- 18:00–21:00 Rome’s aperitivo hour
- ~20:00 When Romans eat dinner
- 3–4 hrs Food-and-wine walk length
- 7 Eateries on the night walk
- 1–2.5 hrs A seated evening tasting
Why an Evening Food and Wine Walk Is the Easiest Way to Spend a Night in Rome
The night walk we recommend first — and when a seated tasting or a wine bar suits the evening better.
An evening wine tour in Rome is, in practice, a food walk that pours wine, not a wine tasting that walks. Our pick starts at the Turtle Fountain in Piazza Mattei and spends four hours eating through the Jewish Quarter and Campo de’ Fiori, with wine, beer or soft drinks at the stops. It solves two evening problems at once: where to eat without landing in a tourist menu, and how to see the old centre once the day crowds thin. Go hungry, because it replaces dinner; Romans do not sit down until about 20:00, and you will not want to either. It beats the Trastevere walks if you want history between the bites, since the route also reaches Piazza Navona. If what you want is to learn about wine itself, book a seated cellar tasting at aperitivo hour instead and eat afterwards — or, for one glass and no schedule, a wine bar such as Roscioli or Enoteca Ferrara will do.
Highlights
- Meet at the Turtle Fountain in Piazza Mattei, in the heart of the Jewish Quarter
- Up to 15 food samples at seven eateries: restaurants, delicatessens and local producers
- Wine, beer and soft drinks poured along the way — a food tour with wine, not a structured flight
- Campo de’ Fiori and Piazza Navona after the day crowds thin out
- Four hours with a foodie guide who covers history as well as recipes
What's Included
- Several different food tastings, up to 15 samples
- Wine, beer and soft drinks
- Walking tour with an enthusiastic foodie expert guide
- A visit to Campo de’ Fiori square
- Not included: gratuities and transport; not suitable for wheelchair users
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The Jewish Quarter Night Walk, Stop by Stop: 1 Fountain, 7 Eateries, Up to 15 Tastings
From the Turtle Fountain in Piazza Mattei through the Jewish Quarter and Campo de’ Fiori to Piazza Navona — what fills the four hours.
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Meet at the Turtle Fountain in Piazza Mattei
The guide waits by the Turtle Fountain in Piazza Mattei, a small square on the edge of the Jewish Quarter. Arrive a few minutes early and come hungry: the four hours that follow are built to stand in for dinner.
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Eat your way through the Jewish Quarter
The first stops are in the old Jewish Quarter, where the operator’s own photos show groups with trays of Roman artichokes in front of the Portico of Octavia. Reviewers single out the guides’ history here as much as the food; the listing names restaurants and delicatessens among the stops.
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Wine, beer or a soft drink at the counter
Drinks come with the food: wine, beer and soft drinks are included, poured at the stops rather than in a separate tasting. The listing does not state a glass count. If the wines matter more than the food, a seated tasting with a named flight is the better booking.
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Through Campo de’ Fiori to Piazza Navona
The route crosses medieval Campo de’ Fiori and reaches Piazza Navona, built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, with Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers. At night both squares are calmer than in the afternoon, which is one of the better arguments for walking them after dark.
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Pasta, pastries and the last stop
Across seven eateries the listing promises homemade pasta and pastries among up to 15 samples, and reviewers call the food and wine plentiful. The end point is not fixed in the listing, so ask the guide where you will finish if you plan a last glass at a bar such as Roscioli afterwards.
What an Evening Food and Wine Tour in Rome Looks Like
Artichokes by the Portico of Octavia, spritz in Trastevere, pasta and red wine, and a candlelit cave in Pigneto. Scroll or drag to browse.
Choosing an Evening Wine Tour in Rome: Walk or Sit, Dinner or Not, Which Neighbourhood, How Much Wine
Jewish Quarter, Trastevere, Prati and a Pigneto cave — the four questions that sort the evening options.
Walks feed you; tastings teach you
A food-and-wine walk covers four to seven stops in three to four hours and pours wine beside the food. A seated evening tasting, such as the Fabullus cellar in Trastevere at about 75 minutes, pours a named flight and explains it. Pick by whether dinner or the wine is the point of the night.
