Italy Food & Wine Tours
Italy is the country most people learn to eat in, and its food is regional to the point of stubbornness: what is on the table in Tuscany is not what is on the table in Rome, Naples or Bologna. This is our Italy hub. We are building it region by region, starting with Tuscany, where every wine area, city and experience type has its own page comparing the top-rated GetYourGuide and Viator experiences. Rome, Naples and Emilia-Romagna follow.
Top-rated experiences in Italy
The most booked food and wine experiences in Italy
The top pick from each destination in Italy, side by side and sorted by GetYourGuide reviews. Each row links to our full comparison for that place.
| Experience | Length | Rating (reviews) | Best for | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasta Cooking Class with Unlimited Wine | 2 to 2.5 hours | 4.8 (17,018) | Tuscany Food & Wine Tours | Check availability |
| Pasta and Tiramisù Class with Fine Wine by the Vatican | 2.5 to 3 hours | 4.9 (8,834) | Pasta Making Classes in Rome | Check availability |
| Official Pizza Making Class and Tiramisù with a Drink | 3 hours | 4.9 (6,640) | Pizza Making Classes in Naples | Check availability |
| Street Food Walking Tour with a Local Guide | 2.5 hours | 4.9 (6,057) | Naples Food Tours | Check availability |
| Trastevere and Campo de' Fiori Street Food Walking Tour | 2.5 hours | 4.9 (4,577) | Rome Food Tours | Check availability |
| Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings | 2.5 hours | 4.8 (3,059) | Venice Food Tours | Check availability |
| Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius with Lunch and Wine Tasting | 8 hours | 4.6 (2,809) | Vesuvius Wine Tours & Pompeii with Wine Lunch | Check availability |
| Walking Food Tour with a Local Expert | 3 hours | 4.8 (2,097) | Emilia-Romagna Food Tours | Check availability |
Our pick: the Pasta Cooking Class with Unlimited Wine, rated 4.8 from 17,018 reviews on GetYourGuide.
Ratings and review counts as shown on GetYourGuide in October 2026. Check the listing for live prices and availability.
How to choose
Start with where you are staying. The most booked experiences here are in Tuscany Food & Wine Tours, Pasta Making Classes in Rome, Pizza Making Classes in Naples; open the page for your destination to compare all its food tours, cooking classes and tastings.
Start with Tuscany. Our most complete region: Tuscany food and wine tours, with pages for Chianti, Montalcino, Florence, Siena and the rest.
Pick by experience: wine tours, cooking classes, food tours, truffle hunting and olive oil tastings.
Rome and Naples: Rome food and wine tours for the four Roman pastas, Trastevere and Testaccio; Naples food and wine tours for pizza with a pizzaiolo and street food.
Emilia-Romagna and the Amalfi Coast: Bologna, Modena and Parma for the Parmigiano, balsamic and prosciutto producer tours and tagliatelle classes; the Amalfi Coast for cooking classes in the lemon groves, limoncello and Furore and Tramonti wines.
The north: Piedmont for Alba truffle hunting and Barolo; Venice for cicchetti tours, the Prosecco Hills and Amarone; Milan and Lake Como.
The south: Puglia for orecchiette classes, Primitivo and olive oil. Arriving by ship? See Livorno cruise port.
Sicily: the island hub, with Palermo street food, Etna wine tours, Taormina cooking classes and Modica chocolate.
More of Italy: the Cinque Terre & Liguria for pesto and cliff-grown wine, Verona, Valpolicella & Lake Garda for Amarone, Umbria for black truffles and Sagrantino, and Trentino-Alto Adige for speck and the South Tyrol wine road.
Food and wine in Italy: how to use this site
Italy has twenty regions and at least as many cuisines, and the mistake most visitors make is to eat the same three dishes everywhere. We organise the site the way Italians think about food: by region first, then by place, then by what you actually do there. Each region page links to its wine areas and cities; each of those compares the top-rated tours, classes and tastings on GetYourGuide and Viator, with our own notes on what you’ll taste, when to go and how to get there without a car.
Tuscany
Chianti and Brunello, farmhouse cooking classes, Florence’s markets, truffles in San Miniato, olive oil in November. Twenty-one pages covering the wine areas, the cities and every experience type. Start at Tuscany food and wine tours.
Rome, Naples and the south
Rome for food tours through Trastevere and Testaccio and for pasta-making classes; Naples for pizza classes and street food; the Amalfi Coast for cooking classes in the lemon groves and limoncello.
Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont and the north
Bologna, Modena and Parma for Parmigiano, balsamic and prosciutto at the source; Piedmont for Barolo and Alba’s white truffles; Venice for cicchetti and Prosecco; Milan for aperitivo and Franciacorta; Lake Como for cooking classes above the water. Puglia, in the south, is the farm: orecchiette, burrata, olive oil and Primitivo.
When to come
Spring and autumn almost everywhere: the grape harvest in September and October, olive oil and truffles in November, the sea and the south from May. August is hot, and half of Italy is on holiday.
How we choose
We list only experiences with a strong rating over a meaningful number of reviews and free cancellation where available, and we favour small-group and family-run hosts. FindEatLocal earns a commission when you book through GetYourGuide or Viator links on this page; it doesn’t change the price you pay. More about how we choose.
FAQ about Italy Food & Wine Tours
Frequently asked questions
Which region of Italy is best for food and wine?
Tuscany for wine and countryside experiences, Emilia-Romagna for cheese, ham and balsamic, Rome and Naples for street food and pasta, Piedmont for serious reds and truffles. We start with Tuscany because it has the most to book.
Do I need to book food experiences in Italy in advance?
Yes in spring and autumn: one to three weeks ahead for the best small-group classes and tours, less in winter.
Can I cancel if my plans change?
Most GetYourGuide and Viator experiences we list allow free cancellation up to 24 hours before; check the policy on each listing.
What is the most booked food experience in Italy?
On GetYourGuide the most booked are the Pasta Cooking Class with Unlimited Wine (Tuscany Food & Wine Tours, rated 4.8 (17,018)) and the Pasta and Tiramisù Class with Fine Wine by the Vatican (Pasta Making Classes in Rome). The table above shows the top pick for each destination.