The 15 Best Florence Market Tours

1.Cooking Class and Lunch at a Tuscan Farmhouse with Local Market Tour from Florence

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4,831 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $145Our pick

Meet Luca or another Walkabout Florence Tours guide in central Florence for a market visit, tastings, and a 20-minute minibus ride to a Tuscan farmhouse. With chefs such as Erika, you’ll make pasta, bruschetta, roast pork, potatoes, and tiramisu, then eat your four-course meal with wine.

“Luca and Erika were both amazing and funny. We had a lot of fun and would boom this tour again for a different dish”

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2.Small Group Cooking Class & Market Food Tour in Florence

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,574 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $62

Spend about five hours with a local chef and up to 19 classmates, starting at Florence’s Mercato Centrale. Shop for ingredients, taste olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and other local foods, then make bruschetta, fresh pasta, two sauces, and tiramisu. Federico, Tommaso, Alice, and other chefs lead hands-on classes in English.

“We are so glad that we booked this small group class (9 people) . We had Chef Tommaso, he was excellent!! He kept the group involved and kept us entertained. His assistant was also excellent, ensuring all the needed supplies were available and our work area clean. I would highly recommend this class, it started at 9am and ended at 2pm and we all walked out with a full belly, from our day of cooking.”

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3.Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with optional Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 515 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $83

Cook three Tuscan staples in a central Florence trattoria with chefs such as Giulia, Gui, David, or Alain. Morning bookings add Sant’Ambrogio Market and tastings, while afternoon classes skip the market. Groups max out at 12, and your meal comes with wine.

“Highly recommend even if you are an avid cook! David, our chef, provided tips that made pasta sauce(s) tastier and less time consuming to prepare! Impressed with the basic ingredients that make the pasta meal restaurant quality!”

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4.Cooking Class with Local Food Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 407 reviews · 3 - 5 hours · from $63

Start at Florence’s Central Market with a local chef, tasting olive oil, cheeses, cured meats, balsamic vinegar, and truffle products. Then make fresh pasta, Nonna’s lasagna, sauces, and tiramisù in a fully hands-on class before sitting down to eat with Tuscan wine. Vegetarian options require advance notice.

“Thomas’s was great. Entertaining a d engaging for the entire time. Market tour was a cool experience. Tastings for balsamic vinegar, truffle oil, olive oil was informational and great knowledge. Our class got involved and we watched. Shared wine at tables and ate our food we prepared. Great way to spend time with couples or families. Prego!”

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5.Cooking Class at a Tuscan Farm & Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 354 reviews · 6 hours · from $94

Spend six hours with Walkabout Tours exploring Mercato Centrale, then ride into the Tuscan countryside for a hands-on class led by guides such as Luca and Erika. Make bruschetta, fresh pasta, ragù, roast pork, potatoes, and tiramisù, then eat your three-course meal with regional wine. Recipes and a cooking diploma are included.

“What a wonderful day! My husband and I loved the whole experience. The tour moved at the perfect pace. We learned many helpful things about Italian cooking and dined on the food we cooked in a peaceful setting with an amazing view.”

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6.Florence Central Market Food Tour with Eating Europe

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 224 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $113

Spend about three hours around Florence’s San Lorenzo Market, tasting pecorino, cured meats, Vin Santo, lampredotto, Sangiovese, gelato, and other Tuscan specialties. Guides such as Tina, Alice, Kiara, Anto, Francesco, Ely, and Gaia have led the experience. Groups are capped at 10, with tastings and practical food tips included.

“We ended up being the only ones on the tour so we got a private tour with Kiara! The first part was taken by her trying to figure out what had become of the other couple, but once she figured out they weren’t coming she gave us her full attention. We did the Mercato Centrale tour because we are staying at a Airbnb and wanted to supply it with some food from the market. Kiara has great relationships with the vendors and we got to try a variety of Tuscan foods and drinks. It was a generous amount of food and we took notes as to what to come back…”

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7.The Original Florence Street Food & Market Tour (by Streaty)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 158 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $101

This three-hour Florence food walk visits Sant’Ambrogio Market, Piazza dei Ciompi, local food stops, and a gelateria. Expect 7 or more tastings, seasonal produce, cantucci with dessert wine, and classic Florentine specialties such as lampredotto. Guides including Alice, Tina, Stefano, Martina, and Guido add local food and history.

“Stephano was a great guide. The tripe sandwich was a little out of the box but my husband loved it and it was fun to try.”

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8.Florence Cooking Course with Historic Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 151 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $95

Meet at Piazza San Lorenzo at 9:50 a.m. for a guided walk through Mercato Centrale, tastings, and ingredient shopping. Then cook a Tuscan starter, two main courses, and dessert with a professional chef such as Francesco, Caterina, Noemi, or Greta. The five-hour class ends with lunch, wine, and recipes to take home.

