PRIVATE Sant’Ambrogio Market Tour & Class with Author Patrizia
Overview
Meet your host Patrizia near the Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio. She will guide you through the market, pointing out some of her favorite vendors and products. You will select fresh products to bring home and use for your cooking. After about one hour, you will walk back to Patrizia’s home to begin your hands-on cooking experience.
Once you get to her apartment, Patrizia will teach you authentic Italian dishes from Florence and Italy’s Emilia Romagna Region. You will prepare an appetizer, a first course, typically a fresh pasta like tagliatelle, ravioli, or gnocchi, a second course of meat and dessert!
Patrizia specializes in seasonal dishes that bring out the flavors of the region – in the summer you might make sauces with fresh tomatoes, while in the winter months you might enjoy seasonal vegetables like artichokes. Your cooking class will last about 2 ½ hours before you sit down to enjoy your meal and some delicious Italian wine.
What's Included
- Private, hands-on Italian cooking class in Patrizia’s family apartment
- Homemade Italian meal served with local wine
- Guided tour of Sant’Ambrogio Market
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting Location
Via Andrea del Verrocchio
5R, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Explore Florence’s Sant’Ambrogio Market with food author Patrizia, select fresh local ingredients, and head to her family’s historic 1759 apartment for a hands-on Italian cooking class. Prepare traditional Tuscan and Emilia-Romagna dishes, then enjoy your homemade meal with Italian wine.
Meet your host Patrizia at a coffee bar near the Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio. Walk through the market, meet vendors and select fresh products to use during your cooking lesson. Your market tour will last about one hour, after which you will walk about 15 minutes back to Patrizia’s home to begin your Florence cooking class and meal.
Join Patrizia at her family’s apartment located in the center of Florence in a traditional building of the area built in 1759. In your hands-on Florence cooking class, Patrizia will teach you traditional Italian dishes from Florence and Italy’s Emilia Romagna Region. You will prepare a first course, typically a fresh pasta like tagliatelle, ravioli, or gnocchi, a second course of meat, and dessert. Your cooking lesson will last about 2 ½ hours; after you finish cooking, sit down together to enjoy your meal and some delicious Italian wine in a local home.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Menu may vary depending on the season
- If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- There will be a small amount of walking, about 15 minutes, back to Patrizia’s home, so you should wear comfortable shoes and be prepared for some light exercise. Patrizia lives on the second floor of an apartment building so you will need to climb some stairs to enter her home.
- Please note that, as is common in many Italian homes, this residence does not have air conditioning.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- Private, hands-on Italian cooking class in Patrizia’s family apartment.
- Homemade Italian meal served with local wine.
- Guided tour of Sant’Ambrogio Market.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the PRIVATE Sant’Ambrogio Market Tour & Class with Author Patrizia is as follows:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
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Oct 2026What's Included
- Private, hands-on Italian cooking class in Patrizia’s family apartment
- Homemade Italian meal served with local wine
- Guided tour of Sant’Ambrogio Market
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Menu may vary depending on the season
- If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- There will be a small amount of walking, about 15 minutes, back to Patrizia’s home, so you should wear comfortable shoes and be prepared for some light exercise. Patrizia lives on the second floor of an apartment building so you will need to climb some stairs to enter her home.
- Please note that, as is common in many Italian homes, this residence does not have air conditioning.
