Florence Guided Small-Group Food Walking Tour with Tastings

Indulge in the culinary delights of Florence on a small-group walking tour. Sample Italian coffee, explore local markets, and savor the best gelato in town!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Fat Tire Tours - Florence - Meet your local guide in central Florence and begin your 3-hour gourmet tour of the city! Italians usually start their morning at a café with a strong cup of coffee, so follow your guide to a typical Italian coffee bar, where you can try two types of delicious coffee and learn about the local roasting process.

Continue to an old delicatessen founded in 1885, where you’ll enjoy a panino tartufato, a delicate, truffle pâté sandwich made with the truffles for which the deli is famous. As you continue to your next food stop, listen as your guide illustrates the history of Florence’s most important squares where Florentines used to buy their food. Learn about typical local dishes and ingredients, but don’t expect detailed how to’s – Italians would never give away their secret family recipes!

Your tour continues to a local wine shop, known as an enoteca, where you’ll savor two Tuscan wines, accompanied by delicious regional cheeses and local meats. While you enjoy your tasting, learn about the origins of the food and wine from your guide. Top it off with something sweet at the final stop of your tour, one of Florence’s best gelato shops where you’ll indulge in freshly made gelato!

  • Piazza della Repubblica - The central square of Florence
  • Via de’ Tornabuoni - the most fashionable street of the city
  • Cappelle Medicee - Where the Medici family member were buried
  • San Lorenzo Market - The biggest ourdoor market of Florence
  • Mercato Centrale - To understand how Italians prepare their delicious plates, take a trip to the San Lorenzo Central Market, one of the main shopping centers in Florence known for fresh, locally grown ingredients. Taste some of the region’s best balsamic vinegars and extra virgin olive oils with crostini, traditional toasted Italian bread.

At the end of your Florence food walking tour, you’ll leave feeling like a local.

What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Food and wine tasting
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Embark on a 3-hour intimate walking tour of Florence and dive into a journey of culinary wonders at 8 different food tasting stations! Led by an experienced guide, live the city as the natives do; enjoy the dark, aromatic Italian coffee, visit a traditional Florentine food store, discover the San Lorenzo Central Market, explore a winery and try out the city’s finest gelato!

The group size for this walking tour is capped at twelve to keep the experience more individualized.

  • Customers who have not reached Italy’s legal drinking age of 18, will not be served alcohol
Location
Via dei Cimatori, 9R
Via dei Cimatori
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
4.8
(366 Ratings)
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
Colettef437
Jul 15, 2024
Great time and lots of food & wine! - Wow! We had a great time on this food tour and enjoyed A LOT of amazing local food and wine! Our family consisted of my 74 year old mother, myself and my 18 year old niece. All ages had a blast! Our guide, Cristina, was very friendly and knowledgeable about Florence and all the places she took us. We had a fun small group which made it easy and enjoyable to get around. We made several stops, first to an outstanding wine shop/cellar. Other stops included truffles, cheese, pasta, bakery, more wine/prosecco, desserts and gelato! Highly recommended!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Enjee_n
Jun 24, 2024
This food tour is a must, even better if you have Manuel as your guide - Manuel, our guide was passionate (having grown in a hospitality household) and fun. He was friendly, informative, easygoing and patient. We are only a small group, 7 in total and so we enjoyed some great chats over yummy food. Walking around, sampling some delicious food and wine only made me want to come back again because there's so much to eat! Given that Florence is famous for its steak, would have been nice to have it included, even if each of us only get like 2 small pieces :D
Review provided by Viator
Carl_e
Jun 22, 2024
Awesome - Great time. Well organized and a lot of fun. Great way to start your trip. Good amount of food. Just do it!
Review provided by Viator
Lynne_c
Jun 22, 2024
Great tour! - Alice was a wonderful guide, quite knowledgeable and easy to understand. Food was delicious! We enjoyed the tour and the commentary greatly.
Review provided by Viator
Kade_h
Jun 16, 2024
Florence Food Tour - We had the best time on our food tour through Florence! The food was AMAZING, and our guide was so kind and knowledgeable. We enjoyed getting to sit down at so many places because we got to know some of the other members of our tour better as we all sat and ate. 10/10, would definitely recommend!
Review provided by Viator
Lisa
Jun 11, 2024
Incredible variety! - This really was a small group - 8 people, which was great. We enjoyed our guide, Dimitri. We made 8 stops and enjoyed an incredible variety of food and wine. Everything from breakfast to dessert, and everything in between. Included the San Lorenzo market, which is a must-see. The tour operator also went the extra mile to accommodate food allergies/restrictions (although gluten free was difficult).
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Ba1918
Jun 5, 2024
Great tour with great guide - Great tour with a great guide. Highly recommend if you enjoy food walking tours. In 4 hours we learned a lot about Italian/Florence cuisine while enjoying great food and drink along the way.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Kimberly_j
May 27, 2024
Great experience - Great food tour! Many different types of food. Wine shop and olive oil presentation were great. Host was very personable. No regrets
Review provided by Viator
Kristinawr1745vy
May 22, 2024
OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE! - Federica with Fat Tire Tours is amazing! She very graciously helped me make a change in my itinerary/tour, and did everything possible to work out the details, (even though she could easily have said I was past the deadline for changes and there was nothing to be done…) But she happily and efficiently came up with a fantastic solution to my problem, for which I am so very grateful!! The world could use more of this kind of OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE!!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Robert_s
Jun 18, 2024
OK but could be better - The white wine was good and cheap at 7 euro a bottle. Some other things could be improved. The coccoli is supposed to be served warm with melted cheese. It was cold with non-melted cheese. The truffle on bread was served with what I feel was not so great bread. We were brought to a shop that sells bottles of vinegar, olive oil, etc. I thought the olive oil was not great for the price they are selling it at. I asked the guide how olives are processed before being sold and she didn't know. Given the importance of olives to the cuisine and this is a food tour, this is disappointing. I don't recall the pastry at the second to last stop being explained to us. It would have been better if we could learn some more about the pastry tradition in Florence/Firenze.
Review provided by Viator
Select Date and Tickets
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
September 2024
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Today