“fun day w catrina at market and back at cooking school to prepare and eat delisih meal she was very fun and informative. attentive to dietary needs and easy to understand”

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9.Market to Table Cooking Lesson

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 96 reviews

Meet an English-speaking chef at Florence’s central market, learn about Tuscan ingredients, then ride by minivan to a cooking school. Make fresh pasta, sauce, a meat or fish course, and dessert before sitting down to eat with Italian wine. Chefs have included Julio, Emanuele, Andrea, Antonio, and Thomas.

“After walking through the market, it would have been nice to listen to our chef on sitting stools which were available throughout the restaurant. It seemed to be difficult for some- so many days of walking had tired out a good part of our group.”

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10.Florence Street Food Walking Tour with wine in Duomo Area

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 68 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $65

Join a local guide such as Gabriel, Antonio, Val, or Vera for a 2.5-hour walk through San Lorenzo, the Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, and Florence’s central market area. Expect gelato, cheese, cured meats, wine, olive oil, truffles, sandwiches, and other Tuscan tastes. Vegetarian options require advance notice, but the tour is not suitable for celiac diets or severe allergies.

“Great food tour of Florence. A pleasant walk around the Duomo area with delicious food and wine along the way.”

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11.Florence Street Food Tour: Central Market & Duomo Area

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 45 reviews · from $26

Walk Florence with an English-speaking local guide such as Tom, Serena, Gabriel, Anna, Vera, or Christiana. Sample traditional food, browse San Lorenzo Market, learn city stories, admire the Duomo and Battistero, then finish with schiacciata and gelato near Ponte Vecchio. Food and drinks are included.

“Our guide was Vera and she was amazing. she gave us a lot of interesting information about Italian food and wine, as well as history and architecture. The tour was about 2.5 hours and each food we tried was delicious. It was enough food for us so we skip supper. thank you, Vera, for great tour”

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12.Sant’Ambrogio Market Food Tour of 10+ Local Dishes

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 21 reviews · 3 hours · from $115

Explore Santa Croce and Sant’Ambrogio with a local English-speaking guide, tasting more than 10 Tuscan specialties at cafés, the market, and a family-run trattoria. Expect cheese, salami, lampredotto, pasta, wine, gelato, and a surprise dish. Guides have included Paolo, Pablo, and Gerardo.

“Lovely tour , great intimate group and we learned so much from our tour guy Pablo!”

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13.Market Visit and Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 16 reviews · 5 hours · from $102

Meet near San Lorenzo Market for a guided food shop, then cook a four-course Italian meal with a professional chef. You may work with instructors such as Katerina, Gian Lunca, or Cattina. Expect hands-on cooking, market tastings, fresh pasta, a meat or vegetarian course, dessert, wine, and recipes to take home.

“A big thank you to Gian Lunca and Cattina for making this such a balanced cooking class day. The session flowed beautifully beginning with tastings and shopping at the markets. Followed by the preparation of the meal. I learnt so much, techniques and recipes I know I will use back home in Australia. You were both very patient with everyone in the group and always willing to answer any question we may of had. Of course the best part was eating the meal prepared by everyone. I highly recommend this cooking class.”

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14.Market and Cooking Class at a Local’s Home

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $246

Join a Cesarina for a Florence market visit and private home cooking class. Shop for ingredients, prepare three regional recipes, and sit down with local wines, water, and coffee. Hosts may include home cooks such as Luca, Barbara, or Cecilia. The class is private, runs about four hours, and is offered in English or Italian.

“Our hosts name was Luca, he is a professional home chef, and he runs a catering company as his primary business, so this made for a very elegant an elevated cooking class experience. It was just my husband and I and so we really got to know, Luca, his wife, and even their small child. We loved the traditional Tuscan recipes That we made together, and he even sent all of the recipes to us in his own cookbook electronically after the class. All of the chess arena cooking class experience that we have explored have been absolutely fantastic… A must do if you love food, love to cook, and…”

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15.Local Food, Wine & Market Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $89

Meet an English-speaking guide at Piazza Sant’Ambrogio for 3.5 hours of Florentine food and wine. You’ll visit 8 venues, sample 9 or more foods, drink 5 glasses of wine and 1 espresso, and meet local makers. Guides such as Teddy and Paulo lead the walk, which ends with gelato.

“Teddy was patient, efficient and fun. there was so much food, more than enough for breakfast and lunch. It was good but not super great. loved the skip the line at the gelato shop and the sangiovese. We were just 5 in the group which was great”

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