01 Pasta and pizza cooking classes
43 compared from €25 typically 3h 4.93 average
The most-reviewed products in the city and among the best rated: three hours, fresh pasta from the flour up, usually tiramisu or gelato, wine throughout, and you eat what you made for dinner. From €25 for a large class, most around €87, up to €249 for a chef-led group of eight or a class on a farm outside the city with transport. The €25 to €60 classes rate as well as the expensive ones; pay more for small groups, not for the recipe.
02 Chianti and Tuscan countryside wine tours
47 compared from €35 typically 7h 4.78 average
A half or full day south of the city: two or three estates, a tasting at each, olive oil, and lunch at the second one. From €35 for a minivan afternoon, most around €95, and the Vespa and e-bike versions from €79, which lead the ranking because riding between vineyards is the part people remember. Allow seven hours. The tours that add San Gimignano or Siena trade tasting time for driving; pick them only if you will not otherwise see those towns.
03 Florence food walks
11 compared from €45 typically 3h 4.85 average
Three to four hours through Sant'Ambrogio, Santa Croce or the Oltrarno with six to eight stops: lampredotto from a cart, pecorino and finocchiona at a deli, a glass of Chianti at a wine window, bistecca and gelato to finish. From €45, most around €98. The sunset departures replace dinner and rate highest. Fewer of these exist than in Rome, and the good ones sell out a week ahead in spring and autumn.
04 Wine tastings in town
5 compared from €40 typically 4h30 4.79 average
The handful of tastings that are not a countryside day: a sommelier-led flight of five or six Tuscan wines in a cellar or a palazzo, from €40, an hour to ninety minutes in town, with a couple of longer wine days to the coast filed under the same name. The cheapest way to learn what Chianti Classico, Brunello and the Super Tuscans actually are before you buy a bottle to carry home. Few products and few reviews, so check the group size before booking.
