Food Tours, Cooking Classes and Wine Tastings in Italy
Three cities, 98 experiences, 159,158 reviews. Rome sells walking, Florence sells wine, Naples sells pizza, and the median prices are 82, 110 and 42 euros.
Italy is the largest catalogue on this site and the least interchangeable. Three cities, four hours apart by train, selling three genuinely different products: Rome sells a walk through a neighbourhood, Florence sells a day in the countryside with wine at the end of it, and Naples sells a two hour lesson in dough. Book the wrong one and you will still eat well. You will just not have done the thing that city does best.
The three also price differently by a factor of nearly three, and the reason is not quality. It is what is inside the ticket.
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Florence
Chianti wine days, Tuscan cooking classes and the Florentine street food nobody sells. 33 experiences from 24 EUR, and what the city itself is worth eating.
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Rome
Trastevere, the Jewish Ghetto and Testaccio: 34 Rome food experiences from 29 EUR. Four pasta dishes, the fifth quarter, and which neighbourhood to book.
33 experiences in 2 destinations -
Naples
Pizza classes and street food walks in Naples from 24 EUR. The city that invented the pizza, the fried food of the old town, and the shortest, cheapest tours…
32 experiences in 2 destinations
Food Tours Experiences in Italy
Out from Piazza Bellini and Back in Two and a Half Hours
Two and a half hours out from the Greek walls and back to the same square, through pizzerias and suppliers you would walk past without a licensed local. €38.
Pasta and Tiramisu at a Tuscan Farmhouse, All Day from Florence
Not a room in the centre of Florence but a farmhouse up in the hills, fifteen minutes out, for pasta and tiramisu with plenty of Tuscan wine on the table.
Pasta Class at Sfoglia Re with a Michelin-Trained Chef
A small class at Piazza Ghiberti with chefs who trained in Michelin kitchens, Tuscan reds and whites paired to each dish, and the apron is yours to keep.
Pasta Class in a 13th-Century Florence Tower with Unlimited Wine
Ravioli, tortellini and tagliatelle with butter and sage, pomarola and Tuscan ragu, made in a 1200s tower near the Duomo. Unlimited wine, two and a half hours.
Pisa First, Then San Gimignano and Siena, with a Wine Lunch
Twelve hours starting at the Leaning Tower, then lunch with four wines near San Gimignano, and a guided walk in Siena past the oldest bank in the world.
Pizza Beside Rome's Talking Statue
Two hours in an osteria at the top of Via del Governo Vecchio, making real Italian pizza and eating it with wine or beer and a limoncello. Ten people. €38.40.
Pizza from Dough to Oven in Florence, with Gelato Unlimited
Make your own pizza with a Florentine chef by the Central Market, watch gelato churned in front of you, then eat as much of it as you like. Kids half price.
Pizza in a Florence Pizzeria: Gelato, Cannolo or Gluten-Free
Mix the dough from scratch and bake in a real pizza oven, then gelato, a cannolo or a gluten-free version depending on the option. Unlimited wine throughout.
Pizza or Pasta and Gelato at a Tuscan Farm outside Florence
Fifteen minutes out of Florence to an estate in the hills: pizza or pasta, gelato churned by hand, and a three-course meal with wine and beer. Five hours.
Prosecco in a Golf Cart, Two Bars, and the Aventine at Night
Three hours in a six-seat electric cart with prosecco on board and two bar stops for artisanal beer, wine and snacks. Colosseum, Circus Maximus, Navona, Trevi.
Roll Your Own at Oltre Pizzeria Democratica
Two and a half hours inside a working pizzeria east of the centre: measure, knead, roll, top and fire your own pizza. Starter and a drink included. €69.
San Marzano Tomatoes, a Peel, and a Wood-Fired Oven
You prepare the San Marzano sauce yourself and load the pizza into the wood-fired oven on a peel. Then tiramisu, with a limoncello, and the recipe.
Sant'Ambrogio Food Walk: Cecina, Lampredotto and Wine
The Sant'Ambrogio side of Florence, where locals eat: cecina, lampredotto, cinta senese and pappa al pomodoro, with wine in small wine bars. Licensed guides.
Sant'Ambrogio Market and a Trattoria Class: Ravioli and Tiramisu
Shop Sant'Ambrogio with the chef, then make tagliatelle, ravioli and tiramisu from scratch in a working trattoria. Unlimited wine, twelve people at most.
Scialatielli or Caprese Ravioli, in Emanuela's Kitchen
Three hours in Emanuela's kitchen west of the centre: fresh pasta, pizza, caprese ravioli or scialatielli, then lunch with wine, tiramisu and limoncello.
Siena, Monteriggioni and San Gimignano by Minibus with Lunch
A minibus rather than a coach, a licensed guide in Siena, the walls of Monteriggioni, and lunch at a winery near Colle di Val d'Elsa. Back by six.
Siena, San Gimignano and Pisa in a Day with a Winery Lunch
Twelve hours from Florence: a guided hour in Siena, a three-course lunch with wine pairing at a family winery, an hour in San Gimignano and an hour in Pisa.
Six Tastings in Trastevere or Ten from Campo de' Fiori
Your party and one local guide, nobody else. Book six tastings starting in Trastevere or ten starting at Campo de' Fiori, with the city covered in between.
Six Wines Including Taurasi, and a Day in Irpinia
Eight hours at an organic family winery in the Avellino hills: vineyard and cellar, a hands-on class, then lunch matched to six wines. From Naples, €99.
Spaghetti Cut on a Guitar, and All Three Sauces Made by You
Ravioli, fettuccine and spaghetti alla chitarra, each with an iconic Roman sauce you make from scratch rather than watch. Ten people, wine throughout. €85.
Take the Train to Frascati, Make Pasta in a Family Cellar
A short train ride into the Castelli Romani, a walk through the town, two family wines with meats and cheese, then pasta by hand and a visit to the wine cave.
Taralli at Piazza Dante, Pizza a Portafoglio on Tribunali
Three hours from the Dante monument through the old centre, four stops that add up to a full meal: tarallo, frittatina, folded pizza, ragù, sfogliatella. €65.
Taralli at the Greek Walls, Dessert by the Conservatorio
Over ten samples in two and a half hours: tarallo at the Greek walls, mozzarella from a 1958 deli, fried pizza, limoncello, dessert by the Conservatorio. €38.
Ten at the Bench, One Wood Oven, Two Hours
A small bench in a working pizzeria near Loreto: knead, shape, sauce, top and fire your own pizza, then eat it with a starter and a drink. Ten people. €79.
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