Food

Our Food tours have been carefully designed to allow you to discover some of the world’s most delicious cuisines. You’ll discover colourful markets, meet legendary chefs, taste delicious street food, and dine on home-cooked feasts with local families. As well as learning about the cuisine you’ll also visit the iconic highlights of the destination.

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Thailand Real Food Adventure

GROUP TOUR from £795 for 8 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- Discover a world of Thai food beyond the obvious (albeit delicious) dishes of Pad Thai and Thai Green curry – experience new Thai tastes, like ‘boat noodles’ and khao soi in Ayutthaya

- Whip up northern Thai khantohk specialties with Aoi outside of Chiang Mai, and live Thai life from a local's perspective with a stay in her home

- Experience the eye-opening and surprising world of Thai food markets, filled with unpredictable tastes and found in unexpected places – floating on a river or set up on a railway track!

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South Korea Real Food Adventure

GROUP TOUR from £1715 for 8 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- Wash down the other version of KFC – Korean Fried Chicken – with a glass of Soju, Korea's national alcoholic beverage

- Savour bibimbap in Jeonju, Korea's foodie capital

- Share a traditional temple meal with Buddhist monks on an overnight stay in a monastery

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South Italy Real Food Adventure

GROUP TOUR from £1785 for 8 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- Pack your own picnic at a prized Apulian bakery

- Lose yourself in the ancient city of Matera, which sits dramatically on the edge of the Gravina gorge

- Get your hands dirty in a cooking masterclass and prepare a traditional Campania feast

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Portugal Real Food Adventure, featuring Galicia

GROUP TOUR from £1611 for 8 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- Cook up a Galician feast using Vigo's finest seafood

- Sip world-class wines in the spectacular Douro Valley wine region

- Discover why Alentejo is Portugal’s best kept foodie secret o9n a farnstay

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Italy Real Food Adventure

GROUP TOUR from £1588 for 8 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- Italy is a foodie's paradise, but as a visitor it can be hard to escape the tourist traps. Your local leaders will give you an insider's guide to this epicurean wonderland

- This trip takes in some of the titans of regional Italian cuisine – Rome (Lazio region), Tuscany, Emilia Romagna and Venice

- Tasting the real balsamic vinegar in an attic acetaia is a revelation – it'll be hard to go back to the mass-produced version after this

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Mexico Real Food Adventure

GROUP TOUR from £1048 for 9 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- Mexican cuisine is one of the hottest new food trends. This trip take you to the source of some of the nation's most iconic foods, from tacos to mole and beyond

- In Oaxaca you'll enter the heart of pre-Hispanic cuisine; taste chiles, chocolate, mezcal and the surprisingly delicious chapulines (grasshoppers)

- It may not be edible, but a Lucha Libre (theatrical 'freestyle wrestling') match in Puebla is an entertaining and memorable cultural experience

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Cambodia Real Food Adventure

GROUP TOUR from £727 for 9 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- Discover Cambodia’s vibrant culinary scene, the incredible tastes and smells and Khmer food that are often overshadowed by neighbouring Vietnam and Thailand

- Get an insight into Cambodian cuisine with a visit to famous pepper plantations outside of Kampot, and taste the best pepper in the world

- A homestay in the village of Banteay Chhmar puts you right in the heart of rural life in Cambodia

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Greece Real Food Adventure

GROUP TOUR from £1411 for 9 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- Bike through a pistachio farm on the island of Aegina

- Cook up a storm with a local cook in their Poros home

- Sip ouzo at a distillery that has produced this iconic Greek aperitif for more than a hundred years

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Iran Real Food Adventure

GROUP TOUR from £2290 for 10 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- Discover why Iranian cuisine is so globally influential while tasting crispy rice dishes like tah chin, breads such as soft sangak or fragrant spices such as cinnamon or cardamom

- Cook cultural culinary favourites in welcoming Iranian family homes – from the sumptuous spiced meat and rice of biryani to sharp and fruity fesenjan stews

- Sample regional delicacies at some of the finest sweet stores in Iran during a visit to Yazd, snacking on crunchy almond qottab or chewy soft baqlava as you go

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Peru Real Food Adventure

GROUP TOUR from £1695 for 10 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- It's delicious, diverse and hands-on. You’ll learn the secrets of ceviche, make your own pisco sour, take a cooking class in a treehouse lodge and eat empanadas straight from the wood-fired ‘horno’

- In the last decade, Peru has undergone a culinary renaissance, so this is one of our hottest food destinations

- Discover the breadth of Peruvian cuisine in all its rich and colourful history, from the rustic ‘pachamanca’ tradition to Lima’s world-class urban street food scene

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Armenia & Georgia Food Expedition

GROUP TOUR from £1320 for 10 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- Prepare your own tolma (vine-wrapped rice and mince), feast on succulent khorovats (Armenian pork barbecue) and visit a distillery to taste legendary Armenian brandy at the source

- Learn how to make delicious khinkali (Georgian dumplings) and khachapuri (cheese-filled bread) with an expert local foodie

- Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, is awash with culture, colour and beautiful architecture. A bonus at the end of your city tour is a cahakhokbili (chicken stew) feast with a local family

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Turkey Real Food Adventure

GROUP TOUR from £1060 for 10 days

HIGHLIGHTS

- Istanbul is brimming with delectable dishes, and the options can be dizzying. But your expert local guide will have you headed straight for the best spots

- On no other Intrepid trip can you taste the tantalising flavours of Akyaka's Wednesday farmers' market, a true local gem in this tiny town dedicated to slow food

- With hands-on cooking classes, you'll get up close and personal with Turkey's age-old culinary traditions, preparing specialties like manti and tatli

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