Florence: San Lorenzo Farmers Market Food Tour with Wine Tasting & Sightseeing

An English-speaking guide will accompany us in this culinary adventure; we will start from the Central Market to try traditional recipes and meet food artisans. Exiting the market we will admire the San Lorenzo church where our guide will introduce the history of the Medici.

A leisure walk will bring us to the Duomo square we'll be impressed by this majestic complex, words cannot completely express the feeling of admiration we experience while standing in front of this incredible work of art.

Let’s raise a glass of wine to to celebrate so much beauty while tasting the most traditional “tagliere” full of cheese and cured meat. We will discover a little hidden gem with genuine food where we will experience the art of simple tasting the most typical Tuscan soups.

Indulge our sweet tooth with the fried bread and the artisanal ice-cream; we will say our goodbyes with our belly full of delicacies and our eyes full of beauties in Santa Croce square.

Tuscany has one of the best culinary traditions in Italy, get ready to taste a simple and humble cuisine made of excellent simple recipes, use the best virgin olive oil, fresh seasonal ingredients and the deed is done!

Our English-speaking tour guide will take you by the hand into a gastronomic trip of Tuscan food culture, you will learn how to discern the traditional excellent food from the touristic traps, in Tuscany excellency is the key word, during our tour you will taste and see only the best Florence can offer.

Be prepared to lose yourself into the perfumes and flavors of the fresh pasta, truffle olive oil and balsamic vinegar, pecorino cheese, ham, cured meat, traditional crostini, vegetable (ribollita) and bread tomatoes (pappa al pomodoro) soups. Be certain to leave room for the dessert, you can’t miss the sweet fried bread and our food walking tour grand finale: a huge artisanal ice-cream!

Starting in piazza dell'unità italiana we will enter the central market then pass by the San Lorenzo Church and San Giovanni square; get ready to admire the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral complex, the Paradise Door of the Baptistery, the incredible Dome realized by the famous architect Filippo Brunelleschi and the outstanding Giotto's bell tower; the tour will end just in front of Santa Croce church.

All our guides are fully licensed, authentic Italians and have an art history degree in order to best explain our story, traditions and how to fully enjoy the mouth-watering Italian food.

Please be aware we cannot accommodate a gluten-free diet. A vegetarian option is available.