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14 Best Food & Drink Tours

The best days ashore.

The 14 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.

14 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

“Unfortunately it was pouring rain all day long, but the tour operator can’t do anything about the weather. We had been to Florence twice before, so just walked to the Old Bridge area, and walked around for a bit, and went to a cafe. Unfortunately a couple people didn’t make it back to our meeting…”

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

“Incredible guides. So grateful. Great tips f what to do and not do at each location. Food tasting was good value. Train ride (small extra cost) saved some walking. We got priority over the cruise ship excursions ! Cruise Transfer from Port was a nightmare - so I didn’t make the agreed meeting time but…”

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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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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4.Tauranga Shore Excursion: History & Kiwifruit Tasting – 4 Hours

Half-day Tauranga tour with Mt Maunganui views and port history, capped by a kiwi orchard tasting and local tea for $65.78.

★ 5.0

“Tauranga is very nice. However, the tour spent too long driving out of the harbor, going to a park, driving by parked containers from ships. The stop at a beach was nice, but really short. It was a nice sunny breezy. There was another stop at a park that overlooked the harbor. The most interesting…”

146 reviewsFrom $65.78by Wicked Wanders Tours

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From Livorno: Florence Shore Excursion with Tasting - The bus ride: where the tour leader sets the stage
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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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6.Argostoli: Shore Excursion to Caves with Local Wine Tasting

Half-day Argostoli shore tour with two Kefalonia caves, Melissani boat cruise, Myrtos viewpoint photos, and a local wine tasting.

★ 4.6

“Tour guide was knowledgeable and drive was beautiful. Meeting point was very close to cruise terminal, so it was a quick and easy walk to arrive. They do check in day before to ensure you know where and when to meet, that was really helpful. Overall we had a great experience.”

87 reviews5 hoursFrom $37by Kefalonia Sightseeing & Tours

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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

“This was a wonderful tour of Rhodes. We saw all of the island and had some interesting experiences. Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly. We had a good amount of time in each location. I would highly recommend this tour.”

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

“This was a great tour. Pickup was super easy! The tour of Pompeii was great and the tour guide was very knowledgeable. The ride up to mount Vesuvius was beautiful and the whole process was super easy even when the traffic was crazy up there. Our lunch was delicious. All in all a great tour…”

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)
Food & Drink, Greek Isles & Aegean Shore Excursions, Private, Santorini, Santorini Shore Excursions, Shore Excursions, Tour Reviews, Tours, Wine Tours

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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13.Rhodes Shore Excursion Including Lindos, Old Town & Wine Tasting

Rhodes shore tour packs Mandraki, Lindos and Old Town into 6 hours, with olive oil, honey and wine tastings plus port pickup.

★ 4.0

“It was a wonderful day with Diana who was a wealth of knowledge. Pickup directions were clear and easy to follow, found our pick up spot with no troubles. Great way to spend our day in port separate from the masses of the cruise ship”

26 reviewsFrom $34by Telia Travel

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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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