MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
The pick of the collection, reviewed.
A hand-picked shortlist of the 13 food museums travellers rate highest, with the prices, the run times and who you actually book each one through.
See Old Dubai’s heritage houses, souks, street food tastings, and the Dubai Creek on an Abra boat ride for about $18.
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A 3.5-hour Munich beer and food tour with Oktoberfest Museum access, guided tastings, and a reserved Bavarian dinner in beer-hall style.
Walk Picasso’s Barcelona, learn his Barcelona connections, and finish with included museum entry plus optional private wine and food tasting.
“We missed this tour because we didn’t realize where the meeting place was. No one alerted us that it is not near museum. No one called or checked. Very disappointing. So if you book it watch for meeting place.”
Casa del Vino wine museum in Santa Cruz, Tenerife. Taste 3 local wines with cheese and Canarian bites, tour gardens and exhibits.
Prebook Malmö’s Disgusting Food Museum ticket for 1–2 hours: 80 foods to smell and taste, family friendly, near transit.
“The smelling and tasting part are really great. It is so intriguing to try all different disgusting smell and food in one go”
A quirky Malmö food museum ticket delivered in a vomit bag, with stink-filled exhibits, a disgust photo booth, and included tasting.
A $20 ticket to Berlin’s Disgusting Food Museum: 90 weird food exhibits plus small tastings at the bar, with lessons on nutrition and the future.
Old Dubai guided walk: Al Seef alleys, gold and spice souks, abra ride, tastings, and Arabic coffee, from $19.
“No transportation to the tour… however the tour was really insightful, Abdul was about to show a lot of knowledge about the culture and city which was lovely…. Thank you so much 🥰”
Four hours in Takuapa: the tsunami museum, a striking Rama IX temple, Sino-European old town, and food-market tastings with an English guide.
Guided visit to the MEGA Estrella Galicia Beer Museum in A Coruña with a pull-and-pairing tasting and Galician preserves, plus a welcome pack.
“Excellent with a few but!! Very interactive and enjoyable experience with lots of Beer tasting. BUT they advertise all languages but if you don’t want the tour in Spanish you have to contact them and ask for an English tour guide, they managed to find our group one last minute. BUT they advertise the taster…”
Walk through Little Havana’s music, art, and Cuban tastings on a 2.5-hour guided route featuring Cubaocho, Calle Ocho, Domino Park, and Tower Theater.
“Really good walking tour with Angel. Local guy. Seems to know everyone including a lot of the guys from Bay of Pigs. Tons of history and local knowledge. And a fun guy. Great evening!”
A small-group morning in Carrara: quarry stops with a geologist guide, museum-style stone talk, and a Colonnata lardo tasting.
“It was a rainy day and Nicola did a great job rearranging the order of our tour to accommodate the weather. His English was very good. As a geologist he was very knowledgeable about marble and the mining process both now and in ancient times. My first experience with Lardo, tasted good if you didn't…”
Sardinia’s Olive Oil Museum: learn to judge premium extra virgin, taste flavored oils and sparkling wine, then shop discounted bottles.
“Highly recommended. One of the highlights of our trip to Sardinia. Francesco is very passionate and knowledgeable about olive oil and he made us feel very welcome. It was interesting to learn more about olive oils and how to spot the good ones, and we’ll not be looking at olive oils the same way before.…”