Every walk replaces dinner
The Jewish Quarter walk serves up to 15 samples; the Devour and Carpe Diem walks in Trastevere end with pasta; the Cooking Italy walks advertise 20 tastings. Of the seated options only the candlelit Pigneto cave includes a light dinner, so book a table for after any other tasting.
Trastevere for buzz, the Ghetto for history
Most evening walks run in Trastevere, the busier evening neighbourhood. The Piazza Mattei walk trades that for the Jewish Quarter, Campo de’ Fiori and Piazza Navona; the Barolo dinner walk starts on Via Cipro near the Vatican, handy if you are staying in Prati.
Free-flowing, counted or unstated
The Cooking Italy walks offer free-flowing wine; Devour counts six drinks, three of them regional wines; the Jewish Quarter walk includes wine, beer and soft drinks without a count. One Devour reviewer wished for one more red with the pasta — if that matters, choose free-flowing.
Rome Evening Wine Tours Compared: Walk or Seated, Drinks, Food, Length and Price
Jewish Quarter, Trastevere, the streets near the Vatican and a Pigneto cave — which ones are food walks and which are seated tastings.
| Tour | Format | Drinks | Food | Length | From |
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| Jewish Ghetto & Campo de’ Fiori by night Piazza Mattei, Jewish Quarter |
Food walk with wine | Wine, beer, soft drinks | Up to 15 samples, 7 eateries | 4 h | $99 |
| Trastevere aperitivo, wine & pasta dinner Devour Tours, Trastevere |
Food walk with wine | 6 drinks: prosecco, spritz, 3 regional wines | 10+ tastings, sit-down pasta dinner | 3–3.5 h | $99 |
| Luxury food tour with free-flowing wine Cooking Italy, Trastevere |
Food walk with wine | Free-flowing wine at each venue | 20 tastings at 4 venues, dinner included | 4 h | $87 |
| Small-group food tour with wine Carpe Diem, Trastevere |
Food walk with wine | Local wines, beer or alcohol-free | 10+ tastings incl. pasta dinner | 3 h | $95 |
| Gourmet food tour with dinner & Barolo Cooking Italy, near the Vatican |
Food walk with wine | Barolo; unlimited wine offered | 20 tastings and dinner | 3.5–4 h | $61 |
| Food tasting with wine pairing Cantina Fabullus, Trastevere |
Seated cellar tasting | Prosecco + 2–4 wines, by option | Cheese and cured-meat board, not dinner | ~75 min | $65 |
| Wine & bites by candlelight in a Roman cave Gourmetaly, Pigneto |
Seated cave tasting | 3 wines | Light dinner with pasta and dessert | 2.5 h | $128 |
Short version: the Jewish Quarter night walk for history with dinner; the Devour or Carpe Diem walk for a Trastevere evening that ends with pasta; the Cooking Italy walks if you want free-flowing wine; a seated cellar or cave tasting if the wine is the point. The walks run $61–99. Prices are the per-person “from” figures GetYourGuide showed on 15 October 2026 and change with the option and date.
What Guests Say About the Jewish Quarter and Campo de’ Fiori Night Walk
Four verbatim reviews of the evening food and wine tour from Piazza Mattei.
“The most amazing way to spend the first night. Trying all of the must eat food from some great places and getting a local history lesson along the way. Our guide Andrea was amazing and he showed us some great places and explained them well. Was also good to go at night as it was less busy but just as beautiful to see.”Catherine · Australia · October 2023
“Our wonderful guide Fabrizio was very knowledgeable about the Jewish Ghetto and Roman history. The food and wine was plentiful and most enjoyable.”Michael · Australia · May 2026
“Fabrizia is very knowledgeable about the history of the different areas we went to. It was a nice surprise to receive that information along with good food and drinks. Would definitely recommend this tour.”Warrena · United States · October 2024
“It was so awesome! Fabrecia was the greatest tour guide, not only teaching us the history of the time, but educating us on all of the different foods and the cooking methods, including the ingredients. The food was incredible and the quality was the best of all of our food tours. She also included detailed information for us on how to navigate the city. I highly recommend this tour. The price was very reasonable compared to the Eating Europe tours.”Erika · United States · September 2026
Reviews are quoted verbatim from GetYourGuide. The rating reflects 282 verified reviews as of October 2026. We earn a commission if you book through the links on this page, which does not change your price.
