Why join a Streaty tour in Rome?

We know how it feels walking around Rome: tourist menu everywhere, pasta alla carbonara, pizza and gelato throw into your face followed by an expensive bill. It true indeed, that the quality and the variety of food has been largely standardized in all of the city center.

And this is why curious travelers and passionate foodies prefer to join a Rome food tour with Streaty. When it comes to search for real regional food, when it comes to skip tourist traps, the answer is Streaty. Our company is purely Italian, and only the local guides decide what and where we should take our guests to enjoy the local cuisine. We do not make up special recipes or customized portions just to accomodate tourists. Italy is what it is.

So did we pick Testaccio district to run a food and market tour in Rome? Our Roman guides have indicated Testaccio as the last of the authentic markets of Rome, where the vendors have been operated for generations serving the same authentic recipes. Take the Roman tripe for instance. This dish disappeared from the city center of Rome because it’s considered too strong for tourists’ tastes. Well, the most popular vendor in Testaccio market is renowned for his delicious tripe recipes and other sauces belonging to the old school Roman street cuisine. Here at Streaty we all like traveling, and we all agreed that the Testaccio district is the perfect stage where to experience street food tour of Rome, since it gives the fizzy vibes of experiencing Romans’ daily life.

What will I taste during a Rome food tour with Streaty?

The Roman cuisine is well known in Italy for being simple but also very tasty and extremely mouth-watering in all of its shape, texture and tastes. Many recipes and drinks offered on our tours are unknown by tourists, such as the Roman tripe, the maritozzo with whipped cream, the regional natural wines or the pasta alla gricia!
You must know that We are very strict when it comes to selecting the dishes. On Streaty tours we only serve specialties from the city or the region. You can’t expect to have a Spritz in our Rome tours, being a spritz a classic Venetian drink.

What will I see during the Rome food tour?

You will see what most of tourists won’t, you will experience what most of tourists won’t even think of. In other words, you will experience Rome. It’s maybe the third time you are visiting Rome, aren’t you tired of roaming around Trastevere and queueing up with other tourists for a gelato? On our Rome tours you won’t only indulge in the inimitable flavors of the local cuisine, but you will also learn about Roman history and citizens’ daily life. We will show you some hidden gems ignored by tourists and we will share fun and interesting insights on the Italian culture. For instance, on our Rome food tour of Testaccio, you will have the chance to admire the belly of Testaccio hill, a hill entirely built with Roman amphorae!

The Testaccio market is of course the big attraction of the culinary walking tour of Rome, however, it’s not the only one. On the way to the final pastry shop, we will shoe you the Commonwealth cemetery and the very first football pitch where Rome FC started its glorious tradition. The street spirit of Rome and the contradictions of the Italian capital are proudly showed off in a huge graffiti that you will have the chance to admire and learn about during the walking tour.