Little Italy is one of San Diego’s best places to take a stroll. With so many restaurants, coffee shops, unique bars, and shops, you can spend hours getting to know the area by foot. Our Little Italy walking tours will shed light on the very beginning of the neighborhood. Find out why so many Italian immigrants decided to call San Diego home, and how they catapulted the region as the world’s capital for tuna fishing. Learn about the downfall of the community and redevelopment of the neighborhood throughout recent years that has established this neighborhood as one of the best places to live and eat in San Diego. You’ll visit the piazzas and get to know their significance to the neighborhood, visit and get to know the Italian people and restaurants that have rooted themselves in the area generations ago. 

Why Little Italy?

Little Italy is situated a few blocks from the waterfront/Embarcadero with easy access to the cruise ship port, I-5 freeway and the airport. It’s the perfect neighborhood to stroll around in for brunch, lunch, dinner, coffee or a quick bite. If you’re a food enthusiast seeking to uncover the Italian culture and culinary treasures of Little Italy, we highly recommend a food tour. Many creative restaurateurs have established Little Italy as their ideal location for their unique restaurant concepts.  While you can get some of the city’s best Italian food here, you can also find other cuisines served within the walls of some of the most intriguing restaurant concepts. On the Little Italy tour, you’ll discover the streets that are lined with businesses, buildings, piazzas and food that have sprouted by true love and passion.  The essence of the first Italian immigrants of San Diego continues to live today in how the community came together to rebuild it after its downfall.