Italy Food Experiences by City & Region — Every Destination on This Site

Forty-eight destinations, twelve kinds of experience. Every city and region below links to everything we cover there — the guided experiences and the field guides. If you know where you’re going, start here.

Alba

White-truffle capital — October hunts with Barolo next door. Alba Truffle Hunting

Alberobello

Cooking among the trulli — orecchiette in the world’s strangest town. Alberobello Cooking Class

Amalfi

Lemons the size of fists — limoncello and coast-side cooking with the sea below. Amalfi Cooking Class · Amalfi Limoncello Tour

Arezzo

Tuscan cooking classes without the Florence crowds. Arezzo Cooking Class

Bari

Watch the orecchiette ladies work Bari Vecchia’s streets, then learn it yourself. Bari Cooking Class · Bari Pasta Making Class

Barolo

Nebbiolo’s king — the Langhe’s great red at the source. Barolo Wine Tour · Guide: Chianti vs Brunello vs Barolo: The Real Difference

Bologna

La Grassa — ragù orthodoxy, mortadella, and the pasta grandmothers of Italy. Bologna Food Tour · Bologna Street Food Tour · Bologna Cooking Class · Bologna Pasta Making Class · Bologna Gelato Making Class · Bologna Cheese Tasting

Cagliari

Sardinia’s capital table — fregola, bottarga, and vermentino. Cagliari Cooking Class · Cagliari Aperitivo Tour

Capri

Limoncello with the faraglioni in view. Capri Limoncello Tour

Catania

Sicily’s loudest fish market and the arancino-vs-arancina front line. Catania Food Tour · Catania Street Food Tour · Catania Cooking Class

Cefalù

Aperitivo under the Rock — Sicily’s prettiest evening. Cefalù Aperitivo Tour

Chianti

The classic Tuscan wine road — sangiovese between the cypresses. Chianti Wine Tour · Guide: Chianti vs Brunello vs Barolo: The Real Difference

Cinque Terre

Pesto’s coastline — cooking with the terraced vineyards overhead. Cinque Terre Cooking Class

Como

Pizza-making with the lake for a backdrop. Como Pizza Making Class

Cortona

Hilltop farm-kitchen cooking in deep Tuscany. Cortona Cooking Class · Cortona Pizza Making Class

Florence

Bistecca, the Mercato Centrale, and Tuscany’s wine towns within reach. Florence Food Tour · Florence Street Food Tour · Florence Cooking Class · Florence Pasta Making Class · Florence Pizza Making Class · Florence Wine Tour · Florence Gelato Making Class

Genoa

Pesto’s hometown — focaccia at dawn and the old port’s fried cones. Genoa Cooking Class

Lake Garda

Olive oil at its northern limit and lakeside cooking classes. Lake Garda Cooking Class

Lecce

The Florence of the South — pasticciotto for breakfast, orecchiette by hand. Lecce Cooking Class

Lucca

Walled-city cooking classes and buccellato. Lucca Cooking Class

Matera

Bread of the Sassi — cave-city cheese and cucina povera. Matera Cheese Tasting

Milan

Risotto allo zafferano, Navigli aperitivo hour, and Italy’s most modern food scene. Milan Food Tour · Milan Street Food Tour · Milan Cooking Class · Milan Pasta Making Class · Milan Pizza Making Class · Milan Aperitivo Tour · Milan Gelato Making Class

Modena

Balsamic’s attic barrels and Emilia’s tortellini belt. Modena Cooking Class · Modena Cheese Tasting

Monopoli

Adriatic-blue Puglia — raw seafood and burrata country. Monopoli Cooking Class

Montalcino

Brunello’s fortress town — sangiovese at its most serious. Montalcino Wine Tour · Guide: Chianti vs Brunello vs Barolo: The Real Difference

Montepulciano

Vino Nobile cellars beneath a Renaissance hill town. Montepulciano Cooking Class · Montepulciano Wine Tour

