Florence San Lorenzo Farmers' Market Food Tour

Enjoy the thriving atmosphere of Florence local farmers market, taste delicious specialties and visit the city highlights on this top-rated guided food tour.

Tour Features

Local Guide

Certified Official Guide

Tour Languages

English, Italian

Duration

4 hours

     Tour Size Options Small Group (up to 14 ppl)
Private
    

Includes

Food and/or Drinks

Itinerary

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!

During this 4-hours culinary experience an 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.

Tour Details

Full Description

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.

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. 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!

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.