9 mouthwatering foodie trips around the world to book now
We pick some of the best new culinary itineraries that will tickle your taste buds as much as your curiosity
The best way to experience a new culture is through its food, and there are plenty of up-and-coming foodie destinations (as well as more established ones) that should be on your radar.
Here, we’ve selected 9 of the top food tours around the world for you to book right now. Happy eating!
1. Sail Türkiye’s gastronomic coast
Cruising the Turquoise Coast east of Bodrum reveals headlands stubbled with the ruins of ancient civilisations, sun-dappled vineyards and generations-old family restaurants eager to share their stories and recipes. Peter Sommer Travels’ A Gastronomic Gulet Cruise in Türkiye taps into this world in a unique way, as guests board a traditional Turkish sailboat to explore the region’s cultural and culinary highs.
The route takes in the ancient port of Knidos, whose wine-growing legacy still thrives on the Datça peninsula, as well as the Roman ruins of Lydae, where you can also have tea with a goatherd and visit his family’s olive press. But it’s the chance to cruise inland, up the Dalyan River, and combine a village cookery class with a visit to the cliff-cut tombs of Kaunos that is not to be missed.
More information: Peter Sommer Travels. 25 May 2025 but can be arranged as a private trip at any time; 8 days from £3,095pp (excluding international flights).
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2. Savour the fruits of Jordan
Most travellers know Jordan for the Nabataean ruins of Petra, the Crusader-built castles of the Kings Highway or the buoyant waters of the Dead Sea. By comparison, its food and wine culture flies under the radar. Yet, in a country where olive trees make up 20% of all cultivated land, there is lots to savour.
Holiday Architects’ tailor-made Tastes of Jordan trip takes in all these big sites, but it also combines them with time spent with local producers, winemakers and chefs. For example, you can twin a visit to the Hellenistic ruins near Umm Qais with a visit to an apiary during the honey harvest, or drop by the celebrated St George Winery in downtown Amman for a tasting before heading on to an ancient Nabataean trading post.
Between cooking classes, you’ll take a trip to a local farm, join a shepherd’s walk, savour a zarb (Bedouin barbecue) under Wadi Rum’s desert sky and dig into Amman’s buzzing – and much underrated – food scene.
More information: Holiday Architects. Flexible dates (best: Mar–Nov); 9 days from £2,805pp (including international flights).
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3. Taste Michelin delights in the Basque Country, Spain
Spain’s Basque Country punches far above its weight when it comes to dining. Regional capital San Sebastián alone boasts one of the highest densities of Michelin stars per capita anywhere in the world. It’s a culinary obsession that permeates every layer of life here, from secret txoko dining societies and rustic cider clubs to medieval wineries. But it can be tricky for outsiders to penetrate.
Martin Randall Travel’s Gastronomic Basque Country small group tour dives right in, slipping from Bilbao to San Sebastián via fishing villages, vineyards and Michelin-starred eateries. Long, languorous lunches in the three-starred Martín Berasategui and Arzak restaurants catch the eye (the latter helmed by the ‘godfather of New Basque Cuisine’ himself, Juan-Mari Arzak), as does the rare opportunity to sample a meal in a private San Sebastián dining club. But there are more than just menus to pore over as you traverse the region. From a walled Riojan village to an Art Deco food market and a vineyard hotel designed by Frank Gehry, there is always something to feast your eyes (and belly) on.
More information: Martin Randall Travel. 1 Sep 2025; 8 days from £4,820pp (including international flights).
4. Rediscover Vietnam through its food
Vietnam’s cuisine is a product of its history. The occupying Chinese brought noodles and rice paper, the colonising French instilled a love of baguettes and coffee, and the arrival of Indian and Malay traders brought spices. But it’s what Vietnam did with all these ingredients that makes its food so special: brothy and light noodle soups, healthy spring rolls, filling banh mi sandwiches, comforting condensed-milk coffees and fragrant curries.
Fleewinter’s Viet-Yum Foodie Tour of Vietnam is a tailor-made trip that delves into the country’s past while travelling north-to-south from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. Along the way, you’ll fill up on pho in the capital, dine on a junk boat in Halong Bay, taste street food in imperial Hue, take a cookery lesson in Hoi An and roam the night markets of HCMC. But it’s the chance to slip into the countryside of the Mekong Delta, to spend the day with its farmers and learn more about the cuisine of the countryside, that is the icing on this particular cake.
More information: Fleewinter. Flexible dates; 17 days from £3,460pp (excluding international flights).
