FLORENCE
170 Tours Reviewed
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…
Forget the crowded cooking classes. This private Florence experience puts you in a local home with a Cesarina host, not a studio. You’ll make two pasta dishes and tiramisù, then eat what you cook with wines and other beverages. The…
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…
The Uffizi can be a lot. This skip-the-line Florence experience turns a huge museum visit into a guided Renaissance master class, with time to ask questions and actually connect the artworks to the people and ideas that shaped Florence. I…
The smell of gelato pulls you in fast. This one-hour class teaches you how gelato works and how to make it from scratch, with guidance from a family-run team at one of Florence’s oldest gelato academies. I especially like the…
A leather wallet workshop sounds quirky. Then it turns into smart, hands-on Florence fun. You’ll work in a real handcrafts lab in the heart of Tuscany-style city life, picking your leather, colors, and details while an instructor guides you through…
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…
Dough, wine, and Lucca at one table. This small-group Cesarine class happens in a Lucca local’s home, with you learning classic regional pastas and then eating them in the same setting. You can pick a morning or afternoon start, and…
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)…
