WalksDevour

What WalksDevour runs and where

WalksDevour is a tour operator that runs small group and private tours, food tours and cooking classes with its own local guides. Its destination menu lists 16 places: Rome, the Vatican, Florence, Venice, Milan and Pompeii in Italy; Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastian and Seville in Spain; Lisbon; Paris; London; New York City; Niagara Falls (listed as CA); and San Juan in Puerto Rico. The about page counts "16 Iconic destinations around the world". The currency selector shows US dollars, and the footer names the company behind it as Walks LLC, with an address in Orlando, Florida.

The brand is the result of two companies coming together. The about page says "We started as two companies, Walks and Devour, founded on the shared values of curiosity, connection, and a commitment to authentic, insider-experiences", and that the combined business has grown into "a seasoned tour operator" offering cultural and food experiences in what it calls "the world's most iconic destinations." The page title calls it "The New Home of Take Walks", and the footer still links to the older Walks of Italy and Devour Tours names. The homepage says it has been 17 years since the company "started our first tour in the iconic city of Rome, Italy", though the about page heading speaks of "16 years", so the two pages do not quite agree.

Food tours, cooking classes and the wider range

The top menu splits the catalog into four doors: tours by city, attractions, food tours and private tours. On the homepage these become iconic attractions ("Get closer with local art historians and archaeologists"), cooking classes ("Make pasta and sample wines with local chefs and ingredients"), city tours and food tours ("Discover the soul of our cities - one bite, one story at a time"). The featured strip names Rome food tours and cooking classes, Barcelona food tours, and Madrid food tours and cooking classes, and the food menu covers Rome, Florence, Venice, Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastian, Seville, Lisbon, Paris and London. The team section of the about page lists Roberto as Rome Cooking School Manager, so the Rome classes have their own manager on staff.

The attractions menu is a list of the big European and New York sights: the Colosseum, the Vatican, St. Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace, the David and the Duomo in Florence, Pompeii, the Sagrada Familia, the Prado, the Alcazar of Seville, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Versailles, the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and the Changing of the Guard, Grand Central Terminal, the Met Museum, the Statue of Liberty and Niagara Falls.

The size of the catalog is stated two ways. The homepage shows 160 tours, while the about page shows 100 tours next to 100 team members. The homepage also shows a 4.8 "Average rating from guests across all our tours" and a 2025 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Award badge. The blog links on the homepage hint at longer trips too, with a post on multi-day tours from Rome, but the homepage does not name any multi-day tour.

Private tours in Rome, Milan and Paris

The three private tour pages follow one pattern, five short promises headed All yours, Expert guides, Go deeper, Your pace and Just arrive, and each city fills them in differently.

In Rome the guides are described as "Art historians and archaeologists who've spent careers inside Rome's churches, ruins, and hidden courtyards", and the logistics line reads "Vatican entry, Colosseum access, Borghese reservations" with the promise "We handle all of it." The page pitches the format as "One guide, one group, the whole city shaped around you."

In Milan the guides are "Art historians and design insiders who move through the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Navigli with equal fluency", and the page talks about Sforzesco frescoes, Futurist buildings and fashion houses. The Last Supper gets its own lines: the page says it "requires booking months in advance", that every visitor gets fifteen minutes in the room, and that the company handles "the booking and timing".

In Paris the guides are "Art historians who connect the painting to the politics", and the page ties together "The Revolution, the Impressionists, the architects who rebuilt Paris." Its logistics line covers "Entry, timing, and every detail between arrival and au revoir." The page mentions a café "pouring the same house wine since 1952" as the kind of knowledge a guide brings. Each private page ends with links to neighboring private tours, such as the Vatican, Pompeii and Florence from Rome, and Venice from Milan.

How the tours work and how booking runs

The homepage sets out the company's pitch in a handful of short points. Guides are "art historians, foodies and archaeologists"; small groups mean "more of your guide's attention and expertise"; private tours are for "Just the two of you or a family affair"; and under "VIP privileges" the company says it works "with local vendors to bring you early entry, out-of-hours, and skip the lines access". The site does not say which tours include which kind of access, so that is worth checking on the tour itself. A further section describes the people guests meet as "Family-run businesses and award winning artisans" alongside the guides.

The same team section names ground operations managers in Rome, San Sebastian and Madrid, a regional director for Iberia and France, and a North America regional director, so the company staffs its own local operations. It is also hiring guides: "If you're a local expert, we'd love to hear from you."

The footer links to Manage my booking, FAQ, Cancellation policy and Contact pages, and to programs for travel agents, affiliates and content creators. Each private tour page carries an FAQ with questions on what a private tour includes, whether it can be customized, "How much does a private tour in Rome cost?" and what the cancellation policy is. The landing pages themselves show no price, group-size figure or cancellation window for these private tours, and the footer points to a separate cancellation policy page.

What the site leaves open, and who it suits

The site does not publish a group-size cap for its small group tours on its homepage, about page or private tour pages, gives no prices on the private tour landing pages, and keeps its cancellation terms on a separate policy page. The catalog count (160 or 100 tours) and the company's age (16 or 17 years) differ between the homepage and the about page. How early entry and skip-the-line access apply to a given tour is also left to the tour page.

WalksDevour suits travelers who want food and history told by specialists, especially in Italy and Spain, where the food tours, cooking classes and local operations managers are concentrated. The private tour pages make a strong case for Rome, Milan and Paris if you want art historians and help with hard-to-get tickets such as the Last Supper. Travelers heading somewhere outside the 16 listed destinations, or who want to compare prices before clicking through to a tour, will need to go a step further into the site.