12 Market Tours in Italy Worth Booking

1.Cooking Class and Lunch at a Tuscan Farmhouse with Local Market Tour from Florence

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4,831 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $145.12Our pick

Florence to Chianti hills for a market walk, hands-on Tuscan farmhouse cooking, 4-course lunch with wine, and emailed recipes.

“Chris and Erika were excellent, very welcoming and cheerful. Made delicious food would definitely do again.”

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2.Colosseum, Roman Forum & Trajan’s Market Exterior Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 2,038 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $29Best value

A 1.5-hour outdoor guided walk around the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Trajan Markets, with pro guides and headphones for $29.

“The tour was excellent and very informative. The guide always made sure everyone was still with the group and also allowed toilet break. At the end of the tour you are still in the Roman Furom so can look around at your own leisure. The only negative was the meeting point instructions, the sat nav places you outside the bottom of the Metro when we needed to be at the top through the Metro steps, when new to the area we did not know this so maybe the instructions could be made clearer.”

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3.Small Group Cooking Class & Market Food Tour in Florence

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,574 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $62.30

Shop Mercato Centrale with a chef, then cook bruschetta, fresh pasta, and tiramisu in a small Florence class with Chianti and recipes.

“We had a very fun and easy cooking class to learn how to make pasta and sauces using simple cooking techniques led by our teacher Chef Lisa. We made and ate some of the best pesto pasta I have ever had!”

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4.Bologna Food & Market Tour with 6 Tastings, Pasta, Wines & More

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,328 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $118.51

Bologna food market tour with 6 tastings, fresh pasta making, Parmigiano tips, balsamic aging samples, wines and gelato.

“Make sure you’re hungry before the tour! This was such a good experience. We had wonderful tortellino and tagliatelle, great wine, and some delicious meats/cheeses with crackers. This is our favorite thing we did in Bologna!”

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5.Venice Street Food Tour with Local Guide with Local Food Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 822 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $53.21

A 2.5-hour guided Venice street food walk from Rialto Market to cicchetti bars, with tastings, local sights, and smart eating tips.

“I definitely recommend this tour! Learned a few things about the city we wouldn’t have known or noticed otherwise. Our guide Denys was very friendly and made sure everyone was included.”

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6.Street Food and Local Market Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 540 reviews · 3 hours · from $81

Palermo street food market tour with a local guide: Capo and Vucciria tastings, secret original arancini, 3 drinks, and dessert.

“Dario was amazing. Very knowledgeable and personable! It was a beautiful tour and the food tastings were delicious! Thank you. Ariverderchi!”

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7.Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with optional Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 515 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $83.44

Florence pasta and tiramisù class with a chef, optional Sant’Ambrogio market sourcing, unlimited wine, and a meal you make.

“What an incredible experience! This pasta and tiramisu cooking class was easily one of the highlights of our trip. From the moment we arrived, the atmosphere was welcoming, relaxed, and full of laughter. Our chef (GUI) was absolutely amazing—so knowledgeable, passionate, and genuinely fun to be around. We learned so much more than just recipes. Gui walked us through every step with clear, hands-on instruction, sharing pro tips and secrets that you just don’t get from cookbooks or YouTube videos. Making fresh pasta from scratch was surprisingly approachable, and the tiramisu… let’s just say it didn’t last long once it was done! Of course, the flowing wine added to the…”

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8.Roman Food Tour with Visit to the Trionfale Food Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 471 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $107.63

Roman Food Tour in Rome with coffee, Bonci pizza, Trionfale Market tastings, and a pasta-and-wine finish at Il Segreto.

“A great experience to get a taste of real Roman cuisine at places you will want to return to! Irene was a vibrant guide who clearly celebrates all that Rome has to offer. Lots of historical information delivered in an engaging way. Exceptionally good value - we did not eat until lunch time the next day!”

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9.Cooking Class with Local Food Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 407 reviews · 3 - 5 hours · from $63

Florence Central Market tour plus hands-on pasta and tiramisù cooking in a Nonna kitchen, ending with Chianti lunch, $63 pp.

“Our teacher Alice was wonderful. Very professional courteous l, and sweet. My brother and I had a lot of fum! Highly recommend thus activity. Thank you”

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10.Rialto Market Food and Wine Lunchtime Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 383 reviews

Rialto Market food and wine walk with cicchetti tastings, Venetian history stops, Marco Polo and Casanova sites, and tiramisu with coffee.

“Julia was an excellent , knowledgeable and friendly guide and the tour felt like great value for money and we got to experience some of the talk Venice and learned some interesting facts that would be very hard to discover without good local knowledge.”

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11.Authentic Roman Cooking Class & Market Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 363 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $225.01

Market-first cooking in Rome for small groups, making 3 homemade pastas plus a main, then a 4-course lunch with wine pairing.

“I had an absolutely wonderful experience! The other participants didn’t show despite waiting 30 minutes for them so I got a private lesson. Luca was a wonderful teacher! And the food was delicious! I look forward to making pasta using what I learned.”

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12.The Original Catania Street Food and Market Tour by Streaty

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 345 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $71.38

3-hour Catania street food tour with a local guide, fish market tastings, arancini, dessert, and drinks included.

“This is a must do in Catania. I can’t say enough about how great the food was and our guide, Gisela, was. She was super knowledgeable, engaging and entertaining. One of the best tour guides we ever had. We even had a very healthy debate on Arancino vs Arancine! 🤌🏼😂”

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