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Pasta Making: Authentic Italian Cooking Class
4.8
67 Ratings
Venezia
Master pasta-making, savor Tuscan wines, and craft gelato in Venice. Join us for a culinary adventure filled with flavors and fun.
Master pasta-making, savor Tuscan wines, and craft gelato in Venice. Join us for a culinary adventure filled with flavors and fun.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Per S. Marco, 2570 - Under the expert guidance of instructors at a delightful cooking school in the heart of Venice, discover the art of traditional pasta-making. Don an apron and learn to create various pasta types, such as ravioli and fettuccine, using simple tools like rolling pins and pasta guitars. Witness the transformation of basic…
- Per S. Marco, 2570 - Under the expert guidance of instructors at a delightful cooking school in the heart of Venice, discover the art of traditional pasta-making. Don an apron and learn to create various pasta types, such as ravioli and fettuccine, using simple tools like rolling pins and pasta guitars. Witness the transformation of basic ingredients like eggs and flour into exquisite pasta right before your eyes.
This experience also unveils the secrets of genuine Italian sauce-making: the classic “Pommarola” and ravioli fillings, prepared in advance to enhance their flavors, along with a butter and sage sauce made fresh before you.
Join fellow participants to savor the pasta you’ve crafted, paired with your homemade sauces. The warm Italian ambiance continues as you share stories and laughter while enjoying Tuscan wines “Dalle Nostre Mani,” exclusively produced at the host’s farm.
Conclude this culinary journey with an enlightening gelato-making class. The host will demonstrate how authentic artisanal gelato is made using traditional techniques and high-quality ingredients, highlighting the key differences between homemade gelato and commercial ice cream. Observe the process and enjoy the fresh, genuine result!
What's Included
- Alcoholic beverages
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Gelato
- Carbonated beverages
- Alcoholic beverages
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Gelato
- Carbonated beverages
What's Not Included
- Private transportation
- Hotel pick-up and drop off
- Additional food and drinks beyond those included in the experience
- Private transportation
- Hotel pick-up and drop off
- Additional food and drinks beyond those included in the experience
Meal Options
- Ravioli with parmigiano & ricotta, truffle oil filling in butter & sage sauce -
- Tortelli with parmigiano & ricotta and nutmeg filling in butter & sage sauce
- Fettuccine with traditional Italian tomato sauce
- Artisanal Gelato
- Ravioli with parmigiano & ricotta, truffle oil filling in butter & sage sauce -
- Tortelli with parmigiano & ricotta and nutmeg filling in butter & sage sauce
- Fettuccine with traditional Italian tomato sauce
- Artisanal Gelato
Additional Information
- Gain the skills to create pasta from scratch under the guidance of a professional chef
- Uncover the secrets behind crafting genuine Italian sauces
- Taste a selection of Tuscan wines
- Extend your culinary journey with an informative gelato-making class. Observe the creation process and savor the results!
- Relish in a warm Italian ambiance, sharing…
- Gain the skills to create pasta from scratch under the guidance of a professional chef
- Uncover the secrets behind crafting genuine Italian sauces
- Taste a selection of Tuscan wines
- Extend your culinary journey with an informative gelato-making class. Observe the creation process and savor the results!
- Relish in a warm Italian ambiance, sharing stories and laughter
- An English recipe booklet is available upon request, allowing you to recreate both pasta and gelato at home.
- Not accessible to people with limited mobility (e.g. crutches).
- No smoking
- Alcohol will be served; only participants of legal drinking age will be served wine
- Times may vary — please check your messages for any updates
- To ensure the best experience for everyone, we require a minimum number of guests. Should we not reach this minimum, we’ll contact you promptly to offer alternative times, dates, or a full refund
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Location
Campo San Maurizio
Meeting Point: Campo San Maurizio, at the main flagpole with the orange/red flag.
Look for your teacher – they'll be the one with the colorful pinwheel!
Please arrive on time so we can start promptly.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(67 Ratings)
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Kelly_o
Mar 17, 2026
Best experience in Venice! - Fiore was our host and it was the BEST experience from start to finish. Our meal was excellent! We loved learning how to cook the true Italian way and loved hearing all of Fiore's stories about Venice. Highly recommend!
