TASTE Helsinki food tour

We visited the waterfront food market in Helsinki in May 2024, as part of an Insight Vacations 'Northern Capitals' tour. Great venue! We tasted smoked reindeer - pleasant! I returned to have some lunch at a cafe inside - excellent!

Maddelena is an awesome guide! She shared information about the food, daily life, and local history. All of the shops/vendors seem to genuinely enjoy the interaction. Because these tours are private, they are efficient and there is a lot of customization that can be done. I found Maddelena more responsive via email in planning this tour than others I’ve been on in other cities. I highly recommend this tour early in your trip so she can help you book other meals during your stay! Our group of 4 really enjoyed it.

The five of us unanimously agree the tour was amazing. So much information and delicious treats along the way. You could tell M is well loved by the shop owners along the route as we were treated very well at every stop. Highly recommend

Maddalena kam, sah und nahm uns unter ihre Fittiche: Für weit mehr als die ursprünglich geplante Dauer führte sie uns mit Südtiroler Charme und finnischer Kenntnis durch die Straßen, die Kultur und die Leckereien Helsinkis, ohne dass es uns langweilig wurde, und wir vergaßen dabei sogar die zeitweise nicht so tolle Witterung (war aber ja auch Ende Februar). Ohne zu Viel vom Inhalt der Tour zu verraten, können wir die Tour von ganzem Herzen empfehlen. Keine Frage blieb unbeantwortet und das Gefühl, eine kosmopolitische Finnin als Ansprechpartnerin für evtl. zukünftige Reisen nach Finnland in anderen Jahreszeiten kennengelernt zu haben, bleibt als sehr angenehme Erfahrung zurück. Allora: Danke Dir, Maddalena!!!

My wife and I had a wonderful time being guided by Maddalena to some of Kallio's hidden corners, enjoying superb food and drink in locations known to the locals. We saw and learned a lot about the area, and also about Helsinki and Finland - both its history and its current affairs. Maddalena is great company, and very knowledgeable, and we were so grateful to her for tailor-making the tour specially for us. We came away with many happy memories: the tour was a major highlight during our 5-day visit to Helsinki. Thank you!

The highlight of our stay in Helsinki was definitely the city tour with Maddalena. She combines the most important Finnish qualities such as hospitality and humour with Italian warm-heartedness and spontaneity. Unfortunately, the three-hour tour with her flew by, but what remains are many great impressions of this beautiful city. She brought us closer to Finnish culture with a lot of passion. We would only book another tour with Maddalena and can highly recommend her to other visitors.

Our group of 8 people just returned from a Baltic Cruise during which one of our favorite activities was a bicycle and food tour in Helsinki with Maddalena from Vino Tours. For everyone in our group, this tour was one of the highlights of our entire vacation. In spite of some intermittent rain showers, Maddalena made our day interesting, memorable and fun! All of the details were carefully arranged in advance to assure a great day. The bicycle ride was approximately 25km and included city highlights along with sights outside of the usual crowded tourist areas. Along the ride, we made several stops to sample traditional foods, as well as a private VIP beer and local cheese tasting/pairing at a really cool microbrewery. This was a fun and unique way to experience Helsinki, while also learning a lot about this wonderful city from an "insider." Maddalena is a fantastic guide. Everything from the communication during the planning stages to the tour itself was absolutely perfect. I highly recommend Maddalena and Vino Tours and I am certain that you will love any specific tour that you chose with this company.

The Tour takes about 3 hours but when it ends, it feels like an hour.
Maddelena is fantastic.
Everything but boring, thr perfect way to fasttrack thru all essentials, we wanted to know and taste.
Mille Grazie !!!!

Do not visit Finland without a tour by Maddalena and her company, Vino Tours and More. She has a wonderful and warm personality, and left no question unanswered! We had a marvelous experience and saw and tasked a terrific representation of the food and heard all about Finnish culture. In particular, Maddalena knows so much about all the distinctive Finnish architecture, and we enjoyed every minute.

It was a cold and somewhat sunny Tuesday when we met Maddalena outside the food hall to begin our three-plus hour culinary adventure. As a seasoned traveler and food tour veteran, I would rank this food tour among the best I’ve done. Maddalena is knowledgeable and passionate about Helsinki and its food. We sampled a variety of local delicacies and learned a lot about Helsinki and its history. Be warned: there is considerable walking between food stops. Maybe I wouldn’t have minded that so much if it hadn’t been cold and snowy and maybe I’m just grumpy in general, lol.

What a wonderful way to experience Helsinki. After a long meeting day we met Maddalena in the city and from the first second she brought new energy to all of us and we could not wait to discover the city and obviously get something to eat :-) The location we had our food were very nice and authentic exactly how you want to experience a city.
On the walks from one restaurant to the other, Maddalena was giving us interesting insights about the city and obviously the history - we all will definitely remember Alvar Aalto ;-) and even our finish colleagues really liked the tour and even learned something about their hometown

Maddalena was an amazing tour guide! She gave us so much interesting information about Finland and the food we were trying without being overwhelming. Maddalena brought us to great restaurants we never would have found on our own. She made sure to connect with everyone in our group and was extremely friendly and welcoming. Highly recommend!!

I would like to start this review by saying if I could give this tour 10stars I would!
We only had one day in Helsinki and to maximize what we saw and experienced we reached out to do a food tour. Communication prior to the trip with Maddalena was exactly what we needed to feel comfortable to spend our day with her and she made sure we would have the best experience while keeping some of the day a surprise.
Us and our travel companions had such a fun time laughing and learning about Helsinki while enjoying some delicious food and the culture of the area. Each stop was better than the last and was a perfect mix of food and history of this great city. Of all the tours in the Baltic we did this month, this tour was by far the BEST!!!
Maddalena was the best host and her happy nature makes us want to move to Helsinki and become a Happy Finn!
Thank you so much for a great day!! And we will love to see more next time we visit!

Maddalena gave us a wonderful tour in Helsinki, very interesting and personal, so she shared her thougts about living in Finland as half italian - half finnish person. She showed us all the highlights of Helsinki, we were especially impressed by the new library of Helsinki. We all enjoyed the tour very much - six women from Hamburg