Viareggio Market Tour & 3-Course Dinner: Cook Locally

Taste seasonal secrets and savor a 3-course feast with new friends in Viareggio

A four-hour market tour and cooking experience in Viareggio where you shop for seasonal ingredients at the local market, then prepare and eat a 3-course meal (starter, pasta and tiramisu) in a Cesarina's home alongside other travelers who love Italian food. Wine, water and coffee come with the meal, and you leave with an official Cesarine shopping bag.

The experience

The morning or afternoon starts at the vibrant local market in Viareggio, where your Cesarina guide walks you through the seasonal produce and explains the secret ingredients that anchor regional cooking. You are not watching from the side. You are shopping alongside her, picking what will go into the meal you will make together. This is the part most visitors miss. The market is where Italian home cooks actually plan their food, and seeing it through her eyes changes how you think about the ingredients themselves.

From the market, you head to her home to cook. A 3-course meal means a starter, a pasta course made from the recipes in her family cookbooks, and tiramisu for dessert. You work in her kitchen with the other guests, the group stays small, and the meal is not a demonstration you watch. It is something you make. Wine, water and coffee come with it, and the eating happens at her table, the way Italians actually do it. The Cesarina's home is the real thing: not a cooking school or a restaurant, but a private kitchen where someone who knows this food teaches you by doing it together.

This is built around meeting people. You arrive as strangers and leave as friends who shared a meal and learned how one Italian family eats. The official Cesarine shopping bag is a small thing, but it marks you as part of a network of travelers and hosts across Italy who believe food is the best way to understand a place.

What’s included

• Local market tour with your Cesarina guide.
• 3-course lunch or dinner (starter, pasta, tiramisu) in her home.
• wine, water and coffee.
• official Cesarine shopping bag.
• the chance to cook and eat alongside other guests who share your passion for Italian food.

Options for this experience

2 options

Dining experience at a Cesarina's home in Viareggio with a small group market tourGuide in English or Italian · Available from 2 Jan 2027

Market + dinnerGuide in English or Italian · Available from 2 Jan 2027

You pick the guide language when booking.

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Before you book

Days and timesNext departure: 2 Jan 2027

Book up to10h before

AgesAdult (9 and older) · Child (4 to 8 years) · Infant (under 4): free

GroupUp to 12 · max 8 per booking

Live guideEnglish and Italian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effortPublic transport nearby

Operated by Cesarine: Cooking Class

Is this one for you?The small group size and the hands-on cooking mean you are not sitting through a demonstration. You are actually making the meal in a real home kitchen, which is what sets this apart from a restaurant or a cooking class in a commercial space.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (4 to 8 years); Infant (under 4): free.

What exactly do I cook during the meal in the Cesarina's home?

You prepare a starter, a pasta dish from your host's family cookbooks, and tiramisu for dessert. The Cesarina chooses the recipes based on what you found at the market and what is in season.

How many other people will be in the group cooking and eating together?

The group stays small so there is room to work in the kitchen and talk at the table. You are cooking alongside other travelers who love Italian food, not in a large class.

What is included to drink during the meal?

Wine, water and coffee come with the 3-course meal. The wine pairs with the courses your Cesarina has chosen.

Do I need to know how to cook to join this experience?

No. The Cesarina teaches you as you cook together, and the experience is suitable for all physical fitness levels. You learn by doing, not by prior skill.

Is the market tour part of the same four hours, or does it happen separately?

The market tour and the cooking and meal all happen within the same four-hour block. You shop first, then move to the home to cook and eat.