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Giulio_r
Mar 13, 2026
An authentic experience in the heart of Venice! - Making fresh pasta together while learning the secrets of Italian tradition was fun and surprisingly easy, even for beginners. The atmosphere is warm and friendly, and the best part is enjoying the pasta you made with your own hands at the end. A perfect activity for anyone who wants to experience Venice in a different way, full of flavors, laughter, and real Italian culture. Highly recommended!
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Lizzy_y
Jan 4, 2026
Making pasta and memories in Italy! - Our experience with Chef Alex was the highlight of our trip to Venice. It was the first time our family of five created a meal together (sure, eating together is always the easy part!), and everyone loved the art and beauty of pasta making. It was a chance to laugh and learn and bond.
We also met a warm and lovely group of sisters/daughters from Ohio that worked beside us at the next table. Their engagement totally elevated the experience for us. They were so fun!
Alex's passion and enthusiasm for cooking shined so brilliantly. More so, she focused on all of us connecting and sharing in an atmosphere of warmth and coziness. She was patient and so very kind - just wonderful.
We all got to eat our pasta (ravioli and fettuccine in two different sauces) together at the end and drink fantastic wine. We capped it off with yummy gelato. It was beautiful.
A lot of the tours you'll take in Italy force you to be in high gear, on the go, in no-rest-for-the-weary mode - out of necessity. Pastamania allows you to relax and enjoy and just be. I highly recommend.
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543elizabethu
Dec 12, 2025
Fun and delicious food! - We booked the Pastamania experience through Airbnb to celebrate our 35th birthdays, and it ended up being the highlight of our whole trip. Our instructor, Bea, was absolutely wonderful, truly one of the sweetest and most thoughtful people we met in Venice.
She walked us through making pasta and gelato step-by-step, always patient, always encouraging, and always ready to help when we needed a little extra guidance. She made the whole experience feel fun, relaxed, and special.
And the food… the pasta and gelato we made with her were some of the best we had during our entire stay in Italy. There was also wine (never a bad thing!), but the real magic of the experience was Bea herself and that we got lucky with an all girls group. Bea is a girls girl!
If you’re visiting Venice, this is an experience you must book.
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P5858aojessicae
Dec 9, 2025
Wonderful - Alex was a wonderful teacher. My grandmother, mother, sister, and I all participated in a class where she made us feel welcome and excited. The food was wonderful and we will take back memories and recipes.
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Sandra_b
Oct 29, 2025
Bea is the best! - Bea was a delightful instructor!
She explained all the steps throughly and was patient as we dug in and crafted our meal.
Her knowledge and stories of Venice made the evening fun. We would recommend this class to others.
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Megan_p
Oct 26, 2025
Such a great experience!... - Such a great experience! It was so amazing for the cost and definitely a memory we will carry with us for a long time. Our teacher Alex was so amazing and she took the time to explain every step so we could recreate at home. She was so kind and we loved getting to learn more about her life. She made the whole experience fun and memorable!
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Tracy_r
Oct 24, 2025
Bea - The cooking class was wonderful and fun. Learned how to make different kinds of pasta. Would definitely recommend Bea. Loved the ambience. My family and I had a blast.
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Pat_l
Mar 31, 2026
Decent, but not great or memory making - This was a nice experience. Not great.
The making of the pasta was fun, but you don’t eat what you make, it is all mixed together. The dinner was good, but there is no wine while making the pasta, a first for me.
You don’t participate in making the sauce, just two pastas.
The setting is a comfortable, and pretty cool old Venician complex and apartment, but is is very understated with the only decorations being attempts to sell their products - no ambiance art, decorations, etc
It was nice, but not worth a premium price in my opinion.
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Julie_h
Mar 19, 2026
Don’t waste your MONEY OR TIME - Advertised as prosecco, pasta and Gelato. This was not fun at all. It was more like being in school. Bea didn’t offer us anything to drink and when we asked for prosecco she said not yet. 2 hours went by of the school class and we finally ate. With our dinner she offered us a TASTE of 2 wines they were trying to sell. Don’t waste your money or Time! Bring on vacation no one wants to go to school. Seriously awful experience
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