Florence: Pasta Class & Tuscan Wine Tasting with Museum

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Duration3h 30m

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Make Pasta in a Florence Palace, Then Drink Wine From the Farm That Grew It

You visit the Pasta Museum with an expert guide, then spend an hour learning to roll and shape fresh pasta by hand under instruction. Afterward you sit down and eat what you made, with dessert and a tasting of five organic Tuscan wines from the family farm. The full meal is included; you don't need to arrange food or transport separately. Book ahead, as groups are small and dates fill quickly.

3h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Pasta class and wine tasting in Florence

Arrive at historic palace near Duomo
Visit Pasta Museum with expert guide
Learn to make fresh pasta by hand
Enjoy pasta meal together
Taste five organic Tuscan wines
Access shop for wines and pasta tools

The Experience

So you're standing in this 16th-century palazzo steps from the Duomo, and someone hands you a rolling pin. That's when it clicks — you're actually going to make pasta from scratch, not watch someone else do it. The morning starts in the Pasta Museum upstairs, where a guide walks you through antique tools and explains how Italians have been shaping dough for centuries. It's the kind of detail that makes the hands-on part make sense instead of just feeling like a cooking class.

Then you tie on an apron and get to work. A professional instructor shows you how to knead the dough, roll it thin enough to see through, and cut it into shapes — ravioli, tortelli, fettuccine, whatever you're making that day. Your hands get messy. You probably won't get it perfect, and that's fine; the instructor corrects you without making it weird. After about an hour of actual work, you sit down at a table with the other people in your group and eat what you just made. There's tomato sauce, butter and sage, parmigiano, ricotta. It tastes different when it's yours.

The wine part comes after lunch. Five organic Tuscan wines from the family farm that runs the whole experience — native grape varieties, the kind you don't find in every wine bar. You taste them one by one, and someone explains what you're tasting without turning it into a lecture. Dessert is chocolate salami, which sounds weirder than it is. By the end you can buy bottles to take home, or pasta tools, at prices that reflect the fact that you're buying directly from the people who made the experience.

The whole thing takes a few hours. There's a €20 payment to the Cultural Association that manages part of it — you'll get a receipt on site. Minimum group size applies, so if the booking doesn't fill they'll contact you to reschedule or refund. Check your messages after you book in case timing shifts.

What’s included

Your experience includes entry to the Pasta Museum with an expert guide, a hands-on pasta-making class with a professional instructor, a full Italian-style meal featuring the pasta you prepared, dessert, a tasting of five organic Tuscan wines from the family farm, and access to the shop for wine and pasta tool purchases at special prices. A €20 payment to the Cultural Association is required on site.

Good to know

Stroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Dalle Nostre Mani

Is this one for you?Pick this if you want to actually make pasta instead of just eating it, and you'd rather learn in a real palazzo near the Duomo than in a tourist kitchen — the museum visit first means you understand what you're doing with your hands, not just following steps.