Other Evening Wine Tours in Rome: Aperitivo, Free-Flowing Wine, a Small Group or a Candlelit Cave
Three Trastevere food walks that pour wine and one seated cave tasting with dinner — pick by how much wine you want, how much walking, and whether you would rather sit.
Food walk with wine · Trastevere
Aperitivo, supplì and a sit-down pasta dinner
Devour’s three-hour evening in Trastevere: 10+ food tastings and six drinks across five bars and eateries — prosecco, a spritz and three regional Italian wines — ending with a pasta dinner at an osteria and gelato. A food tour that includes wine; not for under-18s.
Choose this if you want a proper aperitivo to start and a counted list of what you will drink.
★ 4.7 · 100+ reviews · From $99 · Devour Tours Check dates & prices
Food walk with wine · Trastevere
Twenty tastings at four venues, with free-flowing wine
Cooking Italy’s four-hour Trastevere walk starts at Trapizzino and adds truffles, 30-year aged balsamic, Cinta Senese, a choice of pasta and gelato, with fine wine at each venue and dinner included. Fewer stops than the other walks, with dinner part of the deal.
Choose this if how much wine you get matters more than how many stops you make.
★ 4.9 · 1,700+ reviews · From $87 · Cooking Italy Check dates & prices
Food walk with wine · Trastevere
Small-group Trastevere walk with a pasta dinner
Carpe Diem’s three-hour walk from Piazza Mastai: cured meats and cheeses, supplì, pizza, fresh pasta and gelato, with local wines, beer or alcohol-free drinks and pre-booked tables. Vegetarian options at every stop. The shortest of the evening walks.
Choose this if someone in your group is vegetarian or not drinking, or three hours is enough walking.
★ 4.9 · 3,700+ reviews · From $95 · Carpe Diem Tours Check dates & prices
Seated cave tasting · Pigneto
Three wines and a light dinner by candlelight
A seated evening in an ancient tufa cave in Pigneto, east of Termini: a candlelit aperitif, three wines and a light dinner of focaccia, salami, cheeses, fried cicchetti, pasta and dessert over two and a half hours. The listing is for over-18s only.
Choose this if you want to sit, drink wine that is introduced to you, and still have dinner covered.
★ 4.5 · 7 reviews · From $128 · Gourmetaly - for food lovers only Check dates & pricesKnow Before You Go: Evening Timing, Aperitivo, Crowds and What to Book Instead
When to start, where Romans drink before dinner, how busy the streets get, and the age and diet limits — checked 15 October 2026.
Timing: aperitivo first, dinner late
Rome’s aperitivo hour runs roughly 18:00–21:00 and Romans dine from about 20:00–20:30, so an evening walk that starts around aperitivo and runs three to four hours ends at a normal Roman dinner hour, already fed. A seated tasting works differently: the Fabullus cellar takes about 75 minutes, so a slot around 18:00 leaves you free for a 20:30 table. The Barolo dinner walk near the Vatican also seems to run earlier slots — reviewers mention skipping breakfast for it — so check the time you book. In December daylight ends around 17:00, which suits underground cellars better than a walk — our winter guide covers the cold months.
Wine and aperitivo in Rome without a tour
If you only want a glass before dinner, you do not need a booking. Enoteca Ferrara on Piazza Trilussa in Trastevere pours glasses for roughly €5–12 and an aperitivo glass with a plate for around €7–14 at the time of writing; Roscioli, on Via dei Giubbonari near Campo de’ Fiori, is worth booking ahead. What a tour adds is the explanation, the route and a dinner’s worth of food. For a Trastevere evening built around a single tasting room instead, see our Trastevere wine tasting guide; for how the costs compare, see Rome wine tasting prices.
Crowds after dark
Trastevere is the busier evening neighbourhood — Devour’s listing calls it buzzing — and Carpe Diem lists pre-booked tables and priority service as part of its walk for that reason. The Jewish Quarter and Campo de’ Fiori are quieter at night than in the afternoon; a reviewer of the Piazza Mattei walk called it “less busy but just as beautiful”. If you want no crowds at all, go underground: our underground tastings include a Roman cistern and the caves under Monte Testaccio.
