Florence Market Tour, Pasta Making Class & Traditional Tuscan Lunch with a Local | La Vacanza Travel

Florence Market Tour, Pasta Making Class & Traditional Tuscan Lunch with a Local

Duration: 6 hours
Destination: Italy, Toscana, Florence
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  • 6 hours
  • Florence
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Meet your host Patrizia near the Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio. She will guide you through the market, pointing out some of her favorite vendors and products. You will select fresh products to bring home and use for your cooking. After about one hour, you will walk back to Patrizia’s home to begin your hands-on cooking experience.

Once you get to her apartment, Patrizia will teach you authentic Italian dishes from Florence and Italy’s Emilia Romagna Region. You will prepare an appetizer, a first course, typically a fresh pasta like tagliatelle, ravioli, or gnocchi, a second course of meat and dessert! 

Patrizia specializes in seasonal dishes that bring out the flavors of the region – in the summer you might make sauces with fresh tomatoes, while in the winter months you might enjoy seasonal vegetables like artichokes. Your cooking class will last about 2 ½ hours before you sit down to enjoy your meal and some delicious Italian wine.

What Can You Expect?

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio, Piazza Lorenzo Ghiberti, 50122, Florence Italy

Market Tour

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Florence, Florence, Tuscany

Patrizia is a cookbook author and wine and food journalist who is an expert on traditional Italian food products. She writes for three National Magazines and has traveled all around Italy and Europe to discover the highest quality food products. Patrizia’s mother was from Emilia-Romagna, Italy’s most important region for traditional home made pasta, and she learned to hand-make pastas such as tagliatelle as a young child.

Married with an 18-year old daughter, Patrizia’s passion for food and cooking led her to start teaching cooking lessons in her home. She loves to teach cooking classes and meet new people from all around the world, and is curious about other cultures.

Please note: This experience includes 2 glasses of local wine.

Duration: 5 hours

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions
  • Private market tour and cooking class with your host Patrizia
  • Private homecooked meal
  • Local wine (2 glasses)
  • Non-alcoholic beverages
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
  • Alcoholic Beverages

Exclusions
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Additional Info

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Menu may vary depending on the season
  • If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Near public transportation
  • Private, personalized experience
  • Most travelers can participate
  • There will be a small amount of walking, about 15 minutes, back to Patrizia’s home, so you should wear comfortable shoes and be prepared for some light exercise. Patrizia lives on the second floor of an apartment building so you will need to climb some stairs to enter her home.
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Departure Point

Departure Point

Cibrèo Caffè, Via Andrea del Verrocchio, 5R, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy


Departure Time

09:00 AM


Return Details

Via Ricasoli, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy

Duration & Voucher Info

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

6 hours

Cancellation Policy

User's Reviews

Cheryl_L

02 Apr, 2024

This was by far one of our most memorable events of our vacation. Patrizia was amazing. She opens her home to you and it is beautiful. The meal we learned to cook was wonderful and learning about the local markets and some the architecture in the area was a plus. We had so much fun and we all left extremely full. The cooking included pasta, a meat stew and dessert. She gave us many options to choose what we wanted to learn to make. This is highly recommended and worth the price!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coastal40676888677

19 May, 2019

Four of us spent an amazing day with Patrizia. We meet at the market, selected a menu and shopped for the fresh produce and meat. Our day with her was filled with amazing food, an excellent cooking class, wine and delicious meal we helped her prepare. I love to cook and I learned tips about Italian cooking I did not know. Patrizia is delightful, interesting and knowledgeable about food, wine and her beautiful Florence. We loved the experience.

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