Food And Drink in Italy

Italy's food programmes split by region, and wine comes first. Ninety minutes with a sommelier in Florence costs 71 dollars, as does a tasting at the Ripalte winery in Tuscany. Half a day through Chianti out of Florence runs 58 dollars over five and a half hours, and a day among Tuscan estates 105 over five. Prosecco in the Veneto is its own line: seven and a half hours, 142 dollars.

The second line is cooking. A market tour followed by a pasta class in Florence takes four hours at 179 dollars; a three-hour class on traditional recipes, 134. In Sorrento they teach Neapolitan pizza: ninety minutes, 77 dollars. Groups stay small and tables at the venues are booked ahead.

The third is street food and neighbourhoods. A walk through Trastevere and Campo de' Fiori in Rome, stopping at the stalls, runs three hours at 99 dollars; a Naples street food tour, two and a half hours at 50. A tasting in Pisa comes bundled with a ticket for the leaning tower: two hours, 86 dollars. GetExperience lists 96 food-and-drink programmes in Italy, from 50 to 438 dollars; dietary restrictions should be flagged in advance. Dates are picked in the calendar, with online card payment.