Streaty Florence: An Authentic Local Food Market Tour and Cultural City Experience

Experience the real Florentine food market of Sant’Ambrogio on a guided tour. Taste local, seasonal, and traditional food while learning about history and culture from a local perspective.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Piazza Santa Croce - Admire the church of Santa Croce and learn interesting facts
  • Mercato di Sant’Ambrogio - Explore the market and have tasty bites of daily street foods
  • Chiesa di Sant’Ambrogio - Pass by and admire
  • Mercato di Piazza dei Ciompi - Walk through the food benches, learn interesting facts and taste local specialities…
What's Included
  • Licensed guide service
  • 3 glasses of wine
  • Snacks
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pick-up and drop off
  • Bottled water
  • Extra food or drinks
Additional Information

Many visitors primarily dine at the popular tourist destination, the San Lorenzo market. However, we guide tourists to Sant’Ambrogio, the authentic food market in Florence where natives perform their daily grocery shopping and enjoy a variety of delicious, and occasionally adventurous, food items!
Your tour guide will discuss seasonal dishes and provide…

Location
Piazza di Santa Croce, 19
Piazza di Santa Croce
Meet us in Piazza Santa Croce 19. Your tour guide will be carrying a red bag with the Streaty logo printed on it.
Cancellation Policy

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

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David_p
Dec 7, 2024
Thanks! You were super! Loved the Lampredotti!! - We had a lovely food tour yesterday with Alice. For three hours, she took us up and down the streets of Florence, talking with such love and enthusiasm for the food and culture of the city. We stopped at numerous shops and enjoyed lots of little treats and some big ones as well. She was very friendly and so easy to talk to. It was easy to tell that she had been around the city quite a lot because she knew so many people as we were walking. The time we spent at the food market was a real treat and getting to see what and how the locals eat was really a wonderful experience. Whatever you do, make sure NOT to eat BEFORE this tour as the quantity and variety throughout is so plentiful. Alice did a super job and we would enjoy another tour with her anytime, for sure. Thanks so much, Alice.
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Hannahtj2109pp
Nov 25, 2024
Would highly recommend - Stefano was amazing! He had so much knowledge not just about the food but about the history of Florence and answered all our questions. He was accommodating and made it a really fun tour- not to mention the food was delicious. Would highly recommend, and thanks Stefano!
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Kpfluege
Nov 16, 2024
Alice + Streaty = Wonderful way to start a visit to Florence! - We had the most wonderful morning with Alice on our Streaty food tour in Florence. Truly, I cannot say enough about this tour. Alice took us to spots and introduced us to food we never would have even known to try on our own and we loved every single stop. In addition to exploring the market and local foods, Alice provided historical and contemporary information about Florence and several additional local recommendations. By the end of the trip it felt like we had made a wonderful new friend as she was so genuine and happy. I would (and already have!) recommend this tour to my friends and family. Thank you for a wonderful morning, Alice & Streaty!
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Martha_s
Nov 7, 2024
Wonderful - This food tour was amazing. Not only was our guide Alice extremely knowledgeable but she was also super friendly and ready to answer any questions you had. The food was so delicious my husband and I plan on going back to a few of the places that we visited. You won’t regret it. One thing I love about food tours is you eat like a local and learn interesting details. I would've never known you dip biscotti in sweet wine as an aperitif. I thought you only had them for breakfast w/ coffee. Who would’ve thought, the perks of doing these tours with knowledge people. Thanks!!
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R0gerwashburnroger
Oct 11, 2024
Taste the real Florence - The tour was everything advertised. We tasted the local side of Florence. We have been big fans of Streaty starting with Marco in Sicily in 2018 and they never fail to deliver. Our guide was exceptional providing historical and local perspectives on our journey
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Joann_p
Oct 8, 2024
Food - Great food and knowledge. We learned so much more about the area. Ate some new foods that I would never have tried.
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Michellemw8878dt
Oct 4, 2024
Great tour would definitely book again - Had a great tour with Stefano. Enjoyed all the different stops. There was a good variety of stops and foods to choose from. The market and the street vendors were my favourite because I don’t think I would have stopped at either on my own.
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Chaplains
Sep 27, 2024
Off the radar food and traditions of Firenze - Although I am in italy often, this was a new experience for me. Alice our host, was more than a guide, she is a local, and gave great insight into history and traditions most would overlook.
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Joe_a
Sep 8, 2024
Great experience and lots of fun !! - Our tour guide Tina was extremely knowledgeable about the food and its history. I highly recommend this small group tour.
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Cristinarn8761ll
Sep 7, 2024
The joy of food and places with my family! - Streaty Food Tours in Florence exceeded my expectations! It's the fourth tour I do with Streaty (Palermo-Catania-Venice-Florence) and I would like to collect them all over Italy! I have always done the tours with my husband and our girls, we love to taste the typical food of the cities, while the Tour Guide immerses us in the historical and popular traditions of the places! In Florence we were greeted by Alice, a professional girl, witty and attentive to our needs... the Point of Sale, the shops and streets of Florence with livers, tripe, lampredotto, cuddling, ice cream and much more, were the real protagonists of the wonderful day spent together!
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