FLORENCE
44 Tours Reviewed
A cooking lesson in Siena feels like a visit. You meet Cesarina Patrizia and start with a guided walk through the local market and food shops, then move into her home kitchen to cook Sienese favorites with a small group.…
Designer bargains without the Florence sticker shock. This half-day outlet run is all about trading tight boutique budgets for outlet-style deals. You’re picked up in Florence, driven about 40 minutes to The Mall, and then you get time to hunt…
Florence has a second show—food. This 3.5-hour walking tour takes you through the neighborhoods around Piazza Sant’Ambrogio and puts real Florentine eating habits on your plate, starting with espresso and ending with classic sweets like cantucci and gelato. You get…
Food in Florence has a better address than the guidebooks. This 3-hour market walk puts your taste buds right inside Mercato di Sant’Ambrogio, led by a local chef and geared for real conversations—not lectures. I like that it’s a small…
Mercato Centrale is one of those places where you can wander for hours. This private, English-led tour helps you slow down in the right spots, then taste your way through Florence food culture with a guide who knows what to…
Pasta night starts at the market. This private Florence experience pairs a guided food shopping walk with real hands-on pasta time in Cinzia’s home, complete with coffee, prosecco, and a sit-down meal you finish together. I love the local shop-hopping…
Florence meals taste different when you cook them yourself. This private class pairs a local market shopping walk with a home-cooked lesson led by a certified cook through Cesarine, often including hosts like Luca, Barbara, or Cecelia. You’ll learn what…
Dinner with a lesson built in. This Florence experience pairs a guided market run at Mercato di Sant’Ambrogio with a hands-on cooking class in Mirella and Stefano’s home kitchen. I like that you don’t just watch. You shop, prep, cook,…
You’ll love a shopping day with zero stress. This private Florence-to-outlet outing is built around The Mall Firenze, a high-end outlet where big-name Italian and fashion brands share the same runway-level shopping space. I like that it’s door-to-door in Florence,…
Shopping in Florence feels easier with help. This private guided session is built around two well-known shopping zones, starting with the historic storefronts on Ponte Vecchio and ending at the leather shops of Piazza Santa Croce. I especially like that…
Your hands get busy in Lucca. This Cesarina market tour and cooking class is built around real local shopping, then real cooking in a home kitchen—so you learn what makes Lucca food taste like Lucca. You’ll get hands-on practice making…
Florence tastes like real Italy when you start in the market first. This 5-hour experience blends a guided market visit with a hands-on kitchen class, so you’re not just watching you’re building your meal from the ground up. I especially…
Fresh pasta starts at the market. This 5-hour Bologna experience turns a market visit into hands-on cooking in a local home, led by an English-Italian certified home cook. You’ll shop for key ingredients like a local, then cook together and…
Fresh pasta starts with a market walk. This Cesarine experience mixes a hands-on cooking lesson with real local shopping in Bologna—then you eat what you make at the table with wine. You’ll likely meet an instructor in the city center…
Florence tastes better with a chef. This experience pairs a guided walk through Mercato Centrale / San Lorenzo Market with a practical cooking session where you learn to make a full meal. You’ll finish lunch with Tuscan wine and sit…
