Top Verona Lunch

Take back home more than just memories of Italy’s food by also learning how to make it from scratch with this private cooking class in Verona. Visit the home of a local cook who will show you how to make handmade pasta and tiramisu from typical Italian recipes. After the lesson, check your work with a meal of the dishes you made.

Learn how to authentically make two common Italian foods in their country of origin in a local home with this private cooking class in Verona. Follow your teacher’s guidance as you make pizza and tiramisu from scratch at home the local way. End the class by dining on the meal you’ve created and take your newfound knowledge home with you so that you can share your new skills.

Hunt for fresh, local truffles in the countryside surrounding Verona during this private truffle-hunting tour and tasting. Get help from a truffle-sniffing dog as you scour the forests. Then, enjoy a guided tasting of truffle with fresh pasta and local cheese and salumi paired with wine. During out-of-season tours, truffle-hunting is replaced with a tour of the vineyard, cellars, and farmhouse.

Follow the journey of how Italian dishes are prepared and learn about Italian culture in the process with this shared market tour and dining experience in Verona. Visit a market in Verona with a local cook as they highlight the region’s seasonal produce and then watch them prepare an authentic regional meal that you get to enjoy at the end.

Explore the romantic city of Verona on this guided walking tour. Discover why Shakespeare wrote about the city and why UNESCO listed it as a World Heritage Site as you walk past monuments, busy squares, and quaint alleyways. Then head to the Verona Arena with skip-the-line access to marvel at the ancient Roman amphitheater constructed in pink marble as your guide informs you of its history and stories.

Italy is known for its wine, and with this tour, you'll get an insider's look at wine production from grape to bottle. You'll travel through the Amarone, with stops at two wineries for tastings. Then you'll sit down for a lunch of local cuisine paired with Valpolicella wine, followed by a visit to a third winery to learn more about viticulture still.

Pair light exercise with nature and history and a little bit of wine on this fun half-day electric bicycle tour through Valpolicella's vineyard-blanketed hills. Pedal through the beautiful countryside of low-rolling hills and then stop to sample some locally made wine at a vineyard while learning about the typical characteristics of the region's wine from an expert sommelier. Numbers are limited to twelve people on this small-group tour, ensuring you receive personalized attention from your guide.

Experience the place where Valpolicella wines have been artfully made for centuries on this half-day, guided winery tour and visit the hamlet of San Giorgio di Valpolicella. Sample Italian wines paired with bread and cheese and hear about the local harvesting and wine-making history and processes from a local sommelier. Learn about the countryside and enjoy a walk in the hamlet streets.

Valpolicella is one of Italy’s most important wine countries, and its scenic hills are dotted with traditional, family-run cellars. With this experience, visit one of these small wineries and learn about how the wines are produced and aged directly from the winemaker. Discover the history of the family and its estate, and end with a guided wine tasting paired with extra-virgin olive oil and local cheese and salami.

Touch on the highlights of Lake Garda without the hassle of arranging transportation and logistics with this excursion from Verona. Set off for Sirmione, where you’ll hop on a boat to cruise around its peninsula and take in views of the castle from the water. Then join your guide for a stroll through the medieval old town to learn about its fascinating history and browse the shops.

Get a feel for the atmosphere of Verona on this short walking tour that covers the city center’s highlights. In addition to navigating, your guide offers trivia and stories often missed by visitors about each landmark on the itinerary, from one of the largest amphitheaters in Italy to the balcony that inspired Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Get familiar with wonderful Verona, an eye-pleasing ancient city that offers churches and palaces, squares and cobblestoned streets. This guided tour gives you an in-depth look at Verona as you explore its highlights including the 2,000-year-old Arena di Verona and Juliet's balcony. Numbers are limited to 12 people on this small-group tour, ensuring a more personalized experience.

Learn about the romance, drama and family feuds of Verona that led Shakespeare to choose the city as the setting for Romeo and Juliet. Start your guided tour at the famous Arena, which was built before Rome’s Colosseum and is still used for cultural events.

Connect with a passionate home cook in the town of Avesa near Verona and learn how to make classic Italian dishes while enjoying a charming view over the rooftops with this hands-on cooking class. Roll out fresh pasta, simmer up sauces, and layer a luscious tiramisù under the guidance of your host and instructor in her panoramic kitchen, then sample your handiwork over lunch.

See how some traditional Italian dishes are prepared before getting to eat them with this private cooking demonstration and dining experience in Verona. While enjoying some local hospitality, watch as a local home cook shows you how they prepare dishes based on family recipes, then dine on the 4-course meal they’ve made for you.

In this experience you will have the opportunity to taste 3 young wines of the area, a welcome bubble, a rosé wine and a white wine, coming from agricultural realities in the area; you will be able to appreciate the fresh scents and fruity aromas of young and lively wines, in the hinterland of Lake Garda. Everything will be accompanied by a tasting plate of handmade tortellini, choosing the taste a la carte, to better savor the food and wine excellences of our territory. Before or after the experience, you can visit Valeggio and Borghetto sul Mincio, two villages that offer landscapes, culture and food and wine of Italian excellence.

Learn the secret to making great pasta during a private cooking class in Verona, taught by a “cesarina,” or home cook. Follow three regional recipes and discover tricks of the trade. Each participant is equipped with utensils and ingredients at a personal workstation during the 4-hour lesson. You’ll prepare authentic Italian pastas, then taste each delicious dish, accompanied by a selection of local wine—a unique cultural immersion.

Get a taste for Italy—literally—by preparing and sampling some authentic Veneto dishes. On this immersive cooking class in Verona, you’ll be treated to a private demonstration, some insider secrets, and the chance to get hands-on by whipping up your own dishes at your cesarina’s (chef’s) home. Enjoy sampling the three dishes afterwards, washed down by local wines.

Discover Tuscany's culinary delights in a personalized way with the help of a Cesarina. This passionate home cook is part of a carefully selected network and will reveal his or her favorite market and specialty shops on a walking food tour through medieval Montepulciano. Fresh ingredients in hand, help prepare three classic Tuscan dishes back at your host’s home kitchen for an authentic meal paired with the region’s celebrated wine.

Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive show cooking and taste authentic recipes from Varese 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 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.

Experience Italy beyond its tourist sights with this exclusive home dining experience with local hosts in Campagnano di Roma, just outside the capital city. Be welcomed into a private home and watch as your host prepares a variety of local dishes, picking up tips and techniques as you relax over a glass of wine. Then gather around the table together like old friends for an informal, family-style meal.

Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive cooking demo and taste authentic recipes 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.

Add two of Italy’s most beloved dishes to your kitchen repertoire with this hands-on cooking class in Verona. Join a local host and instructor in her home and get to work preparing two different types of fresh pasta and authentic tiramisù from scratch. Pick up tips and techniques to recreate these classic recipes, then sample your handiwork with a festive tasting to cap off the lesson.