Milan Mix Aperitivo and Street Food Tour - Do Eat Better Experience

We had a great time, wonderful restaurants and Marta was excellent. Many great choices and not too far apart for walking

Our guide Stephanie made the tour worth wild she had a great knowledge of the city and was great at engaging the attendees . I would highly recommend doing a Tour and requesting Stephanie

Words escape me to describe this evening. Nancy and I met up with Stefani in a square on the SW side of Milano near one of the old canals. A young Brit named Jock joined us for the escapade. Stefani is a Milanese in her late 20s who like our guide in Torino was extremely knowledgeable and passionate about her home town. As an art history major and a world traveler herself, she knew to share the details and history of the area and her city that would give us a real taste of the city. It seemed that Stefani knew everyone every where we went. Getting front of the line at cathedrals and museums is nothing compared to getting great seats in the small popular trattorias and bars in this neighborhood. We started at the Green Expo area for a glass of local wine and cheese. Mozzarella in the States is nothing like what we had. Wow! We then meandered to a small bar called "Iter" where the staff every year shuts the bar down and travels to a different part of the world and comes back with cocktail and tapas ideas that they then headline in the reopened bar. For us it was food and drink recipes based on what they experienced in Estonia. The cocktail and tapas were sensational! Now it was time to put some solid food into our bellies to absorb the alcohol. For those of us lacking much in the way of the Italian language, Stefani clarified that "panini" is the plural of "panino" so to say "i'll have 2 paninis" is incorrect. While fish and pasta are the staples of the lower half of Italy, here in the north cured meats like salami and prosciutto and rice dishes like risotto abound. Nancy had an aubergine and funghi panino-eggplant and mushroom while I had salami and cheese. Wine was had by all. (Stefani does moderate her alcohol intake so she doesn't lose anyone.) we continued our journey to another bar, MAC Cafe, with unique cocktails and a very young and chic crowd on the canal. We were the golden oldies. The music and the people watching along with cocktail and chips made for another wonderful experience that Stefani weaved us into. Our evening ended at a local patisserie for our choice of 2 pastries and coffee. By this time Nancy and I felt like Stefani was our daughter given her friendliness and engaging personality. We really weren't sure what to expect from this Friday night tour but we were thrilled to have taken it!

This was a really nice tour. Well organized, and guides were waiting in the exact spot, easy to find. Guides Valeria and Gabriel were very knowledgeable about Milan, it's history and the food items we sampled. It was a lot of walking, even though we stopped at different places, so I would not for people who cannot walk for at least a couple of miles. In fact we had to cut our tour a little short because my companion was not able to make the final two stops, but I would highly recommend this tour with these guides. Very informative and delicious. Includes nice walk along the canals in a very hip area of Milan.

Ho partecipato a questo tour assieme a mio fratello, e devo dire che sono rimasta molto soddisfatta. Non ero mai stata nei locali che la nostra guida ci ha fatto visitare e sono stati degli spunti interessanti, sicuramente ci tornerò con qualche amico anziché bazzicare sempre per i soliti due locali. La nostra guida Marta era molto gentile e simpatica, ci ha messo subito a nostro agio e abbiamo trascorso delle ore piacevoli. Ero un po’ preoccupata per via della situazione covid, ma non c’era per nulla ressa in nessuno dei locali che abbiamo visitato, cosa che mi ha tranquillizzato molto. Non ci è stato offerto tantissimo da mangiare trattandosi di una degustazione, ma le quantità di cibo offerte erano discrete e a fine giro ero perfettamente sazia. Che dire, un’ottima esperienza, soprattutto se non siete di città o della zona e volete scoprire qualche posto nuovo.

Rebecca war eine ausgesprochen freundliche junge Frau die sich bemüht hat. Die Tour selbst ist ihr Geld nicht wert- totale Touristenabzocke. Die 4 Lokale die wir kennengelernt haben waren nichts besonderes und unterscheiden sich nicht zu anderen in die man sonst sowieso gegangen wäre. Was wir auch noch sehr vermissten war die Möglichkeit durch einen Local weiteres Wissen über geschichtliches oder aktuelles der Gegend zu erfahren.

Wir waren das erste Mal in Mailand und um einen ersten Eindruck von der Stadt und vor allem dem lebhaften Navigli Viertel zu bekommen, ist die Tour perfekt. Geniale Drinks in einzigartigen Locations, leckeres Essen und ein freundlicher Guide. Ich kann es nur jedem empfehlen!