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Italy: Cooking and Walking in Florence
(Options: Additional Cooking Classes, Shorter or Longer Stays)
Florence, Italy - 4 nights

Stay in a small bed and breakfast located in the heart of historical Florence. You will learn to cook genuine Italian cuisine from your hostess, Mariangela, who learned to cook at a young age from her "nonna". She will teach you the secrets of traditional recipes.

Depending on the season and your tastes, you will decide on a menu and purchase ingredients at the nearby market of Sant'Ambrogio - with fresh vegetables and fruit displayed on the beautiful market stalls.

While cooking and enjoying a nice glass of wine, you will discover Mediterranean aromatic herbs and different types of cheeses as well as learning to cook a good pasta “al dente”.

In addition to your cooking class and market visit, you will enjoy a lovely walking tour of Florence and a wine tasting at a local wine bar.



Florence, Italy

Sample Itinerary

Day One

Arrival and check in at the bed and breakfast
On request, we can book dinner for your first evening in one of the best restaurants in the area.

Day Two

During breakfast we will decide the menu according to your tastes and what is available according to season and around 9:30am we shall proceed to the market of Sant'Ambrogio where we visit the market stalls and purchase our ingredients

Return to the bed and breakfast around 11:00am for cooking class.

Lunch on your creations.

Afternoon and evening free.

Day Three

Breakfast at bed and breakfast 

9:30am walking tour with a licensed hiking guide

Afternoon free. 

The walking tour starts in the beautiful Piazzale Michelangelo and ends in the Santa Croce Square.

From one of the highest points in Florence with scenic vistas of the city you’ll come to the Basilica di San Miniato al Monte, a jewel on top of the hill that has been described as the finest Romanesque structure in Tuscany and one of the most beautiful churches in Italy. You’ll take a leisurely stroll from Piazzale Michelangelo along the enchanting paths to the historic centre and then you’ll visit Santa Croce church where the sepulchral monument of Michelangelo is the piazzale.

Difficulty: Very easy excursion; interesting for its landscape and historical and artistic importance.
Duration : 3 hours

Day Four

Breakfast at bed and breakfast   

In the afternoon you shall meet at the bed and breakfast, and from there go to a wine bar close by to enjoy a session of wine tasting. All the wine tasting is accompanied by a series of Italian cheeses and other appetizers suggested and presented by a wine expert. The winery or vinaio in Florence is a place where one normally is served standing up against the counter and wine is poured in glasses and accompanied by toasted bread and finocchiona – a salami with fennel seeds very popular in Florence; sometimes there's a little more space in these wine bars and you can sit at a table where you can have a salad with tripe, tuna fish, beans and boiled eggs. These vinai are not so common anymore but some resist the advance of the more sophisticated Enoteca or Wine cellar, fully provided with large selections of wine; but the basic concept remains the same: wine is the protagonist  – the accompanying food simply plays a secondary role.

Evening free 

Day Five
Departure after breakfast and Buon Viaggio!

*All the  programs can be changed according to the closing days of the market, restaurants/wine bars, churches and weather

*Museums tickets can be booked minimum 1 month in advance (we can make the reservation and you can pay at the entrance)