Rome Pasta & Spritz Class near Piazza Navona with Dinner

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Duration2h

GroupUp to 12

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You Make the Pasta, You Make the Spritz, You Eat It All in Rome

You learn to make two types of fresh pasta and an Italian Spritz from local chefs in a small group near Piazza Navona, then sit down and eat everything you made with wine and tiramisu included. The class takes a few hours, fits a maximum of twelve people, and dietary options — vegetarian, gluten-free pasta, alcohol-free — are available if you mention them when you book.

Step-by-step itinerary

Hands-on pasta and Spritz workshop

Arrive near Piazza Navona
Learn to make the perfect Spritz
Prepare Italian pasta dough
Shape and cut fettuccine and maltagliati
Enjoy bruschetta starter
Savor fettuccine with tomatoes and basil
Savor maltagliati with basil pesto
Eat classic tiramisù dessert
Drink wine and choose limoncello or coffee

The Experience

"So you're actually going to teach us how to do this?" The instructor nods, hands you a ball of dough, and suddenly you're standing in a kitchen near Piazza Navona learning to shape fettuccine by hand. The class is small — no more than twelve people — so there's room to move, ask questions, and actually watch what your hands are doing instead of craning your neck over someone's shoulder. You start with the Spritz, the drink that tastes like summer in Italy, and by the time you've made it once you understand why it's three parts, not four, and why the proportions matter.

Then comes the pasta. You mix flour and eggs into a dough that feels nothing like what you expected — it's rough at first, then smooth, then you're rolling it out and cutting it into fettuccine and maltagliati, the irregular pasta shape that's easier to make than it looks. The chefs move through the room, adjusting your grip, showing you the angle, letting you feel the difference between a cut that works and one that doesn't. It takes maybe an hour, maybe a bit more. Your hands get dusted with flour. Someone laughs when their pasta tears. It's the kind of thing that sounds small until you're doing it.

After the hands-on work, you sit down at a table with the people you just cooked alongside. Your fettuccine comes out with tomato and basil, your maltagliati with basil pesto. There's bruschetta, a glass of wine or soft drink if you prefer, and tiramisu at the end. Limoncello or coffee to finish. The food tastes different when you made it, even if it's simple — you notice the texture of the pasta, the way the sauce clings to it, things you'd skip over at a restaurant. The location, steps from one of Rome's most crowded squares, means you're in the center of the city but inside a space that feels separate from it.

What’s included

Your day includes the welcome Spritz you make yourself, bruschetta with tomatoes and basil, freshly made fettuccine with tomato and basil sauce, freshly made maltagliati with basil pesto, a glass of Italian wine or soft drink, tiramisu for dessert, and your choice of Limoncello or hot coffee.
Water is available throughout.
All ingredients and instruction are provided.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Eat and Walk Italy

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to learn something real about Italian cooking without spending a full day in a kitchen, and you'd rather not eat alone after — the meal at the end is part of the point, and the small group means you're eating with people you just cooked alongside.