From the pintxos bars of San Sebastián to the tapas bars of Madrid and Barcelona: the tours worth booking in each city, what you'll eat, and what it costs.
If you only have room for one food tour on your trip, make it the one for your city. Prices and review counts come from the booking page, not from older blog posts.
Four bars that madrileños actually drink in, more than ten tapas and a drink at every stop. It starts at Plaza de Santa Ana and finishes near Plaza Mayor, and the food is properly Madrid: ibérico ham, salt cod, tortilla and chickpea stew.
Book something else if you care about the history as much as the food. Devour's Tapas & Taverns tour is the one for that.
An evening through the Gothic Quarter with four neighborhood bars, about eight Catalan tapas and four drinks: pa amb tomàquet, cold cuts, croquetas, a bomba, cava or vermut, and a Catalan dessert at the end. It's enough food to replace dinner.
Book something else if you're vegan, or traveling with children under 14.
Five stops in the Parte Vieja: mussels and Basque cider, two Iberian hams side by side, anchovies at Bar Txepetxa, a modern pintxo, and cheesecake with sherry at La Viña. Eight pintxos and four drinks in all.
Book something else if a small group matters more than anything. Discover San Sebastián's Best Pintxos stops at eight people.
Checked on Viator and GetYourGuide on 23 October 2026. Prices change with the season, so the booking page has the final figure.
Each guide has every food tour worth booking in that city, what to eat while you're there, and the neighborhoods to eat it in.
Tapas in the Gothic Quarter and El Born, vermouth on a Sunday, and how to handle La Boqueria.
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Old taverns in La Latina, cocido for lunch, and day trips to Toledo and Segovia.
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Pintxos bars in the old town and Gros, and the Rioja day trips that leave from here.
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Long tapas evenings in Triana and the old town.
The city where a tapa still comes free with your drink.
Paella in the city it comes from, and the Mercado Central.
The best pintxos bars in San Sebastián, bar by barA night in the old town and a night in Gros, and what to order in each bar.
Toledo and Segovia food day trips from MadridA winery day in Toledo and a suckling pig lunch in Segovia.
Christmas food in SpainWhat to eat in each city, on which day, and where to buy it.
Eating alone in SpainWhere to sit, what size to order, and which tours suit solo travelers.
I'm Craig. I moved to Spain for the food and I live in Valencia. Friends visiting kept asking which food tour to book, and when they guessed they kept ending up at sangria-and-paella tourist traps, so I started writing the answers down. This site is those answers, city by city.
If you have a question about a tour or a city, send it to me.
No. The tours are run by established operators and booked through Viator or GetYourGuide. Not running any tours myself means I can recommend whichever one is best in each city.
No. You pay the booking site's normal price and get its normal confirmation and cancellation terms. The booking site pays me a small commission, which keeps this site running.
On your first or second day. You learn how ordering works in that city, and you leave with a list of bars to go back to for the rest of the trip.
In Spain, usually. Meal times, ordering and how tapas work change from city to city, and a guide gets you through that in one evening instead of a week of trial and error.