Taste the Land, the Sea and the Cellar
Day trips, weekends and slow walking weeks to forage, pick and taste with the people who grow, catch and make it.
Douro Valley, Portugal. Photo: François Philipp / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
In season this October
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Dublin Bay Forage & Feast
Forage sea beet and wild herbs on Howth Head, then eat them with today's catch on the pier.
Half day · from Dublin · Year-round, best April to October
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Douro Harvest Day
Pick grapes with the crew at a family quinta, then take a rabelo boat from Pinhão.
Full day · from Porto · Harvest mid-September to early October; vineyard days April to November
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Pintxos & Txakoli: Basque Coast
Walk the Camino del Norte cliffs to Getaria, taste txakoli above the sea and eat turbot off the grill.
Full day · from San Sebastián · April to October
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Truffle Hunt & Chianti Lunch
Hunt with a truffle family and their dogs, then a long lunch on a Chianti farm.
Full day · from Florence · October to December (white truffle season)
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Seascapes & Skies: Kerry Weekend
Seafood suppers, then a guided night in Ireland's Gold Tier Dark Sky Reserve.
2 nights, 3 days · Cahersiveen · September to March (darkest skies)
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The Albariño Camino
Walk the Camino Portugués into Albariño country, cross the estuary by boat past the mussel rafts, and finish in Santiago.
9 days, 8 nights · Tui to Santiago de Compostela · April to June, September to October
Start with a day. Stay for a weekend. Walk for a week.
Step 1
Day Trips
Three hours to a full day, from a city or a train station.
See day tripsStep 2
Weekends
Two nights, one base, and the big harvest day in the middle.
See weekendsStep 3
Walking & Cycling Weeks
Inn to inn on foot or by bike, a taste stop every day, your luggage moved for you.
See walking & cycling weeks
Signature trails
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Dublin Bay Forage & Feast
Forage sea beet and wild herbs on Howth Head, then eat them with today's catch on the pier.
Half day · from Dublin · Year-round, best April to October
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Douro Harvest Day
Pick grapes with the crew at a family quinta, then take a rabelo boat from Pinhão.
Full day · from Porto · Harvest mid-September to early October; vineyard days April to November
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Pintxos & Txakoli: Basque Coast
Walk the Camino del Norte cliffs to Getaria, taste txakoli above the sea and eat turbot off the grill.
Full day · from San Sebastián · April to October
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Truffle Hunt & Chianti Lunch
Hunt with a truffle family and their dogs, then a long lunch on a Chianti farm.
Full day · from Florence · October to December (white truffle season)
What makes a Taste Trail
Hands in the harvest.
You pick, forage, tread, press or catch something yourself.
Meet the maker.
At least one stop is hosted by the producer, not a guide talking about them.
Eat it where it grew.
The main meal is on the farm, at the quay or among the vines.
One moment you'll remember.
A rabelo boat on the Douro, oil straight from the press, a dark sky over the Atlantic.
A walk between tastes.
Every trail has a stretch on foot or by bike, so the landscape is part of the meal.
True to the season.
Every trail tells you what's ripe right now, and when to come back.
Why Taste Trails
I built the first Taste Trails years ago, by hand, long before anyone was asking AI where to eat. The idea came from walking the Camino. The best moments were never the monuments. They were the farm gate where someone handed you a fig, the bar that poured that morning's Albariño, the harbour where the boats were still unloading. Taste Trails puts those moments together on purpose: one hands-on taste, one maker and one long table, every day.
Lisa, founder
Explore by destination
Explore by theme
- Foraging
Shoreline seaweeds, hedgerow berries, wild garlic and truffles, gathered with people who know what is safe to pick and what to leave.
- Fruit picking
Berries in Fingal, cherries in Kent, oranges in Valencia and Sóller, grapes in the Douro. Pick it ripe and taste it on the spot.
- Wine & cider
Vineyard walks, harvest days and cider barns, hosted by the growers and makers themselves.
- Sea & shore
Mussel rafts, oyster sheds, harbour grills and rock pools: the sea side of the table.
- Stars & suppers
Long seafood suppers followed by some of Europe's darkest skies, in Kerry, the Alentejo and the Costa Brava.
- Olive harvest
From October to December, join the olive harvest in Puglia and the Alentejo and taste oil straight from the press.
Who's coming?
- Taste Trails for couples
Private tables, harvest sunsets and slow weekends for two.
- Family fruit and food adventures
Picking, baking and short walks that work for children aged 5 and up.
- Solo food journeys
Small-group days and Camino weeks with a group to join.
- Group foraging and food days
Private days and weekends for friends, clubs and teams.
- Forest adventures
Woodland walks for wild garlic, fungi, chestnuts and truffles.
- Walking Taste Trails
Day walks and Camino-style weeks with a taste stop every day.
- Cycling Taste Trails
Bike days and weeks between vineyards, orchards and harbours.
The year in tastes
- January
Orchards of Valencia
- February
Flavours of Faro
- March
Sóller Orange Valley
- April
Wicklow Wild Food Walk
- May
The Albariño Camino
- June
Fingal Berry Morning
- July
Garden of England: Cherries to Oysters
- August
Wild Berries & Baking
- September
Douro Harvest Day
- October
Truffle Hunt & Chianti Lunch
- November
Puglia Olive Press Day
- December
Alentejo Olive Morning
The Harvest Club
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Every new trail, day trip and experience shows up here first. Members get the news as it happens, and what the club brings in goes straight back into finding the next one.