# Where the food is unforgettable

> Where the food is unforgettable: Chiang Mai, San Sebastián, Bologna, Hanoi, Bangkok. Food travel guide with dishes to try and photography for each.

- Source: https://clevertourists.com/guides/collection-where-the-food-is-unforgettable
- Authors: Evan & Clara, Clever Tourists (first-hand, from a 526-day trip across 20 countries)
- Published: 2025-09-28

Trips planned around the table — the cities where every meal was a reason to stay.

## Places

### Chiang Mai, Thailand

A laid-back northern city ringed by ancient walls, temples and forested hills.

### San Sebastián, Spain

Known in Basque as Donostia, San Sebastián is an elegant coastal city built around the near-perfect arc of La Concha bay. It is famous for its belle-époque architecture, its beaches and one of the highest concentrations of acclaimed restaurants in the world.

### Bologna, Italy

Bologna, the capital of Emilia-Romagna, is known for its terracotta-toned medieval center, its leaning towers and nearly forty kilometers of covered porticoes that shelter its streets. Home to the oldest university in the continuous Western world, it has a youthful, working character alongside its history.

### Hanoi, Vietnam

The capital of Vietnam, Hanoi is a city of more than a thousand years of history, known for its dense Old Quarter, tree-lined lakes and a blend of traditional Vietnamese and French-colonial architecture.

### Bangkok, Thailand

A frenetic capital of glittering temples, canals, street food and soaring skyline.