5. Keep it local in North Macedonia
North Macedonia’s traditional dishes draw heavily on their Turkish and Mediterranean roots. You can try them for yourself on KE Adventure’s Tastes and Trails of North Macedonia small group tour, which lets you walk off some glorious home cooking on the shores of Lake Ohrid, stroll mountain meadows in Mavrovo and Galicica national parks and hike the slopes of Mount Golem Krchin. By day, you’ll tuck into pies, cheeses and kačamak (cornmeal porridge) from the Mavrovo region; by night, you’ll dine with local families in their homes and learn about the country from the people who know it best.
More information: KE Adventure. 7 Jun, 9 Aug & 20 Sep 2025; 8 days from £1,630pp (including international flights).
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6. Join a veggie safari in search of India’s tigers
The days when the ‘vegetarian option’ meant travellers just ate around the meat might not be entirely over, but trips catering especially for non-meat-eaters are something that we’re seeing more of. Naturetrek’s Tiger Direct: A Vegetarian/Vegan Tour not only takes in a pair of tiger reserves (Pench and Kanha) in Madhya Pradesh, but it ensures its guests don’t go hungry. The majority of the trip (four nights) is spent in Kanha, known for the swamp deer that the park was set up in 1955 to protect. But it’s the chance to spy tigers that tempts most visitors – and this trip has a 100% sighting success rate so far.
Guests will stay at the Jungle Lodge, whose extensive grounds yield great birdwatching and plenty of homegrown fruit and veg. This is eagerly adapted into meals by host Dimple, who will happily share her knowledge of local dishes with guests in cookery classes. Fully refuelled, all that’s left is to hit the sal forests on game drives where wild boar, golden jackals, gaur, sloth bears and, of course, tigers await.
More information: Naturetrek. 1 Feb 2026; 9 days from £2,995pp (including international flights).
7. Spice things up in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s food scene is too often overshadowed by its larger neighbour, India. But the Teardrop Isle has a pair of food cultures – Tamil (brought here by migrant Indian tea workers) and Singhalese – as distinct as the island’s long history. Experience Travel Group’s A Foodie Journey Through Sri Lanka hits all the right tasting notes on a tailor-made trip taking in the country’s food and heritage, visiting capital Colombo, the ancient sites of the Cultural Triangle (Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura), Kandy and the fort of Galle.
You’ll rattle through jungle and hill country on Sri Lanka’s iconic railways and hike along sections of the island’s first long-distance walking route, the Pekoe Trail. But the real reward here is the chance to fill up at roti stalls along the way, dine at a local farmhouse and learn about tea production firsthand. It’s moments like going for lunch at Hela Bojun Hala, a food stall backed by the Ministry of Agriculture, which supports rural women making a living through the dishes they prepare, that make this journey worthwhile.
More information: Experience Travel Group. Flexible dates; 16 nights from £5,900pp (including international flights).
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8. Drink in the Alsace, France
Ramble Worldwide’s The Wine Villages of the Alsace trip offers the chance to explore France’s original wine route on foot, linking up a handful of its 199 wine-producing communities. After arriving in the region by rail from London, the bucolic scenery comes thick and fast as you trickle the French-German border on a guided tour traversing forests, red-roofed hamlets and vineyards flush with riesling grapes.
Highlights include a stroll along the Sentier Viticole des Grands Crus, visits to some iconic wine villages – Riquewihr, Eguisheim, Kaysersberg – and a free day in Colmar, whose cobbles and half-timbered houses resemble a fairy tale come alive.
More information: Ramble Worldwide. 1 Jun, 7 Sep & 5 Oct 2025; 7 nights from £1,699pp (including rail travel).
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9. Discover the roots of Italian cooking
Gastronomic history is found on the streets of Bologna, Italy’s oldest university city, as well as in the surrounding region. Everything from lasagne and ragù to tortellini and Parmesan cheese originated here, and they are all still ably plated up by armies of industrious nonne (grandmothers) and gifted young chefs in the food markets and restaurants beneath the city’s terracotta tiles.
Your passport to finding these on Kirker Holidays’ Bologna: Italy’s Gastronomic Heart small group tour is Valentina Harris, an Italian food expert. Along the way, you’ll explore Renaissance churches, historical markets and the towering Basilica of San Petronio. Then, after stopping for dinner in Modena (the home of balsamic vinegar), you’ll skip to Parma to meet its prosciutto producers. The trip finishes with Valentina teaching you how to make tortellini the traditional way.
More information: Kirker Holidays. 3 Nov 2025; 5 nights from £2,847pp (including international flights)
