Is the meeting point included in the listing?

Meeting point details are not provided in the item summary; confirm the exact start location when you book.

Can I accommodate dietary restrictions?

Yes — speak to the guide before the tour so tastings can be adapted when possible.

What is the group size?

The tour is private for one to six people.

Florence Street Food Walking Tour: Medieval Flavors from Lampredotto to Duomo

Walk Florence’s medieval heart on a three-hour private street food tour that reads like a culinary map of the city’s social history. Beginning in the center of Firenze, Toscana, Italy, this Portuguese language experience for one to six people threads narrow alleys, market stalls and rarely seen towers as you taste the city’s working class heritage: lampredotto, trippa, pappa al pomodoro and panino Peposo, plus crostini, schiacciata, coccole and a final seasonal dolce. Three glasses of local wine and a coffee with pastry or gelato are included.

Your guide narrates how Florentine confraternities and medieval kitchens shaped daily life, pointing out Santa Margherita — cited in Dan Brown’s Inferno — the house of Dante Alighieri and the corner where Dante met Beatrice. You will pass the Pagliazza tower and other surviving torre, move through neighborhood fairs and food markets, and arrive at Piazza del Duomo with a richer sense of how food, faith and civic life have interacted since the Middle Ages.

What sets this walk apart from standard food tours is the way street food is treated as living social history. Lampredotto, a slow simmered cow stomach sandwich, is presented not as a novelty but as continuity: a working stall, a simple sauce, a local ritual. Ribollita and pappa al pomodoro tell the same story of peasant thrift turned local pride. The route privileges small vendors and family run kiosks rather than tourist traps, and the private format means tastings can be adjusted for seasonality and personal taste.

Practical details are straightforward: the experience lasts approximately three hours, is led in Portuguese and runs year round except Sundays. Meeting point details are not listed in the item summary, so confirm the exact start location when you reserve. Expect uneven, cobbled streets and narrow sidewalks; comfortable shoes and a light jacket in cooler months are sensible. Bring an appetite and an open mind — some flavors may surprise you.

Included on the route is a local guide in Portuguese who leads all tastings and shares printed notes in Portuguese. Typical stops include a breakfast coffee with pastry or gelato, schiacciata and coccole, crostini, seasonal soups like ribollita, and a selection of three local wines. Portions are sampling size to let you try many dishes. Group size is limited to one to six guests to keep the experience intimate.

Florence Street Food Walking Tour: Medieval Flavors from Lampredotto to Duomo

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