Aix-en-Provence food tour

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Discover the dishes and learn about the habits of the people of Aix-en-Provence with this 3.5-hour food tour. Food is the best way to get into the city's culture, and Aix-en-Provence has a lot to offer!Taste local food while walking in the most beautiful areas of the city, a unique experience involving all your senses! Taste the delicious local specialties, smell the perfume of Provence herbs, the delicate olive oil, honey and lavender. Follow your local food expert to discover the best traditional dishes! Here is a list of what you are possibly going to taste:Olive oil experience Taste different olive oils and find out which one of the “liquid gold” will please the most your palate. The olive oil is one of the Mediterranean gastronomy pillars and a real treat to immerse you in the culinary tradition.Tapenade tasting This provencal recipe is based on olives and capers. Usually spread on bread or toast, the black or green tapenade is definitely “the not to be missed” during a South of France trip.Delicatessen What would Aix be without the food influence of its Corsican population? Discover the delicious delicatessen directly sourced from the best producers of the “Island of Beauty”Crop à la truffe Thanks to its climate and soils favorable to the development of the fungus, Provence is home of delicious truffle. Here you'll taste this delicious recipe of Truffle Ham in a charming “french atmosphere”Tarte Tropézienne Visit to one of the most famous pastry shops in the region. It has existed since 1954. Its speciality: the Tarte Tropézienne. A cake made from a sugar brioche, filled with cream.Calisson Try these small almonds-shaped pastries meanwhile your guide will tell you the love intrigue which takes place in 1895, you go back in time to meet great characters who make you discover the story mixed with the legend of a jewel of Aix: the calisson!

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