Sant'Ambrogio Market (Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio) Tours

Get an insider’s perspective on Florence’s vibrant food scene during this scenic tasting tour through the Tuscan Renaissance city. Join your private foodie guide to go behind the scenes and discover the food favorites most beloved by locals. Sip on an authentic Italian espresso, haggle over fresh pasta at the bustling Sant’Ambrogio market, and sample regional delicacies like Tuscan street food and the best gelato in Florence.

Florence is Tuscany’s culinary epicenter, but sometimes it’s hard to tell the authentic dishes from tourist fare. Take a deep dive into the cuisine of both the city and the surrounding region with this private food experience. Join your host at Florence’s Sant’Ambrogio market and then prepare classic Tuscan dishes together at her home just outside the city. Make three or four recipes to sample during lunch along with wine, limoncello, and Prosecco.

Discover the culinary traditions of Florence during a half-day tour led by your own private guide. Find places that locals love as your guide takes you to historical ‘botteghe’ (small shops) and the Central Market (Mercato Centrale Firenze). Meet vendors whose families have been in the food business for generations as you sample classic savory and sweet dishes including delicatessen specialties, cheeses, and gelato, accompanied by Chianti wine.

Are you a foodie? If so, Florence will be heaven for you! Let me accompany you to the discovery of the genuine flavors of Tuscany in an unforgettable experience for your palate. During this tour you will explore our colourful local markets and you will find out where the locals go shopping and where they eat the best Lampredotto, the typical Florentine street food. You can drink a fine Chianti wine and taste an authentic Italian Gelato or taste our Cantucci almond cookies. You will taste plenty of different food, but you will also learn a lot about our traditional food recipees such as, what makes Tuscan olive oil so famous abroad and what are the main differences when talking about Italian cheese, why truffles are so expensive and how they can be tracked.....this tour will be a yummy experience that you won't forget!

Discover delicious Tuscan foods in Florence on a half-day food tour led by a food-loving guide. Visit places that locals love including the Sant'Ambrogio market, Piazza della Signoria, and Piazza del Mercato Centrale to taste delicatessen meats, cheeses, Tuscan breads, sweet treats, and wines, with enough food tastings to make up a lunch. Top off your food tour with an authentic gelato, which was invented during the Renaissance.

An authentic and significant experience led by a real florentine food and wine lover. Your friend in Florence will guide you and explain the right way to pair food and wine in order to get the best of them!

Most of tourists spend their time having bites at the touristy market of San Lorenzo. We take travelers to the real Florentine food market of Sant'Ambrogio, where locals have their daily shopping and fill up their belly with some tasty and sometimes challenging bites! Your guide will explain you seasonal recipes and give you insights on locals' daily life. You will have the chance to try foods not available in restaurants and often not even mentioned in guidebooks. We offer whatever is local, seasonal and traditional. no tourist traps of any kind! All guides are local. They present their own city from locals' perspective without filters of any kind.

Immerse yourself in Florentine culinary culture with this private food-focused tour. Spend two hours with your private group—this tour is a great option for families—tasting the top Tuscan treats, such as pastries, snacks, espresso, and more. Visit several local food markets to see where the freshest meat and produce are sold; you can even purchase some with the expert haggling help of your guide.

I am a professional filmmaker I have videos on youtube with almost 1 million views's I am going to filming your holiday in Florence, I am not only providing a great video but also great audio and cinematic editing, so you will have a lifetime remembrance about your holiday in Italy. You are going to receive the shoots and an edited movie. In the experience, I am including breakfast lunch and the best ice cream in Florence.

A morning exploring and tasting some of Florence’s best food products, from 100 year old panini to gelato, see how pasta is made in a local bottega, learn how to cut the famous Florentine Steak, wander through the farmers market filled with colorful characters and locals doing the grocery shopping, taste Tuscany’s chesses and wines and finish up at Demetra for an olive oil tasting and a lunch of the fresh pasta that we made along the way. Understand more about our city’s culture and how our culinary traditions are an integral part of our regional identity. Meet the owners of the bottegas and find out how traditions were passed down through generations. 

An authentic, friendly and fun experience. I was born into a large family of wine producers. I absorbed the Tuscan culture and I like to share it.

Ours is a unique experience of its kind. We offer you a photo shoot, a reportage of your visit in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, lasting 2 hours, where we will accompany you to the most beautiful places in the city, we will let you discover unknown but equally unmissable glimpses. During our meeting we will be happy to offer you a typically Italian breakfast if the tour takes place in the morning or an aperitif if it takes place in the afternoon. The following day the files of your photos will be ready and we will deliver them to you on an elegant USB stick at your hotel or elsewhere if you prefer.

For visitors to an unfamiliar city, it can be difficult to get a real sense of local life. This tour, tailored toward foodies, offers just that. In the company of a local cookbook author, explore a Florence food market then visit her home to prepare a meal to enjoy together.