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15 Best Food & Drink Tours

The best days ashore.

The 15 most popular food & drink tours for cruise passengers. The trips worth your hours ashore, what each one runs, who operates it and how to be back before all-aboard.

15 Best Food & Drink Tours

Full day shore excursion to Florence and Pisa from Livorno with tasting - Florence in 3 hours: the “best-of” route you can actually use
Food & Drink, Full-Day, Livorno, Livorno Shore Excursions, Mediterranean Shore Excursions, Shore Excursions, Tour Reviews, Tours

Full day shore excursion to Florence and Pisa from Livorno with tasting

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1.Full day shore excursion to Florence and Pisa from Livorno with tasting

Florence and Pisa from Livorno in one full day by A/C coach, with guided sights, free time in both cities, and optional local tastings.

Most Popular★ 4.5

“From the bus to Leaning tower is a long walk in rutted, narrow sidewalks. I got very chilly after being lost for awhile in Florence, and I texted our guide to ask to return to the bus but it evidently goes to a different location, so I stood at the pickup point for about an…”

968 reviews8 hours (approx.)From $52.00by Ciao Florence Tours Srl

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Livorno: Florence & Pisa Shore Excursion with Food Tasting - Florence in Real Life: Renaissance Sights Plus Time to Choose Your Own Focus
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Livorno: Florence & Pisa Shore Excursion with Food Tasting

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2.Livorno: Florence & Pisa Shore Excursion with Food Tasting

Florence and Pisa in one 8-hour shore trip from Livorno. Air-conditioned bus, guided highlights, and optional local food tasting.

★ 4.6

“10/16/25 we very much enjoyed this tour. It would have been nice to know times we would have arrived in both locations so that we could have secured tickets to the top attractions. Would definitely go back to Florence!”

952 reviews8 hoursFrom $51by Shore Emotion

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Full day Shore Excursion to Florence from Livorno with tasting - The Tuscan Tasting Start: What You Should Expect
Food & Drink, Full-Day, Livorno, Livorno Shore Excursions, Mediterranean Shore Excursions, Shore Excursions, Tour Reviews, Tours

Full day Shore Excursion to Florence from Livorno with tasting

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3.Full day Shore Excursion to Florence from Livorno with tasting

Port-to-Florence coach plus Tuscan tasting and 4 hours to roam Duomo, squares, and Ponte Vecchio at your pace.

★ 5.0

“Our guide Ariana was OUTSTANDING! She could have just left us to find our own way around but instead walked with us explaining sites as we came to them. She made our trip to Florence wonderful. The tasting with wine and charcuterie was also fun.”

163 reviews8 hours (approx.)From $47.18by Ciao Florence Tours Srl

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Tauranga Shore Excursion: History & Kiwifruit Tasting – 4 Hours - Tauranga Harbour Bridge and the Port: How Work Shapes the City
Food & Drink, Historical Tours, New Zealand Shore Excursions, Shore Excursions, Tauranga, Tour Reviews, Tours

Tauranga Shore Excursion: History & Kiwifruit Tasting – 4 Hours

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From Livorno: Florence Shore Excursion with Tasting - The bus ride: where the tour leader sets the stage
Food & Drink, Livorno, Livorno Shore Excursions, Mediterranean Shore Excursions, Shore Excursions, Tour Reviews, Tours

From Livorno: Florence Shore Excursion with Tasting

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Argostoli: Shore Excursion to Caves with Local Wine Tasting - Getting to Drogarati: coach comfort, then 150 steps down
Food & Drink, Greek Isles & Aegean Shore Excursions, Sami Cephalonia, Shore Excursions, Tour Reviews, Tours, Wine Tours

Argostoli: Shore Excursion to Caves with Local Wine Tasting

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Argostoli: Shore Excursion to Caves with Local Wine Tasting - Getting to Drogarati: coach comfort, then 150 steps down
Food & Drink, Greek Isles & Aegean Shore Excursions, Sami Cephalonia, Shore Excursions, Tour Reviews, Tours, Wine Tours

Argostoli: Shore Excursion to Caves with Local Wine Tasting

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Best Rhodes Tour with Wine Tasting Experience from Cruise Port - Morning at Mandraki Harbour: Harbor Views and Colossus Lore
Cruises & Boat Tours, Food & Drink, Greek Isles & Aegean Shore Excursions, Rhodes, Tour Reviews, Tours, Wine Tours

Best Rhodes Tour with Wine Tasting Experience from Cruise Port

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8.Best Rhodes Tour with Wine Tasting Experience from Cruise Port

Cruise-port Rhodes tour with wine tasting, Lindos village time, and UNESCO Old Town stops plus olive oil and honey tastings.

