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How we compare

Food Tour Guide compares food tours by what ends up on your plate. This page explains who runs the site, which tours we include, how we count and where our information comes from.

Who runs this site

Food Tour Guide is run by Rauch Media in Berlin, owned by Kai-Michael Rauch. We do not sell tours ourselves and have no partnership with any tour operator. Full details are in the legal notice.

Which tours we include

For every city, we collect all food tours bookable on GetYourGuide and Viator. We only include tours that actually take place in that city and leave out day trips, boat rides and shows. We then rank the tours by number of reviews and by price, in other words by how often they are booked. Each city page lists about ten group tours, plus private tours and cooking classes.

The order does not depend on how much commission we earn. A tour ranks higher because guests book it more often or because it offers more food for its price.

How we count tastings

We take the number of dishes, tastings or stops from the operator's description. If the operator says “10+”, we count 10. If it gives a range such as “7 to 9”, we use the lower number. If it gives no number, the tour shows “Number not stated”.

We calculate the price per tasting by dividing the cheaper of the two prices by the number of tastings. For “10+” and for ranges, a tasting therefore costs at most that much. On some tours, the “from” price applies to a shorter version. We point this out on the tour itself.

The same tour on two booking sites

Many tours are listed on both GetYourGuide and Viator. We only show both prices side by side when the operator, photos and description match. If we are not sure, the listings stay separate.

Where our facts come from

We check facts about dishes, markets and neighborhoods against sources before they go on a page. If sources disagree, for example about the year a building was finished, we only state what all sources confirm. Anything that only an operator says about its own tour is marked “according to the operator”. These are our sources for each city:

Tokyo

Rome

Lisbon

Barcelona

Paris

Athens

Where the photos come from

Photos of the tours and dishes come from the operators of the respective tours and were provided through GetYourGuide and Viator. We look at every photo before using it, and we only name a dish when it is actually visible. We do not use AI-generated photos of food or places.

How we make money

The booking links are affiliate links. If you book through one, you pay the same price as when booking directly, and GetYourGuide or Viator pays us a commission. The links are marked as advertising.

How current the information is

We last checked prices and ratings on November 12, 2026. The date is also shown at the top of every page. Prices can change daily, and the price at the time of booking is what counts.

Found a mistake?

If something is no longer correct, please email us at kai@rauch-media.de. We will check it and correct the page.