The Harvest Feast Food Tour is a group culinary-themed experience offered by Coastal Food Tours of Virginia. The multi-day tour combines great dining, local history, cultural traditions and more while exploring Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Smithfield and Virginia's Eastern Shore by motorcoach. This delicious and interesting culinary adventure culminates with a harvest feast featuring many of time honored culinary specialties and traditions which have been explored along the way. The full tour includes a five-day itinerary; although, portions of the tour may be customized to best suit the needs of your group.
During an abbreviated, introductory itinerary, we enjoyed many wonderful regional specialties and interesting experiences. Some of the tour highlights pictured on the following pages include:
- An oyster tasting
- Taste of the Market Tour at the Virginia Beach Farmers Market
- A visit to a Virginia Beach area vineyard
- A visit to a turkey farm
- A cooking class at the Virginia Culinary Institute in Norfolk
- A tour of an aqua farm on the Chesapeake Bay
- Wine tasting at a picturesque Eastern Shore winery
- Green Cocktails at an eco-bistro
- Tasting Virginia peanuts
- A Visit to a Virginia ham smokehouse
- Taste of the Bay experience at the Virginia Aquarium
- Dining at many independently owned area restaurants
- Desserts and Sweets
- Related Virginia Beach Travel Information
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