Ljubljana Food Tour: 10 Tastings Through Old Town

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Duration3h 30m

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN

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Ten tastings from market stall to castle, Ljubljana's layers on a plate

A 3.5-hour walking food tour of Ljubljana Old Town led by a local guide, stopping at ten spots—market, riverside cafés, speciality shops, and a traditional restaurant—to taste Slovenian burek, cured meats, cheeses, goulash with štruklji, sausage, and oils, paired with three glasses of wine. The route moves from the Central Market uphill toward Ljubljana Castle, weaving through cobbled streets and historic squares where each stop reveals how food and trade shaped the city.

3h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Ljubljana's food and culture

Visit Central Market and taste burek
Taste Slovenian cured meats, cheeses, pickles
Walk along Ljubljanica River to Triple Bridge
Taste olive oil, pumpkin seed oil, truffles
Stop at Town Hall and hear city stories
Walk uphill tasting classic Slovenian sausage
Enjoy Slovenian goulash with štruklji and dessert wine
Visit Ljubljana Castle and enjoy panoramic views

The Experience

The tour starts at Ljubljana's Central Market, designed by architect Jože Plečnik and still the pulse of daily city life. You begin with a warm, freshly baked burek and move straight into a shared plate of Slovenian cured meats, local cheeses, and house pickles—the regional flavours that define the country's food identity. From there, the walk follows the Lebanica River as it curves through the old town, pausing at the Triple Bridge, another Plečnik signature, where three bridges meet the main square and centuries of history compress into a single view.

Along the route uphill toward the castle, you stop at a small family-run speciality shop for a guided tasting of Slovenian olive oil, pumpkin seed oil, and truffles—ingredients that travel from the coast to the forests and carry the craft behind them. You pass Ljubljana's Town Hall, a Gothic and Baroque blend, and taste a classic Slovenian sausage, simple and hearty, reflecting the Alpine influences baked into the country's cooking. The walk ends at a traditional restaurant near the castle with a bowl of goulash served alongside štruklji—delicate, hand-rolled dumplings that have lived in local kitchens for generations—paired with a glass of Slovenian dessert wine. From the castle itself, you look out over red rooftops and the river below, where Ljubljana's layered history and flavours settle into place.

The tour involves a fair amount of walking on cobblestone streets and uphill sections toward the castle, so comfortable shoes matter. The guide speaks English and can accommodate dietary requirements if you contact in advance. The itinerary and menu may shift based on location availability and weather, but the ten tastings and three wines remain the core of the experience.

What’s included

Freshly baked burek.
a plate of cured meats, cheeses and house pickles.
guided tasting of Slovenian olive oil, pumpkin seed oil and truffles.
traditional Slovenian sausage.
goulash with hand-rolled štruklji dumplings.
one glass of white wine, one glass of Keros and one glass of Muscat wine.
a live English-speaking local guide for the full 3.5-hour walk through Ljubljana Old Town.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditionsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Secret Food Tours

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you want to walk Ljubljana's cobblestone streets and historic squares with someone who knows the city's food culture from the inside—the stops are places locals actually eat, not tourist checkpoints, and the guide's knowledge of how food and trade shaped the city's medieval centre is what makes the tastings add up to something beyond a meal.