Italian Food Tour: Sant’Ambrogio Market Delights

Embark on a private food tour in Florence with expert host Giulia. Explore local dining, taste delicious Italian baked goods, visit the Sant’Ambrogio market, and indulge in 5-6 different types of food accompanied by wine.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Basilica of Santa Croce - This is where you will meet your host Martina at the start of the tour.
What's Included
  • Private guided tour of Florence with a local expert
  • Tasting of 5-6 different types of local food
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Additional Information

Enjoy a private food tour with your fun and knowledgeable host Martina. Your first food stop will an Italian bakery where you will taste savory or sweet baked goods. Next, explore the Sant’Ambrogio market. Here you will not only discover a variety of typical Italian produce but also get an in-depth understanding of the way locals buy, eat and cook food….

Location
Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence
Piazza di Santa Croce
AM Tour (11am): Piazza Santa Croce in front of Dante's statue PM Tour (3pm): Piazza della Repubblica, next to the Column of the Abundance
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Paulnp4034xz
Sep 26, 2025
Florence Market and Food Tour with Martina - Martina is absolutely delightful, extremely knowledgeable, and we had the best time with her. We loved that the tour was in the Marcato Sant’Ambrogio, which was an authentic Florentine experience and less touristy than Marcato Centrale. Martina had great rapport with the market vendors, and the forno and trattoria owners, which made us feel extremely welcomed. Upon my request, we started with a stop at Sergio Pollini Lampredotto stand. While not for everyone, if you’re an adventurous eater, this is a must do! This is true Florence history in a sandwich and super delicious. From there we toured the market, bought some fresh produce, meats, cheeses, wine and figs and we ate at the market while having wonderful conversation with Martina. The next stop was a wonderful little trattoria where we tried two different types of freshly made pasta and tasted some excellent wine. We finished at a tasty gelato shop and then parted ways with a hug and an offer for Martina to call us when she comes to the US and we’ll give her a tour of one of the cities on her list!
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William_m
Jun 7, 2024
Perfect taste of Florence - Our tour guide, Martina, was the perfect mix of knowledge and great personality! Also, her selections of the local market and bistros were perfect. We would highly recommend Martina and the tour.
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E5089xalaurah
May 27, 2024
Florence highlight! - By far the best thing we did in Italy! Learning about history and culture through food with Linda was an incredible experience. She is knowledgeable, fun, generous, and brilliant. Linda took me, my husband and my two adult children through the Florence market. We ate, we learned, we drank, and we laughed. We didn’t want it to end. Will not travel to Italy again without another experience with Linda. Cannot recommend highly enough!
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Michelle_w
May 7, 2024
Florence Food Tour - Martina was excellent! All Our food stops and the central market were so good. Her local knowledge made the tour that much better.
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Jamil_t
Apr 30, 2024
Wonderful Experience - This didn’t involve the Duomo or the Baptistry or any other major tourist attractions (obviously if you read the description) BUT this was probably one of our favorite parts of the trip to Florence, and even Italy. We tried small tastes of multiple dishes from different small local restaurants and markets. Every local knew our guide (Martina) and it was amazing to live the real daily Florentine/Italian experience through her. And speaking of Martina, she was amazing! I swear we found a lost member of our family 🙂 Overall an amazing morning-early afternoon and even 3 hours isn’t enough since you won’t want it to end!
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Briangalante
Jun 4, 2023
Buono! - Guilia was incredible. She communicated with us before the tour, and the meeting place was very clear. We loved every stop, every moment of the tour. After we were done, Guilia sent us a list of all of the stops, and we went back to the restaurant and the gelato shop the next day! Arrive hungry…it’s a lot of food, but so worth it! And Guilia even helped us with our Italian lessons! Highly recommended.
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Deborah_s
May 6, 2023
Recommend Guila - Guila was fantastic. She has such great knowledge of food, the local area as well as the history and a wonderful sense of humor. She made us feel at ease and although we tried everything she put before us we had our favorite and least favorite foods. Thanks Guila for a wonderful time out.
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Bradley_w
Oct 3, 2022
Fantastic Food Tour! - Martina was a fantastic guide through the market in Florence. We enjoyed her perspective on food and loved eating all of the food she got for us. She made it to easy to navigate the market and restaurants to try all the food and understand how it relates to Florence and it’s culture. Would 100% recommend for any traveler wanting to know more about Florence food and get a local perspective from a great person.
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Navigate382071
Mar 14, 2022
Fabulous Tour Guide! - Martina was fabulous! She had a vibrant personality and a real love for the Florentine culture. She was extremely knowledgeable and kept the tour light and fun while treating us to her favorite spots in Florence. 10/10 would recommend taking a tour with Martina!
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From $179
up to 14 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).