Nice: Old Town Food Tour with 9+ Tastings & Dinner

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Nine stops through Nice's Old Town, one long dinner woven between them

You walk through Nice's Old Town with a local guide, stopping at nine or more food spots—markets, shops, restaurants—tasting local specialties and regional wine as you go. Dinner is included as part of the crawl, not separate, and the group stays small enough that you're never rushed. The whole thing runs about half a day, starting in the afternoon, and finishes with dessert.

Step-by-step itinerary

Afternoon food tour and dinner in Nice

Meet near Place Rossetti
Visit Cathedrale Sainte-Reparate
Stop at favorite wine merchant
Sample at oldest shop in Nice
Stroll through bustling farmers market
Enjoy olive oil tasting
Dinner tasting with wine
Finish with a sweet treat

The Experience

Picture the narrow streets of Vieux Nice at dusk—ochre buildings pressing close, laundry strung between balconies, the smell of olive oil and garlic drifting from open doorways. You're standing at the meeting point, and within minutes your guide is pointing out Place Rossetti, where the 17th-century Cathédrale Sainte-Réparate sits quiet and cream-colored, and just around the corner is the wine merchant they actually go to. This is not a tour that marches you through landmarks. It's a food crawl that happens to move through a city, and the city is Nice.

The walk unfolds in nine stops—sometimes more—each one a tasting, a sip, a small plate that adds up to a full dinner by the time you're done. You'll taste the region's signature Niçoise flavors: local charcuterie, creamy gelato, the kind of olive oil that tastes like it came from a specific hillside (because it did, and your guide will tell you which one). There's a stop at the oldest shop in Nice, opened in 1820, where the family still runs things and the owner talks about why their product matters. Then the market—by evening it's not selling vegetables anymore, but filling with locals and artists, bars and cafes spilling onto the cobblestones. Wine flows throughout: French wine, coffee, tea, water. You're never thirsty, never standing around waiting for the next thing. The group stays under twelve people, which means you're not herding, not getting lost in a crowd, not competing for the guide's attention.

The tour caps with a restaurant dinner tasting—an actual sit-down meal, not another standing sample—and then a sweet finish so you remember it when you leave. By the time you step back into the street, you've eaten your way through Old Nice without once thinking about logistics: no reservations to make, no menu to decipher, no separate bill at each place. The guide handles the route, the timing, the introductions. You just show up hungry and follow.

What’s included

Your afternoon includes a local guide, entry to nine or more tasting stops throughout Nice's Old Town, a full dinner at a restaurant, French wine, coffee, tea, and bottled water, plus a sweet finish. Snacks and tastings of local Niçoise specialties—charcuterie, gelato, olive oil—are part of the crawl.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by A Taste of Nice

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to eat your way through Nice without planning nine separate reservations or figuring out which restaurants locals actually use—the guide does that, and you just taste your way through the Old Town at a pace that lets you linger and talk.