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💡 The Short Version: For a first food walk, book the Street Food Tour with Wine & Local Guidead: from €42, 2.5 hours, 1,947 reviews. For a steak, the Food Walking Tour with Local Steak and Tuscan Winead is from €69 for 3.5 hours in Santo Spirito. For a sunset walk with wine windows, the Oltrarno tours are €109 to €110. Eating Europe charges €84 to €134 on its own site and Secret Food Tours €89.99. A pasta class with unlimited wine is from €18. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices and move with the date.
The tours and classes, compared
| Experience | Length | GetYourGuide from | Operator’s own price | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Street Food Tour with Wine & Local Guidead | 2.5 hours | €42 | Not listed | A small group through Tuscan food, a market and the Duomo area |
| City Highlights and Street Food Walking Tourad | 2.5 hours | €39 | Not listed | Tastings with the Duomo and Piazza della Repubblica |
| Old City Street Food Tour and Guided Sightseeingad | 2.5 hours | €44 | Not listed | Pasta, gelato, cantucci with Vin Santo, focaccia, salami |
| Street Food Walking Tour with Winead | 2.5 hours | €48.60 | Not listed | Tastings with the Cathedral and the Ponte Vecchio |
| Food Lover’s Tour with Make-Your-Own Schiacciataad | 3 hours | €41.89 | Not listed | A market, cheeses, cured meats and a gelateria |
| Food Walking Tour with Local Steak and Tuscan Winead | 3.5 hours | €69 | Not listed | An evening in Santo Spirito, 14 tastings at 4 stops |
| Guided Food Tour with Fiorentina Steak and Winead | 4 hours | €83.30 | Not listed | Hidden trattorias, truffles and a wine window |
| Sunset Food Tour: Tuscan Specialties & Wine Tastingad | 3.5 hours | €109 | Not listed | 9 to 10 specialities, 4 wines, a cellar and a wine window |
| Small-Group Sunset Food & Wine Tour in Oltrarnoad | 3.5 hours | €110 | Not listed | The Oltrarno at sunset with local guides |
| Sant’Ambrogio Market Food Tour of 10+ Local Dishesad | 3 hours | €101.44 | Not listed | Cheeses, salami, lampredotto, pasta and gelato |
| Central Market Food Tour with Eating Europead | 3 hours | €94 | €84 | Family-run stalls in San Lorenzo |
| Eating Europe: Sunset Food & Wine Tour | 3.5 hours | Not listed | €119 | Oltrarno, up to 13 people |
| Eating Europe: Dinner Tour with truffle and steak | 3.5 hours | Not listed | €134 | Up to 10 people |
| Eating Europe: Food & Local Flavors Tour | 3 hours | Not listed | €84 | Oltrarno, up to 12 people |
| Secret Food Tours: Sant’Ambrogio | 3 to 3½ hours | Not listed | €89.99 | 7 stops, up to 12 people |
| Secret Food Tours: San Lorenzo | 3 to 3½ hours | Not listed | €89.99 | 6 stops, up to 12 people |
| Pasta Cooking Class with Unlimited Winead | 2 to 2.5 hours | €18 | Not listed | A class in a medieval tower |
| Pasta & Tiramisu Cooking Class with Unlimited Winead | 3 hours | €18 | Not listed | A local restaurant in the centre |
| Pizza Making Class & Unlimited Gelato with Winead | 3 hours | €49.70 | Not listed | Pizza from scratch and a gelato demonstration |
| Pizza or Pasta Class with Gelato at a Tuscan Farmad | 5 to 7 hours | €64 | Not listed | Outside the city, with a professional chef |
| Market Tour & Lasagna or Fresh Pastaad | 3 to 5 hours | €59.50 | Not listed | The Central Market, then a class |
| Gelato Small Group Making Classad | 1 hour | €108 | Not listed | Up to 6 people |
Street food and market walks
Street Food Tour with Wine & Local Guide
From €42 · 1,947 reviews · 2.5 hours
Florence: Street Food Tour with Wine & Local Guidead is the cheapest of the walks with over a thousand reviews, and the one with the most: a small group led by a local guide through Tuscan food, a market and the Duomo area. The listing is in English. The street food it eats is in Florence street food.
Street Food Walking Tour with Wine
From €48.60 · 1,098 reviews · 2.5 hours
Florence: Street Food Walking Tour with Winead adds the Cathedral and the Ponte Vecchio to the tastings. City Highlights and Street Food Walking Tourad is from €39 for 2.5 hours, the cheapest of the group, with the Duomo and Piazza della Repubblica.
Market tours
Florence: Sant’Ambrogio Market Food Tour of 10+ Local Dishesad is from €101.44 for 3 hours, with cheeses, salami, lampredotto, pasta and gelato in the markets, cafés and trattorie of Sant’Ambrogio. Florence Central Market Food Tour with Eating Europead is from €94 on GetYourGuide and €84 on Eating Europe’s own site, for 3 hours with up to 8 people through the family-run stalls of San Lorenzo. The two markets are also in where to eat in Florence.
Fruit stalls at the Mercato di Sant’Ambrogio. Photo: Sailko, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Steak, wine windows and sunsets
Food Walking Tour with Local Steak and Tuscan Wine
From €69 · 781 reviews · 3.5 hours
Florence: Food Walking Tour with Local Steak and Tuscan Winead is an evening walk through the Santo Spirito neighbourhood with 14 tastings at 4 stops. The restaurants’ own per-kilo prices are in bistecca alla fiorentina.
