Šibenik Private Food & Drink Tour: Medieval Streets, Wine

Taste the secret recipes and lively markets that shaped Šibenik’s soul

A private food and drink tour of Šibenik's old town with a live English or Russian-speaking guide, lasting four to six hours. You taste local wine, pastries, and market snacks while walking through medieval streets and learning the history (from the 1649 plague to the Venetian debts paid in grape currency) that shaped the city. Water, coffee, lunch and alcoholic beverages are included.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Sibenik food and history

• Experience local café culture
• Taste coronation appetizer
• Try Balkan hamburger
• See local grape at UN building
• Sample white wine from Venetian era
• Visit Mediterranean Garden in old town
• Explore open air market
• Listen to a cappella groups
• Learn about medieval air-conditioning
• Taste sweet fritters
• Hear about donkey races
• Discover anti-aristocratic revolt
• See cooking “bell”
• Visit medieval food market
• Learn about animal rights in Middle Ages
• See medieval cloth measurer
• Explore Mediterranean herbs
• Try wine mixed with soda or still water
• Learn about olive oil currency
• Understand olive washing with sea water
• Taste baked filled pastries
• Visit summer homes of noblemen
• Hear stories about basketball Mozart
• Learn about Brangelina divorce
• See shell fish farms
• Hear about plague of Sibenik 1649

The experience

Your guide thinks of themselves as a local friend, not a tour operator, which means the route follows what matters to them about Šibenik rather than a fixed script. You'll taste the white wine locals once used to pay their debts to the Venetians, try the appetizer served at Queen Elisabeth II's coronation, and eat a Balkan hamburger at a café where the city's social life actually happens. The walk passes through the Mediterranean Garden in the old town, the open air market, and stops where a cappella groups still perform: the kind of place tourists usually miss.

Food and drink anchor the day, but history is woven through every stop. Your guide will explain the medieval food market (now modern), the "cooking bell" that once called people to meals, why locals wash olives with seawater, and the anti-aristocratic revolt that shaped the city's character. You'll learn about the plague of 1649, the summer homes of Šibenik's noblemen, and oddities like the medieval cloth measurer and medieval air-conditioning. The tour also touches on shell fish farms and the local grape variety you can see in the UN building in New York. The kind of detail that makes a place stick in memory.

The pace is steady walking through old-town streets over four to six hours, with time built in for eating, drinking and standing still to listen. Bottled water, coffee and tea are included, along with snacks and lunch. A guide fluent in English or Russian leads the tour. Public transportation is available nearby if you need it.

What’s included

• Bottled water.
• coffee and tea.
• snacks and lunch.
• local wine and other alcoholic beverages.
• private guide in English or Russian for the full four to six hours.

Before you book

Days and timesNext departure: 1 Mar 2027

Book up to12h before

AgesAdult (19 to 64 years) · Senior (65 and older) · Youth (13 to 18 years) · Child (2 to 12 years) · Infant (under 2): free

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish and Russian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 7 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortPublic transport nearbyNot recommended with heart problems

Operated by Sibenik Tour

Is this one for you?The tour covers four to six hours of steady walking through old-town streets with multiple stops to eat and drink, so it suits travelers comfortable with a moderate pace and interested in history as much as food. If you prefer a faster pace or want to sit for most of the day, a shorter walking tour or a seated food experience would fit better.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Russian.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (13 to 18 years); Child (2 to 12 years); Infant (under 2): free.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What kind of food and wine do you actually taste on this tour?

You taste local white wine (the kind Šibenik residents historically used to settle debts), pastries and baked filled pastries found across former Ottoman cuisines, the Balkan hamburger, snacks from the open air market, and the appetizer that was served at Queen Elisabeth II's coronation. Lunch is included, along with coffee, tea and bottled water.

How much walking is involved in the four to six hours?

The tour is a walking tour through Šibenik's old town streets, so you're on your feet for most of the time, though the pace includes stops to eat, drink and listen. The guide moves at a steady rate through medieval streets and stops like the Mediterranean Garden, the market, and the spots where a cappella groups perform.

What historical periods does the guide cover?

Šibenik's history spans medieval times through the Venetian era and into modern life. Your guide touches on medieval food markets, the medieval cloth measurer, the anti-aristocratic revolt, the plague of 1649, the summer homes of noblemen, and how Venetian rule shaped local culture, including the wine that was once used as currency to pay debts.

Is this tour private, or will you be with other travelers?

This is a private tour, so your guide leads only your group through Šibenik's old town.