Age, diet and mobility
Italy’s legal drinking age is 18. The Devour Trastevere walk and the candlelit Pigneto cave are for over-18s only; the Jewish Quarter walk serves soft drinks as well as wine. Carpe Diem offers vegetarian options at every stop, while the Devour walk is not suitable for vegans. None of the evening walks lists itself as wheelchair-accessible, and one reviewer of the Barolo dinner walk near the Vatican noted some long waits standing outside. First seated tasting? Read what to expect. Celebrating something? A private wine tasting keeps the evening to yourselves.
Want the wine to be the point? A walk pours wine with dinner; it does not teach it. For a flight of three to six wines explained one by one, start with our best wine tastings in Rome, then walk out to dinner afterwards.
An evening walk through Trastevere, a morning at the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, or a half-day trip to Frascati in the Castelli Romani — four things that pair well with an evening food and wine tour in Rome.
Rome Evening Wine Tours: Frequently Asked Questions
Start times, tasting or food tour, whether it replaces dinner, how much wine, which neighbourhood, crowds and who can join.
What time do evening wine tours in Rome start?
Most evening food-and-wine walks start in the early evening so the first stop lines up with aperitivo, which in Rome runs roughly 18:00–21:00, and finish three to four hours later. The listings we read do not print one fixed start time, so check the slots GetYourGuide shows when you pick a date. Seated tastings are shorter, about one to two and a half hours, and leave time for a late Roman dinner from about 20:00.
Is an evening food and wine tour in Rome a wine tasting?
No. The night walks are food tours that include wine: you eat ten to twenty tastings across four to seven stops and drink wine, beer or soft drinks alongside. Nobody pours a structured flight and explains each glass. If you want three to six wines introduced one by one, book a seated tasting such as the Trastevere cellar or the candlelit cave in Pigneto.
Does an evening food tour replace dinner in Rome?
Yes. The Jewish Quarter walk serves up to 15 samples at seven eateries, and the Trastevere walks include a pasta course or a dinner stop. Reviewers repeatedly say to arrive hungry. A seated cellar tasting does not replace dinner, with one exception: the candlelit Pigneto cave includes a light dinner with pasta and dessert.
How much wine do you get on a Rome evening food tour?
It varies by operator. The Devour Trastevere walk lists six drinks, including prosecco, a spritz and three regional wines. The Cooking Italy walks in Trastevere and near the Vatican offer free-flowing wine. The Jewish Quarter night walk includes wine, beer and soft drinks without stating a glass count. If wine is the priority, pick a listing that names the number.
Which is better at night, Trastevere or the Jewish Quarter?
Trastevere has the most evening food walks and the busier streets. The Jewish Quarter and Campo de’ Fiori are quieter once the day crowds leave, and the walk from Piazza Mattei adds history and Piazza Navona to the food. Choose Trastevere for atmosphere and a pasta dinner, the Jewish Quarter for the history between stops.
Are Rome evening wine tours crowded?
The tours themselves are small-group walks, but the streets are not empty: Trastevere draws the bigger evening crowds. The old centre around Campo de’ Fiori and the Jewish Quarter is calmer at night than by day, which one reviewer of the night walk called a reason to go after dark. Seated cellar tastings avoid crowds entirely because they happen indoors and underground.
Can non-drinkers or vegetarians join an evening food and wine tour?
Usually, yes. The Jewish Quarter walk serves soft drinks as well as wine and beer, and the Carpe Diem Trastevere walk offers alcohol-free options and vegetarian food at every stop. The Devour Trastevere walk is not suitable for under-18s or vegans, and none of the walks is listed as suitable for wheelchair users.
Should I book an evening wine tour on my first night in Rome?
It is a good first-night plan: you get fed, oriented and walked around the centre without choosing restaurants. Several reviewers of the Jewish Quarter and Trastevere walks booked them on their first evening. Leave a seated tasting for later in the trip, once jet lag has worn off and you can concentrate on the wines.
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