FLORENCE
60 Tours Reviewed
A hillside dinner starts with a rolling pin. This private class with Fabio and Christiane turns Florence’s food scene into a real home meal in the countryside, with olive-oil stories, hands-on pasta, and a full table set from start to…
Dinner starts in a family kitchen. In Florence’s Oltrarno, this 3-hour cooking class is built around real home rhythm: you’ll learn pasta from scratch, cook with seasonal km0 ingredients, and eat what you make with wine and local bites. The…
Fresh pasta at someone’s dining table? Yes. This Bologna class is built around a real home kitchen, run by Cesarine hosts who open their doors and their family habits to you. You’ll learn sfoglia (fresh pasta dough) by hand, then…
Cooking with olive oil and wine feels like magic. This 3-hour class meets at the il Fontanaro Organic Farm house in Paciano, where you start with a welcome coffee and then get tastings of olive oil and wine. I love…
If you like food that tastes like it was made today, this Florence workshop fits the bill. You’ll learn authentic Italian pasta in central Florence with a chef who has Michelin-star background, and you’ll sit down to a full meal…
Four hours, two hands, one delicious lunch. This Cortona cooking class is built around hands-on teamwork in a local private kitchen, where you make a full Tuscan meal step by step with an English-speaking chef. I especially like that local…
A gluten-free cooking class in Florence feels like a lucky find. This one is run by Chef Vary in a small kitchen near the Boboli Gardens, where you’ll make gluten-free versions of classic Italian dishes from scratch. I like the…
Ready to bottle a Florence memory? This hands-on perfume masterclass brings you into the science and art of scent right in the heart of Florence, then sends you home with a custom fragrance you actually made. It’s run for a…
Pizza dough beats museum queues. This is a hands-on Florence class where you make pizza and gelato from scratch, then sit down and eat what you cooked with dinner. I like that it turns a few hours of sightseeing into…
A hands-on pasta class in Florence beats most tours. This one is built around a chef-led, small-group kitchen lesson, where you pick fresh herbs from a private garden and learn dough-to-dish techniques you can actually redo at home. I like…
Handmade pasta in a real kitchen changes everything. This class pairs Cesarina hospitality with hand-rolling fresh pasta skills, plus a hands-on tiramisu lesson (the coffee-flavored classic). One thing to consider: since it happens in a private home, you’ll want clear…
Sterling silver, made by hand in Tuscany. In four hours with artisan Dörthe Lütkemeyer, you melt, solder, and shape your own piece step-by-step in her air-conditioned workshop, with a private lesson that adapts to your group. I love the hands-on…
Florence can be an assault on your senses. This cooking class is the calm antidote. You’ll start at Florence’s central market, meet the people behind the food, then move to a kitchen to cook a full Tuscan meal you can…
Cooking outside Florence feels like winning at Tuscany. This is a small-group class (up to 6) where you get real attention, and you finish with a terrace lunch that tastes like your work. It also trades city hassles for a…
Handmade pasta feels different in Florence. This small-group class takes you beyond tasting and into the real rhythm of Italian cooking: shop for ingredients at Sant’Ambrogio market, then make tagliatelle, ravioli, and tiramisù from scratch in a Tuscan trattoria setting.…