Guided Food Tour with Fiorentina Steak and Wine
From €83.30 · 363 reviews · 4 hours
Florence: Guided Food Tour with Fiorentina Steak and Winead goes through hidden trattorie tasting cheeses, pasta, gelato, truffles and wine, and sips through a historic wine window, according to the listing.
Sunset tours in the Oltrarno
Florence Sunset Food Tour: Tuscan Specialties & Wine Tastingad is from €109 for 3.5 hours: 9 to 10 specialities, 4 regional wines, a historic cellar, a centuries-old wine window and gelato to finish. Florence: Small-Group Sunset Food & Wine Tour in Oltrarnoad is from €110 for 3.5 hours with a small group and local guides.
The Arno at sunset. Photo: Alexey Komarov, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Booking direct
Two operators sell tours on their own sites. Their tours are not necessarily the ones above under the same name.
Eating Europe
€84 to €295 · 3 to 5 hours · up to 8 to 13 people
Its Florence tours are the Sunset Food & Wine Tour at €119 (3.5 hours, up to 13 people, Oltrarno), the Dinner Tour with truffle, Florentine steak and wines at €134 (3.5 hours, up to 10), the Food & Local Flavors Tour at €84 (3 hours, up to 12, Oltrarno) and the Central Market Food Tour at €84 (3 hours, up to 8, 6 stops in San Lorenzo). It also sells a Tuscany truffle hunt at €295 for 5 hours and a pasta-making class at €89. The site offers free cancellation up to 24 hours before (eatingeurope.com).
Secret Food Tours
€89.99 · 3 to 3½ hours · up to 12 people
Two walks: Sant’Ambrogio, with 7 stops through the local market, olive oil, salami and cheeses with local wine, and San Lorenzo, with 6 stops and handmade pasta, local cheeses and cold cuts (secretfoodtours.com).
Cooking classes
The two cheapest classes are sold under many near-identical titles, so choose by reviews rather than by price alone.
Pasta Cooking Class with Unlimited Wine
From €18 · 16,492 reviews · 2 to 2.5 hours
Florence: Pasta Cooking Class with Unlimited Winead teaches fresh pasta in a cooking school inside a medieval tower, with a chef leading each step. Pasta & Tiramisu Cooking Class with Unlimited Winead is from €18 for 3 hours in a local restaurant, with 8,756 reviews. A second pasta and tiramisu classad is from €29.04 for 2.5 hours and has you shape ravioli and pappardelle yourself.
Pizza and gelato
Florence: Pizza Making Class & Unlimited Gelato with Winead is from €49.70 for 3 hours: pizza from scratch, a live gelato demonstration and unlimited gelato and wine, with up to 50% off for kids and teens. Pizza or Pasta Class with Gelato at a Tuscan Farmad is from €64 for 5 to 7 hours outside the city.
Class with a market tour
Florence Cooking Class: Market Tour & Lasagna or Fresh Pastaad is from €59.50 for 3 to 5 hours: the Central Market, then Nonna’s lasagna and tiramisù or fresh pasta with a gelato tasting and wine. For the gelaterie to visit yourself, see the best gelato in Florence.
How to choose
- The cheapest walk: City Highlights and Street Food Walking Tour, from €39, or the Street Food Tour with Wine, from €42.
- A steak on a walk: the Food Walking Tour with Local Steak and Tuscan Wine, from €69.
- An evening: the Oltrarno sunset tours, €109 to €110, or Eating Europe’s Dinner Tour at €134 direct.
- Hands on: a pasta class from €18, or the pizza class with gelato from €49.70.
- A single market: Eating Europe’s Central Market tour is €84 direct against €94 on GetYourGuide.
To fit a tour into a trip, see 3 days in Florence, Florence in one or two days and what to book before you go to Florence. Florence walking tours compares the other guided walks, and day trips from Florence covers the wine tours into Chianti. Where to stay in Florence compares the areas, and the best time to visit Florence gives the weather by month.
Common questions
How much is a food tour in Florence?
From €39 for a 2.5-hour street food walk on GetYourGuide, €69 for a 3.5-hour evening walk with steak and wine in Santo Spirito, €83.30 for a 4-hour tour with fiorentina steak, and €109 to €110 for the sunset tours in the Oltrarno. Eating Europe charges €84 to €134 on its own site and Secret Food Tours €89.99.
Which Florence food tour has the most reviews?
The Street Food Tour with Wine & Local Guide, from €42 for 2.5 hours, with 1,947 reviews on GetYourGuide. The Street Food Walking Tour with Wine has 1,098 and the Food Walking Tour with Local Steak and Tuscan Wine has 781.
Is it cheaper to book a Florence food tour direct?
Not clearly. Eating Europe charges €84 on its own site for the Central Market Food Tour, against €94 for the same operator's tour on GetYourGuide, and €119 for its Sunset Food & Wine Tour. Secret Food Tours charges €89.99. GetYourGuide's street food walks start at €39.
How much is a pasta cooking class in Florence?
GetYourGuide's lowest prices start at €18 for a pasta class with unlimited wine, which has 16,492 reviews, and €18 for a pasta and tiramisu class with 8,756. Classes with more included run from €29 to €64. Eating Europe charges €89 for its pasta-making class.
Is there a bistecca alla fiorentina food tour?
Yes, two. The Food Walking Tour with Local Steak and Tuscan Wine is from €69 for 3.5 hours, and the Guided Food Tour with Fiorentina Steak and Wine from €83.30 for 4 hours. For restaurants, see the bistecca page.
Can children join a Florence cooking class?
On some. The Pizza Making Class & Unlimited Gelato with Wine lists up to 50% off for kids and teens. Check the age limit on the tour page you pick.