Naples

Pizza’s holy city — the wood-fired original and the fried street canon. Naples Food Tour · Naples Street Food Tour · Naples Cooking Class · Naples Pasta Making Class · Naples Pizza Making Class · Naples Gelato Making Class · Guides: Tuscan vs Sicilian vs Neapolitan Food: The Differences, What Makes Neapolitan Pizza Neapolitan

Ostuni

The white city rolls pasta the Puglian way. Ostuni Pasta Making Class

Palermo

Panelle, pani ca meusa, and Ballarò’s theatre — Sicily’s street-food capital. Palermo Food Tour · Palermo Street Food Tour · Palermo Cooking Class · Palermo Pasta Making Class · Palermo Gelato Making Class

Parma

Parmigiano dawn tours and prosciutto cellars — the protected-name heartland. Parma Cooking Class · Parma Cheese Tasting

Piedmont

Truffles, nebbiolo, and the slow-food movement’s birthplace. Piedmont Truffle Hunting · Guide: Tuscany vs Piedmont Wine: Which to Visit

Pisa

Beyond the tower — Tuscan classes by the Arno. Pisa Cooking Class

Positano

Cliffside limoncello and lemon-grove cooking. Positano Cooking Class · Positano Limoncello Tour

Puglia

The olive-oil sea — primitivo, burrata, and masseria tables. Puglia Olive Oil Tasting

Ragusa

Baroque Sicily’s kitchen — Ragusano cheese with Modica chocolate nearby. Ragusa Cooking Class

Rimini

Piadina country on the Adriatic. Rimini Cooking Class

Rome

Carbonara’s rules, Trastevere’s tables, and the Testaccio market crawl. Rome Food Tour · Rome Street Food Tour · Rome Cooking Class · Rome Pasta Making Class · Rome Pizza Making Class · Rome Aperitivo Tour · Rome Gelato Making Class · Guides: Best Restaurants in Trastevere: A Local’s Honest Map, What to Eat in Rome: The Dishes That Actually Matter, Where to Eat in Rome (Without the Tourist Traps)

Sicily

An island cuisine of its own — Arab sweets, swordfish, and Etna wines. Sicily Food Tour · Sicily Cooking Class · Sicily Olive Oil Tasting · Guide: Tuscan vs Sicilian vs Neapolitan Food: The Differences

Siena

Pici by hand, ricciarelli, and Chianti at the door. Siena Cooking Class

Sorrento

Limoncello’s terraces and the gnocchi named for the town. Sorrento Cooking Class · Sorrento Pasta Making Class · Sorrento Pizza Making Class · Sorrento Limoncello Tour · Sorrento Cheese Tasting

Syracuse

Ortigia’s market — swordfish, citrus, and Greek-Sicilian depth. Syracuse Cooking Class

Taormina

Cooking with Etna smoking on the horizon. Taormina Cooking Class · Taormina Pizza Making Class

Turin

Gianduja, vermouth’s birthplace, and the caffè counters of the Risorgimento. Turin Food Tour · Turin Cooking Class

Tuscany

Sangiovese country — farmhouse cooking, olive mills, and the wine towns. Tuscany Wine Tour · Tuscany Truffle Hunting · Tuscany Olive Oil Tasting · Guides: Tuscan vs Sicilian vs Neapolitan Food: The Differences, Tuscany vs Piedmont Wine: Which to Visit

Umbria

Black-truffle country — Norcia’s butchers and quiet hill-town tables. Umbria Truffle Hunting

Venice

Cicchetti and ombre — the bacaro crawl through the lagoon’s market. Venice Food Tour · Venice Street Food Tour · Venice Cooking Class · Venice Pasta Making Class · Venice Aperitivo Tour · Guide: What Is Cicchetti? A Venice Bacaro Crawl Guide

Verona

Amarone’s city — aperitivo in the piazza before the opera. Verona Cooking Class · Verona Pasta Making Class · Verona Aperitivo Tour

Volterra

Alabaster-town cooking classes in deep Tuscany. Volterra Cooking Class


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