Florence Food and Wine Tasting: Private Tour with Local Expert
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44 Ratings
Firenze
Experience the local flavors of Florence on a private food and wine tasting tour. Discover the city's coffee culture, explore the bustling market, and indulge in traditional favorites like Florentine street food, Tuscan sweets, olive oil, meats, cheeses, truffle, aged balsamic, and wine. Finish off with a creamy gelato. Book now!
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Chiesa di Sant’Ambrogio - 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!
  • Duomo - 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.
  • Ponte Vecchio - Enjoy a view of Ponte Vecchio as we continue on with our tasting tour!
What's Included
  • Tastings
What's Not Included
  • Transportation
Additional Information

This adventure is an excellent opportunity for visitors seeking an authentic local perspective! Join your knowledgeable, bilingual guide to immerse yourself in the Florentine community life. Our journey starts by savoring some Italian coffee, giving you a glimpse of our integral coffee culture. We then proceed to a vibrant local market, where you’ll experience the freshest seasonal produce, acquaint with local meat sellers and fishermen, and enjoy yet another scrumptious tasting session. We will then promenade through the heart of the city, making pit stops at a handful of family-run businesses to relish in tasting some iconic favorites like Florentine street meals, Tuscan desserts, Olive Oil, variety of Meats and Cheeses, Truffle, Aged Balsamic, wine, and much more! We’ll cap off our expedition with an indulgent local gelato. This walking exploration includes 5-6 stop overs and around 10 separate tasting activities!

  • No health restrictions but this is a 3 hour tour that includes walking between each stop
Location
Piazza Sant'Ambrogio, 3R
Piazza Sant'Ambrogio
We will meet on the steps of the Chiesa di Sant'Ambrogio (Sant'Ambrogio Church). It is located right in the piazza at the intersection of 3 streets.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Emily_e
May 28, 2024
Must do tour while in Florence - Tatiana started with an amazing market and took us through and gave us an introduction to typical florentine food. Moving onto walking tour with coffee, desserts, and so much more. The really great part was having a local give you a tour of there city and the bits of history in the tour too.
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Dianne_l
May 20, 2024
Delightful journey through the city's culinary treasures. - We had an exceptional experience with Christy. It was a delightful journey through the city's culinary treasures. We started the day with delicious pastries, sampling some of the finest Italian baked goods. From there, we walked through a local farmers' market with cheese tasting and Tuscan Coccoli. Later, delicious paninis were enjoyed as we listened to the history of Italian Poet Dante adjacent to his historical church. The wine tasting offered us the chance to savor some of Tuscany's best wines and learned about the 3 markings of a good Chianti! No tour would be complete without indulging in some gelato, and we found some of the creamiest and most flavorful scoops in the heart of Florence. Every bite and sip added to the richness of our experience, making it an unforgettable day.
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Owen_m
Apr 18, 2024
Florence food tour - Our family of 4 (two teenagers) had an amazing time with our energetic, friendly and knowledgeable guide. We were able to taste a wide range of local foods and drinks in a variety of venues. Such a fun way to learn and experience Florence.
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Chelsea_m
Feb 27, 2024
The most wonderful food tour of them all!! - My husband and I have done several walking food tours in numerous cities, but this one was special!!! The one on one experience with Tatiana was exceptional! She instantly made us feel comfortable, and we enjoyed three full hours getting to know her. We felt like great friends by the time we parted ways! The food choices were exceptional and filling, the sites warm and quaint, and the company was exquisite. This was truly the highlight of our trip here thus far, and recommend this experience hands down!!! THANK YOU Tatiana, you were a jewel! We thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon with you.
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Andrea_b
Nov 11, 2023
Amazing Experience - Tatiana was absolutely amazing. So passionate about her work and very personable. Thank you so much for a memorable day.
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Katrina_s
Oct 24, 2023
Best thing we did in Florence - Tatiana was an absolute gem. So much knowledge of Florence and the local food spots. This tour was the highlight of our 3 days in Florence. We made our way to Tatiana's recommendations over our last day. Tatiana was genuinely passionate about food and wanted to hear our stories. 100% recommend. Thank you Tatiana!!
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Rebecca_t
Oct 16, 2023
Amazing food with an expert guide - My daughter and I spent a delightful afternoon with Christy, and it couldn’t have been better! Not only is Christy passionate about the food culture of her city, she is a fantastic communicator and was so easy to connect with. She was gracious and easy to talk with, and the places she took us were out of this world! My favorite parts were learning about and sampling coccoli in the local market, and the amazing panini at I Fratellini which might have been the best sandwich I’ve ever put in my mouth. Thank you, Christy! We will recommend you to all of our friends!
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Beth_r
Oct 16, 2023
Great tour! - Christy did an awesome job! She’s very knowledgeable about the city and what it has to offer in food, wine and just helpful information. The wine room was sooo unbelievably cool! Food was delicious too! I would suggest this tour when first getting to Florence because it would be very helpful in introducing you to what the city has to offer.
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Sheri_n
Sep 28, 2023
Hidden Gems Revealed - Christie was the best friend to make in Florence. We were overwhelmed with all the touristy parts of the city. Christie showed us the hidden gems, the very best pastries, paninis, wine bar, gelato, and more. By far the best experience we had in Florence.
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Amy_h
Jun 6, 2024
Great local guide perspective with limited food/wine included - This is a great tour for your first day in Florence! Our guide was attentive, energetic, and very insightful as to the sites of Florence that we may miss without the help of a local. She was eager to ensure that we made the most of our time while in Florence, making lots of recommendations for restaurants, sites to visit, and foods/drinks to try while in town (she even wrote them down so we could reference them later). This would have been so helpful to have on the first day of travel, so you could refine your remaining visit based on her helpful input. We were leaving the next morning, so we missed out a bit on this opportunity, but we were able to fit in an extra bar and visit to Piazzale Michelangelo based on her recommendation! She clearly has a passion for the city (and Italy in general), which was contagious. In terms of the food/wine elements of the tour- I think there is some room to improve. I've taken numerous food tours and they all had FAR more food involved, and more interesting things that we would not otherwise have tried. On this tour, we found some of the food choices a bit boring- gelato, cappuccino, Italian cookies/biscuits (all things that we had already had REPEATEDLY and weren't particularly unique to Florence). A few of the other choices were great- Florence typical appetizer and truffle pork panini. The food element just didn't resonate with us. In terms of this being a "wine tour"- we had only one glass of wine at the end of the tour, which was disappointing. We ended up deciding to go to a wine tasting somewhere else so we could try more Tuscany wines. I will say, though, that the wine bar (and every other shop) she took us to was fantastic! Overall, we enjoyed this tour, in particular, for the insights our guide offered about life in Florence, which helped us gain a better appreciation for this lovely city. If you do decide to book (which I recommend!), you may just want to manage expectations about the food/wine elements, which are more limited than anticipated.
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