MERCATO TRIONFALE: OFFICIAL FOOD TOUR

Your Culinary Journey. Taste the Soul of Rome.

Experience authentic Roman life at Mercato Trionfale, where passionate vendors, incredible aromas, and centuries of tradition come together in a vibrant neighborhood market!

Step into Mercato Trionfale, where locals have shopped for generations. This immersive culinary journey takes you into the heart of Roman food culture, guided by a passionate local culinary expert who knows every vendor and every delicious story.

What You Will Devour

Porchetta That Will Ruin You for Life

Imagine this: crackling, golden pork skin that shatters at first bite, giving way to impossibly tender, herb-perfumed meat. Wild fennel, garlic, and rosemary slow-roasted to perfection. One taste and you will understand why Romans have been obsessed with porchetta since ancient times.
Warning: you will dream about this.

Prosciutto So Delicate and Unique

Watch the vendor’s knife dance across aged prosciutto, creating ruby-red ribbons so delicate they are almost translucent. Each slice melts instantly, releasing waves of sweet, nutty, butter-soft flavor. This is prosciutto that has been patiently aged for months in mountain air—and it shows in every sublime bite.

Buffalo Mozzarella That Weeps With Joy

Forget everything you think you know about mozzarella. When this ivory beauty is cut open, it literally weeps creamy whey. The texture? Like biting into a cloud. The flavor? Fresh, milky, with a subtle tang that makes your taste buds sing. This arrives daily from Campania, and now you will know why Italians are so obsessed with freshness.

Ricotta That Redefines ‘’Creamy’’

Still warm. Cloud-like. So light it practically floats off the spoon. This is ricotta as Romans have eaten it for centuries—nothing like that grainy stuff in plastic tubs. It is ethereally smooth, gently sweet, with a richness that makes you close your eyes and sigh. Simple perfection.

Supplì: Rome’s Most Addictive Street Food

Golden, crispy, and hiding a molten secret. Bite into these fried rice balls and watch as mozzarella stretches into ‘’telephone wires’’ between your hands. Crunchy outside, creamy tomato risotto inside, gooey cheese center—it is texture heaven and the ultimate Roman comfort food. Eat it hot or regret it forever.

Carbonara — The Pasta That Stopped Time

Forget everything you think you know. THIS is carbonara. Silky strands swimming in a sauce so creamy, so rich, so perfectly emulsified it coats every millimeter of pasta in liquid gold. Crispy guanciale adds salty, porky pops of flavor. Sharp Pecorino cuts through like a knife. Black pepper ignites it all. No cream. No compromise. Just four ingredients creating the most seductive pasta you will ever wrap around your fork. Prepare to be ruined for all other pastas.

Stop Eating Like a Tourist. Start Eating Like a Roman.

105 Minutes. 10 Life-Changing Tastes. Zero Regrets.

This is not a tour. It is a feast. It is an awakening. It is the Rome you have been dreaming about.

You will bite into centuries-old recipes perfected by generations. You will discover why Romans are so impossibly passionate about their food. And you will finally understand what all the fuss is about. Warning: you may never want to leave.

Picture this: You are weaving through Rome’s most electric food market—Mercato Trionfale—where nonnas are telling stories about tomatoes, vendors are shouting prices, and the air smells like heaven wrapped in prosciutto. You are not just watching. You are TASTING it too.

And you have got a secret weapon: a local culinary expert who knows which stall has the best mozzarella, whose carbonara will make you weep with joy, and exactly how to spot the freshest ricotta. This is how Rome actually tastes when nobody is performing for tourists.

Tour Details

• Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes

• Location: Mercato Trionfale, Rome’s largest authentic market

• Included: Expert local guide, cultural insights, insider tips, 10 different tastings, Roman pasta, one glass of wine/water

• Experience: Small groups for personalized attention (1-12 people)

This is more than a food tour—it is a passport to Roman life and a memory you will savor long after the last bite.

Limited spots available. Buon appetito!

Costs

• €59 per adult/person

• €49 for kids (3-10 years)

• Free of charge for babies (1-3 years)

Schedule

Tours are available from Monday to Friday, twice a day at:

• 9:30 AM

• 11:30 AM

Meeting Point

Via Santamaura, 69, 00192, Rome

Contact Us for Information

For questions about our food tours, please contact us. We're here to help you discover the taste of Italy and beyond.
(Maximum 12 people. Special discounts apply for groups of 12.)