Florence Food and Wine Tasting Tour! Private with Local Expert
Description
This tour is perfect for travelers that want to get a local experience! Meet up with your local, bilingual expert, and find out what it is like to be a part of the community in Florence! At our first stop, we will get fueled up with a bit of Italian coffee. See our coffee culture first hand and learn why it is such an important part of our daily routine. Next, we will head over to the bustling local market to check out the seasonal produce, meet local butchers and fishermen, and of course, have another delicious tasting. Continuing on, we will take a stroll through the city center, stopping at a few different family-owned shops to taste some traditional favorites including, Florentine street food, Tuscan sweets, Olive Oil, Meats, Cheeses, Truffle, Aged Balsamic, wine, and much more! Finish off the tour with delicious local favorite, a rich, creamy, gelato! This walking tour will include 5-6 stops and 10 tastings!
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Itinerary
We will start off in the very local neighborhood of Sant' Ambrogio. Here we will visit a few different small shops to taste local favorites. Our tastings along the tour include everything from cantucci, coccoli, pizette, meats, cheeses, olive oil, truffle, and much more!
After a few tastings in the Sant' Ambrogio area, we will then take a nice stroll through the city center twisting and turning on the local streets to enter into another local neighborhood.
Enjoy a view of Ponte Vecchio as we continue on with our tasting tour!
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- No health restrictions but this is a 3 hour tour that includes walking between each stop
Reviews(66)
I just went to find Christy's tour information for a friend and realized that I never wrote a review. I've been on a bunch of food tours over the years and this was one of my favorites. Even in a city crowded with tourists like Florence, you get a sense of how the locals live and eat. Christy is lovely and the food was great. Overall it was a fabulous experience.
Thank you so much for writing a review and recommending me to your friends! I would be happy to take care of them when they are visiting. Please be sure to send me a message so I know who they are! All the best!
Danilo was an amazing tour guide. He tailored the tour to our interests and provided a relaxed atmosphere, perfect for our first day in Florence! He was so knowledgeable about the city and provided so many recommendations to visit for the remainder of our trip. (The food was exceptional, no need to eat breakfast!) Thank you, Danilo!
Thank you so much for your review! It was a pleasure to show you a bit of Florence. Enjoy the rest of your vacation and all of the local recommendations! All the best to you both!
Our guide was Danilo who did a fantastic job of showing us some of the less touristy sides of Florence. He had a great relationship with the venues he took us to and it felt like a really special event. Danilo himself spoke excellent English, was knowledgeable (although it wasn’t a historical tour) and was super friendly. We learned lots and it definitely enriched our trip. We would definitely recommend him to friends. The tour wasn’t too long, in terms of distance. We made a slight mistake in walking to the start of the tour from our hotel, about an hour’s walk away, so we’re relieved not to be walking 20,000 steps across Florence.
Thank you very much for your review! It was a pleasure to show you a bit of the local side of Florence. Have a great rest of your trip and a safe trip back home!
Super fun, great food, wine and company. Our tour guide Tatiana was genuine, warm and kind. I’d recommend this tour to everyone - just super nice to walk around Florence and enjoy some fun conversation and local food/coffee/wine.
Thank you so much for your review! It was a pleasure to show you a bit of Florence. Have a wonderful rest of your trip!
Christy was great, we really enjoyed the food tour. We booked for two and we were on our honeymoon. It was such a nice experience, food was amazing, coffee and wine too. Cristy shared lots of insightful information on Florence and took us to some places we certainly wouldn’t have found without her. Thank you for a wonderful tour. Highly recommend
Thank you so much for your review! I am so happy you enjoyed all of the local spots! Have a great rest of your honeymoon! All the best!
We had a great food tour with Christy! She is a lovely person and seems to know all of the locals! Our kids had so much fun at the market! We enjoyed all of the tasting and would highly recommend this tour!
Thank you for your review! It was my pleasure! I hope that you and your family have a great rest of your vacation!
Christy was a fabulous guide for our food tour of Florence! She was thoughtful and knowledgeable and put together a wonderful tour that really highlighted the food of Florence and its people. Would definitely recommend using Christy for your trip!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed the food tour in Florence. I truly appreciate the recommendation and hope to welcome you back for another adventure in the future!
We had a wonderful time with Christy. The food was well-paced and consistently delicious. The samples were small at each location, and all thoughtfully planned to showcase seasonal fruits and fresh ingredients. We appreciated the fact that we were not so stuffed that we could enjoy the food at each stop. We would absolutely do this again!
Thank you so much for your review! It was my pleasure to show you a bit of Florence. Have a great rest of your trip and a safe trip home!
The guide was great. Very knowledgeable, pleasant and gave us a good insight into life in Florence from a local point of view. Was a casual pleasant walk around the old town. We weren’t very hungry so she adapted the tour to us quite well…but we could have done with more than 1 glass of wine however !
Thank you so much for your feedback – we’re really glad you enjoyed the tour! We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. During the experience, we do offer a tasting of both white and red wine, and we remember that your group requested just the red. We’re sorry if that wasn’t clearly explained, and we’ll be sure to communicate this more clearly with future guests so that everyone knows what to expect and can enjoy the full tasting if they wish. Thanks again for letting us show you a bit of Florence!
We were a group of 3 on this tour with Christy. We especially enjoyed her perspective as being raised in the U.S. but living in Italy for the past 10 years. She could communicate very naturally as both an American and a Native to Florence. The number of stops and variety of tastes made this tour very worthwhile, as well as the starting point near a fresh market just outside of the center of the city where you then proceed to walk toward the main center of Florence, made this an ideal tasting tour. We especially were impressed by the hidden gems like the sandwich shop and the wine cellar. I would highly recommend, especially as one of the first activities as a good orientation to the city.
Thank you so much for your review! It was so great to meet you and your family! All the best!
