10 Food Tours in Syracuse to Build a Day Around

1.Street Food Walking Tour in Ortigia with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 293 reviews · 3 hours · from $77Our pick

Taste arancini, impanate, fried fish, granita, cannoli, and local liqueur while walking through Ortigia with a local guide.

“Exceptional must do tour. Maria, our gude was fantastic, she was so passinate about Otigia, sicily and sicilian food in general, she made the tour very enjoyable. As part of the tour we sampled several Sicilian street foods. No one went home hungry. a what reat night out.”

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2.Mount Etna Guided Morning Hike & Food Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 173 reviews · 8 - 9 hours · from $105

Hike Mount Etna from Syracuse, explore extinct craters and a lava cave, then taste Sicilian food and optional wine in a small group.

“We enjoyed the trek onto Etna which the guide ,Fredericko, conducted extremely well making sure we knew all the history and stopping at relevant items to explain what they were and how they had been formed. He helped us to take photographs and made sure we were safe along the trek. The wine and food tasting was excellent and we enjoyed a meal there and purchased a couple of bottles of alcohol too! All in all a fantastic day worth the price and very well delivered by the guide. Would definitely recommend.”

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3.Guided Street Food Tour in Ortigia

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 72 reviews · from $78Top rated

Taste arancini, mozzarella, market panini, Sicilian sweets, and granita while exploring Ortigia with local guide Dario.

“We had an amazing time. Dario’s local knowledge - not only of the food - but also of hidden gems in Ortigia that we would have otherwise undoubtedly missed made it feel really special. Cannot recommend highly enough!”

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4.Etna Tour – Trek, Wine and Food

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 50 reviews · from $111

Hike Mount Etna from Siracusa, explore lava caves, then enjoy Sicilian food, wine, and local spirits with a small group and expert guide.

“Everything! Fantastic day - our guide Francisco was brilliant - took us up to quieter craters where it wasn’t at all crowded. We then had great fun lava running. He was also really knowledgeable and full of facts and information about the volcano and its many eruptions. We then went for the food and wine tasting which was also excellent - a lovely little winery and the people were lovely - we got to taste allsorts - pistachio cream remains my favourite! I could not recommend this trip more. Picked up and dropped off from our hotel too. Loved it.”

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5.Sicilian Street Food Hands-On Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 38 reviews · from $112

Make arancini and cannoli with Chef Ettore in Syracuse, shop the market, taste local food, and enjoy Sicilian wine in a small group.

“Can’t recommend this enough! We had a brilliant time, learnt to cook wonderful food, had a great laugh with Ettore. It was fab to see all the beautiful fresh produce of the market and to try things. Great times had enjoying wine, making arancini and having cannoli. Ettore the chef was so passionate about what he does, we really enjoyed spending the day with him”

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6.Guided tour of Ortigia with Fish Street Food at the market

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 27 reviews · from $57Best value

Walk through Ortigia’s Greek ruins, cathedral, myths, and market for a 2.5-hour fish street-food tour in Syracuse.

“The tour was excellent and was informative and interesting. We came across places that we probably would not havevseen ourselves. It is not really a cannoli tasting tour as you get a voucher for one which you go get yourself after the tour. I thought we would be tasting different ones as we did our walking tour around the city. As it was you only get one , so jot really a tasting tour. It would have been helpful if thr guide had told us which outlet to go to as we passed it , as it was we had to Google it and then find it . Having said…”

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7.Private Tour of Three Etna Wineries with food

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · 7 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $411

Taste Etna wines at three Sicilian wineries, with local food, private transport, and a full day of mountain views from Syracuse.

“Exceptional wine tasting and vineyard tour - we loved every moment of it. We learned much more about Etna wines and the special geographical elements that make the wine so good. We were able to experience two smaller producers and one larger one and see and taste the differences between them. We feel very privileged to have been given access to the most boutique vineyard of the three, Vini Lizzio. Our driver and guide Corrado was highly knowledgeable and welcoming. We had an incredible day and highly recommend this experience to anyone who is interested in wine.”

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8.Syracuse Tour with lunch in Food Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 12 reviews · from $259

Explore Ortigia in Syracuse with a private guide, sunset sights, Duomo Square, Aretusa Fountain, and a market lunch with wine.

“Really a great visit Our guide made the visit in French as half of us did not speak English Great guide and very inters ring visit with plenty of stories Thank you Pierre”

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9.Private Syracuse Tour & light lunch in food market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $270

Review of a private Syracuse walking tour with Ortigia market lunch, local guides, hotel pickup, and practical advice on value.

“Antonio was fabulous. My daughter and I had a great time. He was so knowledgeable and super fun!! He showed us so many places we wouldn’t not have ever found.”

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10.Sicilian food and wine tour in Siracusa

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 4 reviews · from $96

Taste Sicilian cheeses, street food, wine, and dessert while exploring Ortigia Market and Syracuse with a multilingual local guide.

“Tour was fabulous as we walked through the old town market and streets. The tour guide was a lot of fun and gave lots of great information about the history of the area. There were food stops in three places, with local wine and coffee. I felt like one of the locals by the last stop.”

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