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 food and wine experiences in Italy
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.