★ 4.5

“Not worth the money. First of all the pick up came late (although they warned us that this could happen due earlier pickups but it really sucks to wait because of unnecessary delays in a hot weather) Our guide lady was really nice and non of this is her fault, I don’t think that Read…”

78 reviewsFrom $65.69by Telia Travel

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Shore Excursion: Local Tasting Tour from Tauranga - Meeting Your Driver at the Port Gate (and Getting on With Your Day)
Food & Drink, New Zealand Shore Excursions, Shore Excursions, Tauranga, Tour Reviews, Tours

Shore Excursion: Local Tasting Tour from Tauranga

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Naples/Salerno Port: Pompeii & Vesuvius - lunch or wine tasting - Vesuvius National Park: your 2 hours of viewpoints and breathing room
Food & Drink, Lunch Experiences, Mediterranean Shore Excursions, Naples, Naples Shore Excursions, Tour Reviews, Wine Tours

Naples/Salerno Port: Pompeii & Vesuvius – lunch or wine tasting

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10.Naples/Salerno Port: Pompeii & Vesuvius – lunch or wine tasting

Port-to-Pompeii and Vesuvius day with skip-the-stress transfers, guided ruins, Vesuvius free time, and lunch for Naples cruisers.

★ 5.0

“The guide was prompt and waiting for us outside the cruise port. We made our way by bus to Pompeii… it was a little hectic with numbers of people but was a good experience. Next we went to have lunch just before the entrance to Vesuvius. It was AWESOME! The food was tasty, servers busy,…”

65 reviews8 hours (approx.)From $156.89by Worldtours

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Santorini 4-Hour Private Tour including Wine Tasting, Shore Excursion - Firostefani’s Quick Blue-Dome Break (Yes, It’s Worth the Stop)
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Santorini 4-Hour Private Tour including Wine Tasting, Shore Excursion

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11.Santorini 4-Hour Private Tour including Wine Tasting, Shore Excursion

Private Santorini 4-hour tour to Oia and Firostefani, Prophet Elias Monastery, plus Venetsanos volcanic wine tasting with Mercedes transfers.

★ 5.0

“Highly recommend this tour if you only have a short time in Santorini. Our tour guide Michael Angelo was very informative and knew all the right spots to take us for great pictures. The wine tasting was also great! Got a lot of information about the wine of Santorini.”

45 reviews30 minutes to 1 hour (approx.)From $192.23by Santorini Premium Tours

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Best Shore Excursion Etna, Taormina, Messina With Tasting Of Sicilian Products - Mount Etna Crater Walk: Views You Can Actually Use
Food & Drink, Mediterranean Shore Excursions, Messina, Shore Excursions, Tour Reviews, Tours

Best Shore Excursion Etna, Taormina, Messina With Tasting Of Sicilian Products

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12.Best Shore Excursion Etna, Taormina, Messina With Tasting Of Sicilian Products

Six-hour private shore tour from Messina to Etna and Taormina with classic tasting of Sicilian honey, olives, wines, liqueurs, and olive oil.

★ 5.0

“The tour we received did not cover most of the items from the tour description on Viator website (see below for summary), so this misrepresentation is very disappointing. We contacted Viator to no avail. We will be disputing this charge with our credit card company immediately. From Tour Description on Website: Mount Etna Walk on…”

33 reviews6 hours (approx.)From $227.06by Sicily Best Tour

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Rhodes Shore Excursion Including Lindos, Old Town & Wine Tasting - Getting there on cruise time: pickup, vehicle comfort, and schedule changes
Food & Drink, Greek Isles & Aegean Shore Excursions, Rhodes, Shore Excursions, Tour Reviews, Tours, Wine Tours

Rhodes Shore Excursion Including Lindos, Old Town & Wine Tasting

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From Penneshaw: Kangaroo Island Shore Excursion Tasting Tour - Where to meet at Penneshaw (and why it’s worth finding fast)
Food & Drink, Penneshaw, Shore Excursions, Tour Reviews, Tours

From Penneshaw: Kangaroo Island Shore Excursion Tasting Tour

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Lisbon Private Shore Excursion: City Tour by Minivan Including Food and Wine Tastings - Belém: the Tagus coast, Vasco da Gama, and UNESCO stops that feel worth it
Atlantic Coast & Islands Shore Excursions, City Tours, Food, Food & Drink, Lisbon, Private, Shore Excursions, Tour Reviews, Tours, Wine Tours

Lisbon Private Shore Excursion: City Tour by Minivan Including Food and Wine Tastings

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15.Lisbon Private Shore Excursion: City Tour by Minivan Including Food and Wine Tastings

Private 4-hour Lisbon shore tour by minivan with Belém and Alfama highlights plus pastel de Belém, cod cake, vinho verde and port.

★ 5.0

“Very pleased with this tour. Good value and it was nice to goon a small group tour. John, our guide was knowledgeable and very attentive to our comfort and enjoyment of the trip.”

20 reviews4 hours (approx.)From $264.05by Inside Lisbon

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