FLORENCE
142 Tours Reviewed
Fresh pasta, made at the source. This Lucca farmhouse experience is built around Antonietta’s hands-on teaching and a real family-style meal, all in a relaxed home setting. You start with a sit-down, move into dough and shaping, then eat the…
Fresh pasta, made in a farmhouse. I love the hands-on pace here: you roll, knead, and shape your own dough with Helena and Giacomo (and Elena and Dario in the kitchen) guiding you step by step. I also like that…
Three hours, and your table skills level up. This San Gimignano class is built for hands-on food lovers, starting with a traditional Tuscan dessert and flowing through bruschetta, then handmade pasta. I love the small group size (up to 6)…
Pizza and gelato, made your way. This class turns Florence from sightseeing mode into hands-on fun. You’ll head south of the Arno to Oltrarno, meet a professional chef in a studio (often in a centuries-old building), and learn how to…
Want pasta night to feel real? This Florence class turns you from eater into maker, with a short historical intro followed by hands-on cooking of classic Sunday spaghetti and lasagna. It takes place in San Frediano, a comfortable part of…
Tuscany cooks differently when you’re in the kitchen. This Arezzo class puts you at work in a semi-professional setup, guided in English by Chef Fabrizio as you make a full meal and then eat it with local wines. Menus shift…
Fresh pasta starts with your hands. This class in Assisi is interesting because you learn real home-kitchen technique, not just watching. I love that it’s hands-on and you shape dough yourself, and I also like the small group feel, which…
One 3-hour class can turn a trip into something you can actually cook later. Here, you’ll make fresh handmade pasta from scratch, learn classic Tuscan sauce basics, and finish with tiramisu in a historic countryside setting. It’s also designed for…
If you like food you can touch, this fits. In Cortona, you’ll learn the Tuscan rhythm of dough, sauce, and timing with Simonetta and Guido in a small farm-kitchen setup. You’ll make your own fresh pasta (ravioli or tagliatelle), plus…
Cooking in Bologna’s real rhythm is hard to beat. This private course takes you out of the city and into a country home kitchen near Castel San Pietro Terme, with an amazing view over the Po Valley as you cook.…
Cooking in a real Florence home changes everything. In this pasta and tiramisu class, I like that you do the cooking in someone’s actual kitchen, not a demo room. You start with an Italian aperitivo, then roll and shape fresh…
A Bologna home-kitchen lesson beats the usual tour. In this private pasta and tiramisu class with a cesarina host, I love that you learn fresh techniques for two pastas and tiramisu from scratch, then actually sit down to eat it…
Turning flour into dinner is a lot of fun. This 2.5-hour Florence pizza and gelato class is built for travelers who want hands-on food skills without losing the day to long tours. You’ll learn how to make both pizza (dough…
Fresh pasta day in Bologna. This hands-on class is built around traditional Bolognese comfort food: you make pasta by hand and simmer the famous ragù, then you sit down and eat what you made with wine. What makes it interesting…
Fresh pasta, zero fuss. This Lucca-area hands-on pasta class takes place in Antonietta’s farmhouse on the hills near Capannori, where tomatoes and other ingredients come from the property’s garden. I like the way Antonietta guides you through the practical steps—making…
