Firenze Trip Overview
Our fully qualified English-speaking guides are art/history experts as well as food/wine connoisseurs, during the tour you will learn about the history of Florence as well as unravel traditional recipes.
Our tour includes a deep visit at the main market where you will taste a wide variety of food, after a leisure walk admiring the San Lorenzo church and the Florence Cathedral you will be offered a huge plate of pecorino cheese and several type of cured meat matched with wine, then let’s taste the traditional vegetable and tomatoes soups. It’s now time to indulge our sweet tooth with the delicious sweet fried bread and an artisanal ice-cream. Last but not least let’s have a strong aromatic espresso coffee in the beautiful square of Santa Croce.
Please be aware this tour is not suitable for celiacs.
Visiting Florence is like attending a surprise party every day: learn while eating, discover while drinking; every corner bears new treasures, every cobblestone a gem.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Firenze, Italy
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Half-day Tours
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Our fully qualified English-speaking guides are art/history experts as well as food/wine connoisseurs, during the tour you will learn about the history of Florence as well as unravel traditional recipes.
Our tour includes a deep visit at the main market where you will taste a wide variety of food, after a leisure walk admiring the San Lorenzo church and the Florence Cathedral you will be offered a huge plate of pecorino cheese and several type of cured meat matched with wine, then let’s taste the traditional vegetable and tomatoes soups. It’s now time to indulge our sweet tooth with the delicious sweet fried bread and an artisanal ice-cream. Last but not least let’s have a strong aromatic espresso coffee in the beautiful square of Santa Croce.
Please be aware this tour is not suitable for celiacs.
Visiting Florence is like attending a surprise party every day: learn while eating, discover while drinking; every corner bears new treasures, every cobblestone a gem.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Piazza del Mercato Centrale, Via dell’Ariento, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy
One cannot visit Florence missing the opportunity to taste the delicious traditional Tuscan food while visiting the most amazing outdoor landmarks of the capital of arts; according to UNESCO’s statistics 60% of the world’s most important works of art are located in Italy, approximately half of these are in Florence.
From the 13th to the 16th century an endless flow of creativity went through Florence, the city was a hub of humanist scholarship and artistic production, largely funded by the powerful Medici family; Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Leonardo, Donatello, Giotto, Botticelli… they all lived here and left unforgettable masterpieces.
You will need to wear your most comfortable shoes and come hungry, we will take care of everything else; our fully qualified English- speaking guide will lead you through our amazing 4 hours small group walking food tour which will be the highlight of your trip.
In at least 7 stops in different eateries you will taste all the specialties for which Tuscany is famous all around the world: fresh pasta, cured meat, pecorino cheese, vegetable soup, tomatoes bread soup, almond cookies, sweet fried bread, ice-cream; your taste buds will remember this experience for ever but… aren’t we forgetting something? Great food must be paired with proper wine, nothing better than a glass of Chianti wine and the dessert wine called Vin Santo.
This tour will also offer the opportunity to learn about the history of Florence and to admire some of the most amazing Florentine churches, such as: St Lawrence basilica, the Florence Cathedral and its outstanding baptistery, bell tower and huge dome, the Holy Cross basilica.
This tour is our crown jewel, we guarantee 100% customer satisfaction!
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Basilica di San Lorenzo, Piazza di San Lorenzo, 9, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy
learn the history of the Medici dinasty just in front of the the burial place of all the principal members of the family
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Piazza del Duomo, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
admire the Florence Cathedral and its outstanding baptistery, bell tower and huge dome
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Piazza Santa Croce, Piazza di Santa Croce 16, 50122, Florence Italy
our tour ends just in front of the beautiful Basilica di Santa Croce also know as the temple of the Italian Glories
Duration: 1 hour
