Street food from Campo de' Fiori to Trastevere

Rome's street food is a short list, and this walk eats its way down it. Pizza al taglio, crisp Roman pizza by the slice from a bakery that has been baking since 1870. Supplì, the fried rice ball with mozzarella in the middle that stretches when you pull it apart, the reason it is called supplì al telefono. A traditional Roman sandwich. And gelato to finish, at Gelateria Regusto. In between the guide talks about how the city eats and where locals still shop.

The route starts by the fountain in Piazza San Simeone, near Piazza Navona, passes Bramante's cloister, and stops at a local restaurant and a stop the operator keeps secret. Then 25 minutes in Campo de' Fiori, one of Rome's oldest open-air markets, past Palazzo Farnese, over the river on Ponte Sisto to Piazza Trilussa and into Trastevere, where it ends in Piazza di San Giovanni della Malva, a few streets from Santa Maria in Trastevere. The itinerary changes with the season and local holidays.

Groups are capped at 14, the guides are licensed, and the tour runs in English. It costs from 44.10 euros, and the food counts as a meal.

Of the dozens of Rome food tours on GetYourGuide, this one was rated 4.9 from about 4,700 reviews, with the guides scored 5.0, the highest score of any food walk with that many reviews. Recent reviews name the guides one by one and praise the same thing: small family businesses, not tourist counters.

You could do it yourself with a list. What you would miss is the guide's running commentary on the city, the stops that only work with a group, and a guide who will tell you where to eat for the rest of your stay, which guests say is worth the price alone.