Oltrarno at sunset:
A private Florence food tour after dark
Destination
Florence, Italy
Duration
3.5 hours
Tour size
Max 6
Language
English
Overview
Cross the river into Oltrarno and Florence loosens its collar: quieter piazzas, smaller tables, the restaurants locals actually keep to themselves. This private Florence food tour gives you the neighborhood for an evening, your own guide and a progressive Tuscan dinner that builds to a Florentine steak.
- •Wander Oltrarno after dark with a guide whose evening is yours alone
- •Sip prosecco poured through a centuries-old wine window, sized for a single glass
- •Mix a Negroni, Florence's own cocktail, and drink it with schiacciata and cold cuts
- •Sit down to bistecca alla fiorentina at a trattoria tied to Napoleon's sister
- •Eat across five family-run spots, from Chianti Classico to a last scoop of gelato
What's included
- Private guide for your group only
- 8+ food tastings and 4 drinks across 5 small businesses (a full meal)
- Guided walking tour of Oltrarno
Get a taste of Oltrarno at sunset
What to expect
A local wine bar: the Tuscan evening, started slowly
Your guide opens the night at a wine bar on the quiet side of the river, where the regulars are Florentine. Over a glass of Chianti Classico you'll taste regional cheeses, bruschette, and warm focaccia. It's a slow, deliberate start, the way a good evening in Florence is supposed to begin.
A wine window and a Negroni: two Florentine rituals
You'll step up to a wine window, a small arched opening in a stone wall, and watch a glass of prosecco appear from the other side as it has for centuries. Then, inside a neighborhood bar, you'll build a Negroni, the gin, vermouth, and Campari drink the city claims as its own, served with schiacciata and cold cuts. Your guide carries the history of both, so each ritual comes with its story.
"I've lived in this neighborhood for decades. The bar owners are my neighbors, so when I bring guests, they cook the way they'd cook for me."
Lorenzo,
WalksDevour guide
"Everyone wants the steak, and they should. But it's the wine window that stops them, that little hatch in the wall pouring prosecco like it's 1600."
Marilisa,
WalksDevour guide
Recent reviews & recommendations
Frequently asked questions
Our guides love answering your questions. Here are some things they'd like you to know before you arrive.
Seize every moment in Florence
Private Tuscany day trip from Florence: Siena, Chianti, and San Gimignano
Private Florence in a day tour: David, Botticelli, and Brunelleschi's dome
VIP David & Duomo tour: Above the crowds, inside the dome
