FLORENCE
142 Tours Reviewed
Color comes first in this pasta class. Near Arezzo, you’ll shape colored egg pasta using ingredients like spinach, beetroot, cacao, and squid ink, then sit down to a proper Tuscan meal with Chianti. I love the hands-on teaching and the…
Pasta, wine, and ancient stone in one day. This is a small-group cooking class set at a 12th-century winery in the hills of Tuscany, built around real food work: you’ll tour the cantina, then learn to make pasta from scratch…
A warm Bologna kitchen lesson is hard to beat. In this private class with Margherita in the historic center, you learn pasta-making step by step and then sit down to eat what you cooked with wine and dessert. It feels…
Wine, flour, and Bologna secrets. In a small kitchen near the center, Chef Antonino guides you through making true handmade pasta from scratch (no machinery) plus a Bologna-style ragù that you’ll actually eat at the end. I love the hands-on…
San Gimignano does truffles right. This 4.5-hour outing mixes truffle hunting with a real Tuscan lunch and wine tasting in a small group setting. You start with the hunt in the woods and end with dishes that actually use what…
There’s something instantly satisfying about making dinner from scratch in Tuscany. This private session pairs a hands-on fresh pasta class with a personal chef service, so you get both the fun of cooking and the ease of being served at…
Pizza and gelato, done the real way. This Florence class is a hands-on way to learn Italian cooking without hiding behind recipes. I love that you make pizza dough and sauce from scratch, then get to work with fresh, local…
Fresh pasta is waiting. This Florence country-house class is built around real, everyday Tuscan food habits: you start at Piazza Lorenzo Ghiberti, shop a main market with a native speaker, then head about 20 minutes out to cook in a…
Cooking in a real Tuscan home is different. This Cesarine class puts you in a Siena household kitchen with step-by-step hands-on pasta instruction, then you sit down to eat what you make. It’s small (max 10), in English, and built…
Truffle season has a smell all its own. This Chianti Classico experience pairs a one-hour truffle hunt with a hands-on fresh pasta (tagliatelle) class, then finishes with lunch on a terrace looking over vineyards and an olive grove. The whole…
Cooking in a Tuscan garden beats museums. This Florence cooking class brings you into a real hands-on pasta lesson with a wine pairing meal, guided by Mirella and Stefano. I like that the food is practical and seasonal, with fresh…
Food and wine education, without the fuss. This class at Tenuta Torciano gives you step-by-step help to cook a seasonal Tuscan 4-course meal while tasting local wine, olive oil, and vinegars. What I like most is that it is practical—knife…
Bistecca alla Fiorentina tastes better when you learn it step-by-step. I love that this class is built around hands-on grilling technique with Chianina beef, and you’re taught how to recreate the results at home (not just how to eat them).…
Fresh pasta class in the Tuscan hills keeps your hands busy. This experience takes you to a working farmhouse where you’ll learn traditional techniques, cook with farm ingredients, and finish with the meal you made alongside Diacceroni wine. I especially…
Cooking dinner with opera sounds strange… until you try it. This small-group night pairs a hands-on class in a 1600s Tuscan villa with a live opera performance, served right alongside the meal. You’ll also stroll the property, taste local products,…
