Guided food tours in Florence worth your time, with operators we’d actually book.
Guided food tours in Florence worth your time and money. operators we would actually book.
Route: Oltrarno food walk: Mercato Sant'Ambrogio, Cibreo, gelato
Eating Europe's Florence food tour walks the Oltrarno food map with a Florence-based local-host, six tastings spanning Mercato Sant'Ambrogio, Cibreo, the lampredotto cart and a gelato stop at Vivoli.
Route: San Lorenzo market and Mercato Centrale, with lampredotto
Devour Tours' Florence walk runs the San Lorenzo and Mercato Centrale food map, with seven tastings including the lampredotto cart at Da Nerbone, schiacciata, salumi and a Chianti tasting.
Route: Florence twilight food walk with bistecca dinner
Walks of Italy's Florence twilight tour ends with a bistecca alla fiorentina dinner at a Centro Storico trattoria, with seven prior tastings including schiacciata, salumi, gelato and Chianti.
Route: Oltrarno wine and food walk
Florence Food Tour's Oltrarno walk runs across-the-Arno from Piazza Santo Spirito, with five tastings at small-producer wine bars, Le Volpi e l'Uva and a Tuscan cheese counter.
Route: Mercato Centrale market and food walk
Taste Florence's three-hour Mercato Centrale walk covers seven tastings across the market and surrounding streets, with a focus on Florence's working-quarter food map: lampredotto, schiacciata, cantucci.
Route: Centro Storico aperitivo and wine walk
Curious Appetite's Centro Storico walk runs as a wine-and-aperitivo tour, with five tastings at Procacci, Coquinarius, Le Volpi e l'Uva and two more wine bars along the Tornabuoni-to-Santa Croce route.
Peak food season in Florence is year-round.
Local dining hours: lunch around 12:30, dinner from 19:30.
service is typically included; small extra is welcome but not expected.
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Florence rewards trust.