Florence: Truffle Steak & Wine Dinner Tour with Cellar Tasting

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Duration3h 30m

GroupUp to 10

LanguagesEN

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Florentine steak truffle pasta wine cellars & artisan gelato night

You’ll wander Florence by night with a local guide, tasting truffle pasta made before your eyes, sipping Chianti from centuries-old cellars, and sharing laughs over rare Florentine steak. Expect stories behind every bite — plus artisan gelato as you stroll past glowing palaces. This tour isn’t just about eating; it’s about feeling Florence come alive through its flavors.

3h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Florence food and wine tasting tour

Meet at Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini
Visit historic Florentine bakery
Taste coccoli with prosciutto and stracchino
Taste wines at family-run wine shop
Taste Chianti Classico, Riserva, Supertuscan
Taste organic wines and truffle pasta
Enjoy Tagliolini al Tartufo and Tortelli Mugellani
Drink Chianti at centuries-old wine window
Taste Florentine steak in Pucci cellar
Enjoy artisan gelato from top gelateria

The Experience

Someone’s handing me a warm coccolo, still steaming a little in the cool air near San Lorenzo. The bakery smells like sourdough and butter — I can’t help but eat it too fast, even though our guide Matteo says to slow down and pair it with the prosciutto. He’s right; the salty meat and soft cheese together are something else. I’m already grinning, not just from the food but because Matteo keeps tossing in stories about his grandmother’s kitchen and how you’re supposed to eat with your hands here. There’s flour dust on my sleeve. I don’t care.

We duck into a wine shop run by a father and son who argue (in that friendly Italian way) about which Chianti is best for tonight’s weather. The son pours me a glass of Super Tuscan while his dad insists I try their Riserva first — so I do both. The shop is packed with bottles up to the ceiling, old labels curling at the edges, and there’s this faint scent of cork and stone. Someone asks about the Medici family and suddenly we’re talking about history over sips of red wine, which feels exactly right for Florence.

I didn’t expect to watch fresh tagliolini get tossed with truffle shavings right in front of us — that earthy smell hits before you even taste it. We sit around a wooden table, passing plates of Mugellani ravioli stuffed with wild boar, trying orange wine (never had that before). Matteo teases me for not knowing how to twirl pasta properly; honestly, I still don’t. Then we head through these tiny streets where people are out walking dogs or just chatting under streetlights. At some point we stop at one of those ancient wine windows — he calls them buchette del vino — and I get my Chianti poured straight through the wall. It’s weirdly fun.

The cellar under what used to be Pucci’s place is cool and smells like old wood and peppery steak fat. They bring out this Florentine steak — rare in the middle, crusty on the outside — paired with another glass of wine (I lost count). Everyone goes quiet for a second when they taste it; maybe it’s just hunger or maybe it’s how good beef tastes after all that walking. We end up outside again with gelato dripping down my hand because I picked pistachio (always melts faster), standing by the Medici Chapel where everything glows gold in the streetlights. Sometimes you travel for sights but sometimes it’s just for flavors you can’t shake off later.

What’s included

Your evening includes tastings of handmade truffle pasta and Mugellani ravioli with wild boar.
five Tuscan wines including Chianti Classico and Super Tuscan poured in historic cellars.
legendary Florentine steak cooked rare.
stops at iconic wine windows.
strolls past Medici Riccardi Palace and Mercato Centrale.
plus artisan gelato from one of Florence's best gelaterias—all led by an English-speaking local guide who shares stories along every step.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Florence Food Tours by Eating Europe