If you love food and want to experience some of Italy’s best regional cuisine, you should consider including a Florence food tour as part of your itinerary.

After all, a visit to Florence isn’t complete without sampling Tuscan cheese, sipping Chianti, munching on cantucci (also known as biscotti) and exploring delicious regional dishes such as bistecca alla Fiorentina, panzanella (the renowned summer salad with sun-ripened vegetables and chunks of bread) and  lampredotto (cow stomach).

Enjoy Tuscan wine and cheese on a Florence Food Tour

There’s no better way to discover the best of these Florentine regional specialities than with a local guide.

I’m a huge fan of Eating Italy’s (also known as Eating Europe) culinary walking tours in Rome so I was thrilled to learn they’ve launched new food tours in Florence.

All of their tour guides are locals who know and love food. With Eating Italy, the guides also know many of the families who have been producing the ingredients for and preparing these regional  dishes for generations.

Adding a food walking tour to your Florence itinerary is the ideal way to soak up some local Tuscan flavour in a short period of time. Here’s what to expect on an Eating Europe food tour in Florence in 2019:

Eating Italy Florence Food Tours – The Other Side of Florence

During the Other Side of Florence Food Tour, you’ll begin your food walking tour near the Carraia Bridge over the Arno River, exploring Oltrarno a bohemian neighbourhood with a rich artisanal heritage and contemporary, hip vibe that’s away from the tour bus crowds.

This Florence food tour features food and wine tastings at eight different stops. You’ll get to sample Tuscan cheeses such as pecorino made with milk from local farms, using centuries-old techniques and processes handed down over the centuries.

A tasty food stop during the new Eating Europe food tour of Florence

Other treats include finocchiona, a fennel-spiced salami and Italian cantucci (cookies). You’ll also enjoy a tutoured tasting Chianti, produced in the Chianti region of central Tuscany.

Unlike other walking tours where wine might not be included, Eating Europe’s food tours are all-inclusive which means you don’t pay extra for wine and spirits featured in their tours.

Florence Sunset Food Tour

Florence is absolutely magical when the sun begins to set and the crowds disappear. If you’re looking for things to do at night in Florence, you might be interested in Eating Europe’s new Florence Sunset Food Tour.

This 3.5 hour food tour begins at sunset and features the best restaurants and wine bars in Florence. You’ll learn how to make a Negroni,  Florence’s most famous cocktail and nibble on artisanal truffle cheese and cured local meats.

Sample Tuscan cheese while in Florence

Watch a live demonstration of how to cook the famous Florentine steak, the Bistecca alla Fiorentina and then eat it. Another classic food experience in Florence is sipping vin santo along with biscotti. This is also included in the Florence Sunset Tour at no extra cost.

If you’re a solo traveller, a culinary walking tour is one of the best ways to experience Florence if you want to explore the city and don’t want to eat or hang out in bars alone.

During my solo visit to Rome, I participated in the Twilight Trastevere tour offered by Eating Italy Food Tours and it was fun to be with a group at Rome’s best and most happening bars.

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Authentic Florence Home-Cooking Class

This 4.5 hour  Florence Home Cooking Class begins with shopping for ingredients in the tiny shops and markets of the bohemian neighbourhood of  Oltrarno. Then, you’ll  have a hands-on cooking class in a local chef’s Tuscan home.

Try making pasta while in Italy Credit Jonathan Borba

During the class you’ll learn how to make various types of pasta, you’ll sample appetizers, sip wine and then craft your own panna cotta dessert.  Your foodie experience will wrap up with a leisurely Tuscan lunch with your group.

Like all other Eating Italy tours, this Florence cooking class is all-inclusive which means you don’t pay extra for the wines enjoyed with lunch.

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Is a food tour worth the money? Sipping rare wines, browsing markets and chatting with producers and shop owners during a food tour offers a tasty immersion into Florence’s culture, history and local life. It’s  an experience you can’t create on your own.

Explore Florence on one of Eating Italy’s new food tours

Eating Europe’s guide’s also know Florence’s major sights and landmarks. Florence is well known for its incredible museums, churches and galleries such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia and other top things to see and do in Florence.

So that means you’ll soak up some history while exploring  the city’s culinary scene – the best of both worlds.

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