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Food and Wine in Italy
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Food tours, cooking classes and wine days, compared: what to book in each city and region, and what to eat when you get there.
Last updated: September 24, 2026
The short answer: eat and drink where each dish and wine comes from. Book one food tour in a city, one cooking class if you want a skill to take home, and one countryside wine day from the city you are staying in. Our three comparison guides cover each one: food tours, cooking classes and wine tours.
Food tour, cooking class or wine tour?
- Food tour if you want to walk a neighborhood and taste many things: see the best food tours in Italy, city by city and our food tours in Rome.
- Cooking class if you want to sit down, learn a technique and eat what you made: cooking classes in Italy compared.
- Wine tour if you want a day in the countryside: wine tours in Italy by region, from Chianti to the Langhe and the Prosecco hills.
Regional food, place by place
- Venice: cicchetti, the Venetian bar snacks, eaten standing with a small glass of wine.
- Tuscany: the Tuscan menu, food tours in Siena and the wines of Tuscany.
- Piedmont in fall: the Alba White Truffle Fair and Barolo country.
- Everyday Italy: the Italian breakfast, pizza, region by region and Italian pastries.
How to book food experiences
- Book a food tour early in the trip: it teaches you what to order for the rest of your stay.
- Check dietary options on each experience page before you book; they vary by provider.
- Count the transfer time for wine days: the same tasting can be a short drive or a full day, depending on where you sleep.
Taste it where it belongs
Food and wine experiences in Italy
Ranked by number of Viator reviews, checked October 2026. Open each experience for times, inclusions and live prices.
Rome Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class
4.9 10,020 reviews on Viator
Chianti Wine Tour from Florence
4.9 5,696 reviews on Viator
Florence Vespa Tour
4.8 4,329 reviews on Viator
Trastevere Food Tour
4.9 3,676 reviews on Viator
Palermo Street Food Tour
4.9 2,343 reviews on Viator
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Food and wine, place by place
Pick a place and see every experience we compare there, with Viator ratings checked October 2026.
Rome28 experiencesMost reviewed: Rome Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class
Florence20 experiencesMost reviewed: Tuscany Day Trip from Florence
Tuscany23 experiencesMost reviewed: Tuscany Day Trip from Florence
Venice11 experiencesMost reviewed: Venice in a Day Tour
Naples8 experiencesMost reviewed: Naples Pizza Making Class
Sicily13 experiencesMost reviewed: Palermo Street Food TourLatest guides
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best food experience to book in Italy?
It depends on what you want to take home: a food tour for a neighborhood and many tastings, a cooking class for a technique and a meal you made, a wine tour for a day in the countryside. Our comparison pages cover all three.
Should I book a food tour or a cooking class?
Book a food tour if you want to walk and taste many things; book a cooking class if you want to learn a dish and sit down to eat it. On a trip of a week or more, one of each works well.
When is the best time for a wine tour in Italy?
September and October, during and after the grape harvest, are the most atmospheric and the busiest weeks in the vineyards. Spring is quieter.
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