Bologna Market Tour & Cooking Class in Paola’s Garden Home
Description
Step into Paola’s 1920s villa and discover Bologna like a local. This intimate cooking class blends tradition, family recipes, and warm Italian hospitality. From hand-rolling pasta to preparing a classic tiramisu or cannelloni, you’ll experience authentic flavors passed down through generations. In summer, enjoy your homemade meal in Paola’s charming garden. Add the optional market tour for a deeper dive into Bologna’s vibrant food culture before cooking together at her home.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- 1-2 glasses of wine per person is included in the price of the experience.
- Paola is happy to accommodate guests with dietary needs, including lactose intolerance, gluten-free diets, mild celiac disease, vegetarians, and vegans - please let her know in advance, when booking the experience online.
Reviews(25)
Wonderful teacher and great location. The meal was excellent. Well worth the time and money. Paola was delightful.
Very lovely experience! Paola was an amazing guide and teacher. She was very welcoming and kind. Her knowledge about Bologna is unmatched. Her recipes are truly one of a kind. Can’t wait to try them when we get back home!
We are a family of 4, two adults and 2 kids and we had a wonderful experience with Paola. It was so nice to spend time with a local host in a genuine local experience (as opposed to generic tourist trap experience). Our meal was lovely and Paola's home is beautiful (a 30 min walk from the market for tour meeting spot or a shorter bus ride). 12 days in Italy and Paola's cooking experience has been their #1 favorite!
We had such a great time, learning how to make proper pasta and phenomenal Tiramisu! Me and my partner went in May and got to sit outside while eating. I never liked tiramisu but having it in Italy made with Paola's instructions was life changing. Can't wait to show off my skills to my family back home. Paola even went the extra mile to send us the recipes and extra recipes back home.
Pauloa was wonderful! A gracious and knowledgeable host. She was very hospitable. Her knowledge and recommendations of the markets were a nice little touch to this cooking class. I enjoyed the class and really learned how to make the tortellini. I would definitely do it again.
This was an incredible experience! I wanted to learn technique and tradition, but I am GF. Paola did an amazing job teaching me to make pasta and tiramisu. It was just perfect! I hope to go back!
Paola welcomed us (family of 6) into her beautiful home and led us in a fun, informative and delicious cooking lesson. She had done the perfect amount of prep so that we had hands on experience and made our own tortellini and tiramisu. The tiramisu was her own recipe and best we had ever had. The tortellini was great. She readily accommodated our request to have class vegetarian.
A must tour as we learned so much as to the history of and importance of Bologna. Guide Isadora was great.
Very nice cooking lessons spent with family with Paola who knew how to guide young and old in French the making of very good tagliatelle and tiramisu.
Paola was very informative and direct with her instructions and she had a lot of insightful tips and recommendations. She’s a wonderful person and it was a pleasure meeting her and enjoying a home cooked meal in her home! I would highly recommend this cooking class with Paola to anyone looking for an authentic Bologna experience!
