as well. A very enjoyable morning.”

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14.Biarritz: Culture and Food Walking Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 39 reviews · 3h 30m · from $76

Spend 210 minutes walking through Biarritz with guides such as Valérie or Julien, stopping for Basque linen, traditional pastries, market tastings, regional drinks, and artisan chocolate. The tour mixes city history with practical local tips and ends at the Halles de Biarritz, where you can continue eating and exploring on your own.

“Excellent tour with Valerie an ideal mix of history and food tasting. She was very knowledgeable, friendly and gave us good advice about exploring the area around Biarritz.”

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15.Bayonne: Guided Food Walking Tour (with Food and Drinks)

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 25 reviews · 3h 30m · from $116

Join Karim or another local guide for a 3.5-hour Bayonne food walk capped at 12 people. You’ll visit the cathedral area, market, historic trinquet, cider house, chocolate shop, pastry shop, and coffee roaster while tasting seafood, tapas, cured meats, cheese, wine, sagarnoa, espresso, and Basque cake.

“Our guide was full of great local knowledge and took us to places only a local would know. Would recommend to all my friends.”

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