Florence Market & Gourmet Food Tour

BUY THIS SERVICE CHOOSE DATE CHOOSE TIME Select... 09:00 AM 09:30 AM 10:00 AM NUMBER OF PEOPLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GUIDES Filippo B. B. Vanessa H. Lawrence D. Sandro B. TESTIMONIALS We had been in Tuscany several times before, but our week with you opened new vistas all around and taught us many things about food, wine, art and the colours of Tuscan life. Not a dull moment! Everything far exceeded expectations -Jan Wendel MAP VIDEO

ABOUT THIS SERVICE Florence Market Tour and Gourmet Food Shop Highlights Private walking tour of market and gourmet food shops Local expert food tour guide Farm-to-table Italian produce Fresh fruits and vegetables Delicious Tuscan prosciutto and pecorino cheese Florence Market Tour and Gourmet Food Shops 1/2 Day Tour Program Your day of endless new tastes, smells, sights and sounds begins when you meet your English-speaking guide in the Florence city center. Together with your knowledgeable, friendly Florence native guide, you set out across the city to experience the best in fresh, seasonal produce and products that the city has to offer. Before your actual market tour, your guide might first stop in to a charming Florentine cafe where you can sip a cappuccino and eat a delicious local pastry and discuss this essential Italian morning ritual. Next up is the bustling, brimming Florence market. Loose yourself in the overwhelming sights and smells of this extraordinary, historic market place. On request, the vendors are sure to give you a sampling of some of their special products such as wild boar prosciutto, pecorino sheep cheese, or vine ripe tomatoes. After the market you will visit a more refined gourmet food shop, and discuss the ingredients that go into the traditional Tuscan dishes. You will have plenty of time to purchase unique gourmet food gifts to take back home with you or enjoy later at your hotel. The market tour ends outside a local trattoria, where you can dine on the traditional Tuscan dishes you have been learning about. From Farm-to-Table at the Florence Market A chain supermarket at home is one thing. A historic Italian food market is another. Modern supermarkets offer inexhaustible panoramas and endless varieties of foods both raw and prepared. But even the freshest among these have been kept for days, weeks or months in a state of pseudo freshness by refrigeration or powerful chemical decay retardants. At source flavors, those right off the tree, out of the ground don't last very long. That's where the Florence market comes in: a place where the stalls are heaped with produce raised in the green belt around the city and brought in before dawn by the producers. The Florence market offers everything from fruits and vegetables, fish, fresh meat, salt-cured meat, cheese, and much more in a true Italian farm-to-table experience.   What's Included in the Florence Market Tour English-speaking tour guide knowledgeable about local products and gourmet food (approx 3 hours). Visit to the Florence Market, a charming cafe, and at least one gourmet food shop (tastings not included). Suggestions for lunch at a local restaurant (meal not included). Our pampering care!   Price per person (including taxes and fees), based on a booking of: 1 pax Eur 220 - 2 pax Eur 125 - 3 pax Eur 89 - 4 pax Eur 75 - 5 pax Eur 65 - 6 pax Eur 59 - 7 pax Eur 59 - 8 pax Eur 55 - 9 pax Eur 55 - 10 pax Eur 49 - 11 pax Eur 49 - 12 pax Eur 45 -   Terms and Conditions

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