Top San Gimignano Unique Experiences

Discover the art of pasta making and other Italian cooking techniques at a 2-hour class in Tuscany. Visit a winery and learn to create three varieties of pasta plus other Tuscan classics, with guidance from a chef. Then, savor the recipes cooked by our chefs. Afterward, enjoy an estate tour and tastings of 15 home-made winery products, including wines and olive oils. Choose a lunchtime or evening class, with no hotel pickup or drop-off included.

Spend a half-day in the Tuscan countryside learning a new skill with this cooking class in Chianti. Learn the secrets of cooking like a Tuscan in the kitchen of a Renaissance villa. Get hands-on experience with guidance from knowledgeable chef instructors. Prepare either lunch or dinner, depending on the class you choose, and then eat what you've made along with local wine.

Learn how to prepare classic Italian dishes in this half-day Chianti cooking class. Choose from morning or afternoon classes, where you’ll learn how to prepare a pasta dish, sauce, and dessert. Lunch or dinner after the lesson, wine, and all ingredients are included.

Get out of restaurants and cooking classes and into the outdoors for a truffle hunt. With this tour, a guide and truffle-hunting dogs take you to look for white and black truffles while teaching you to identify the trees they grow on. After the hunt is complete, have a lunch of traditional Tuscan food products, and taste local wine, olive oils, vinegar, and truffle oil.

Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive show cooking and taste authentic recipes from San Gimignano treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people. Enjoy a 4-course menu including starter, pasta, main course with side dish, dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from regional cellars and coffee). This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of 1000+ home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Delve into authentic Tuscan cuisine while in San Gimignano with this exclusive pasta-making lesson in a private home. Meet your host and head straight to the kitchen to get to work preparing three different classic pasta dishes from scratch. Perfect your technique so you can turn out fresh pasta like a pro and pair each with the perfect sauce. Cap off your hands-on experience by sampling each of the recipes you’ve prepared paired with local wines.

Skip the busy cooking classes and instead opt for a private culinary immersion in San Gimignano. At a local’s home, benefit from the undivided attention of your instructor as you learn to prepare three traditional dishes, before dining with the family. Few travelers get the opportunity to enjoy such an intimate experience.

Get out of the city for the day and get to know Tuscan cuisine a little better with this cooking class on a historic south Florence estate. Learn the secrets of finding, preparing, and creating meals with the region’s native truffles in a class with your private guide, a professional chef. Sample some of the sumptuous vintage wines produced at this sprawling vineyard estate.

Want to have an Elite Experience? Truffle is one of the rarest and delicious products of the world and tuscany is one of the main truffle exporters. That’s why we have decided to give importance to this typical product, entrusting it with a place of honor. The Experience will start with a tour of our vineyard and olive groves; following a member of the family will briefly introduce you few notions about truffles. During the experience, guests will learn the secrets of truffles, how to clean them and different ways to cook them. We will start with the preparation of antipasti, fresh homemade pasta and a second course that will include the preparation of pork filet with truffle slices and balsamic glaze flavored with truffle, and of course a tasty dessert. At the end of the afternoon in the kitchen, you will relax in one of our private and exclusive rooms while tasting all the things that you’ve cooked paired with our organic wines and extra virgin olive oils.

In thisexperience you will have the chance to experience a relaxing moment suitable for all ages. You will be in first person, accompanied by our staff and very nice dogs, to look for truffles in our truffle forest, next to the green vineyards in the Chianti countryside. You will experience unique emotions by learning to search, recognize and clean the precious truffles. During the truffle hunt, and the subsequent cooking class you will learn in first person to manipulate the truffle, making dishes with our cook who will teach you all the secrets of how to taste it, eat it or keep it. Have lunch in a tuscan winery, tasting the wines produced by the winery for over 13 generations. All completed by visiting the medieval city of San Gimignano, for shopping and to admire the wonders of history and the City. On request is possible to have an exciting Archery experience or an unbelievable Helicopter Wine Tour over San Gimignano and the Chianti's hills.

Craving pasta? Join our family for a 3-hour cooking experience in a typical Tuscan kitchen that overlooks our vineyards and olive trees. You’re going to learn how to make fresh pasta from scratch and all secrets to make it “al dente”. An exclusive cooking class dedicated toTuscan tradition surrounded by the wine and extra virgin olive oil aromas. This experience is a real journey in Tuscan flavors made of simple and fresh ingredients. Besides the cooking experience, you will have the chance to have a real wine tasting with at least four of our organic wines. Morning or afternoon start time is available. Join us! What are you waiting for?

Using the real stems of San Gimignano Saffron DOP guests will start with the preparation of 3 different kinds of Saffron based antipasti, a first traditional dish composed by the preparation of fresh Pasta with saffron and seasonal vegetables, and a second course that will include the preparation of meat with saffron and a side dish. Finally, we will prepare a tasty dessert with Saffron inside.

Want an Elite Experience? The Truffle Cooking Class will start with a tour of our vineyard and olive groves; following a member of the family will briefly introduce you few notions about truffles. During the experience, Guests will learn the secrets of truffles, how to clean them and different ways to cook them. We will start with the preparation of antipasti, a delicious Bruschetta with Lardo di Colonnata and slices of truffle, a first dish composed by the preparation of Tuscan Pasta “Pici”, a second course that will include the preparation of filet with truffle slices and balsamic glaze flavored with truffle, and of course a tasty dessert. Our Chef and a member of the family will guide you through this amazing gourmet experience. At the end of the morning in the kitchen, you will relax in one of our private and exclusive rooms while tasting all the things that you’ve cooked paired with our organic wines and e.v.o. olive oils.

There are three things that put Tuscany on the top list: wine, truffles and cooking. Enjoy the best of those with a beautiful truffle hunting in the countryside followed by a cooking class and a special Wine Tasting.Truffle Hunt is a must try if you visit Tuscany! It’s not easy to find a truffle wood that is open to everybody and that is because truffle is considered a very rare and delicate item. Fly To Wine wanted to give you the chance to live this special experience, that’s why we looked for a private truffle wood to collaborate with. Once you are in Tuscany, don’t miss this one of a kind opportunity!

Fiat 500 represents the emblem of Italian Style. Shape, size and its unique charm make of this car a special and authentic symbol beyond it’s simple use as a vehicle. Ideal both on city’s tiny alleys and on the famous country-side windy roads. Drive through Chianti’s iconic landscape, be part of a magical experience that will throw you back in time. An experienced tour guide will lead you around and show you the way as only a local can. Colorful, unique and fun to be driven, the fiat 500 will certainly find its way to your heart. The tour ends in an organic farm where we will be hosted by a family that has been living there since centuries, producing their own wine, Chianti Classico, but also extra virgin olive oil and honeys. We will have the chance to visit the property including the cellar and then relax in the veranda where a traditional Tuscan lunch will be served, all accompanied by their wines.