Top Lombardy Dining Experiences

Get an inside look at Italian cuisine on this private dining experience in Lake Maggiore. The tour begins at a local market, where your guide offers tips for navigating the vendors and choosing the freshest ingredients. Afterwards, head to your guide’s kitchen for an intimate cooking demonstration and freshly-prepared four-course meal. In addition to a souvenir tote and apron, take home the secrets of preparing authentic Italian cuisine.

There’s no better place than Italy to make pizza, so when you’re in Milan, opt for a cooking class and learn to make it with your own hands. With a local chef, you’ll create a classic Neapolitan pizza and a tiramisu dessert from scratch, enjoying wine and conversation as you work. Insider tips on Milan restaurants, markets, and ingredients are covered, too.

Discover the rich flavors of Italian wines with our exclusive wine tasting experience in Milan, guided by a professional sommelier. Enjoy expertly paired Italian finger foods designed to elevate each wine's unique characteristics, creating a harmonious and memorable tasting journey. Book now for an intimate, educational, and indulgent experience that will leave you with lasting memories of Milan's culinary excellence.

On your Lake Garda vacation in Desenzano, take a pass on the tourist wine and sample the wine from the local region instead. Taking place in a generations-old family winery, the experience includes a tour of vineyards and cellars to learn about the family’s sustainable wine-production methods and wine that results from it. Up to four samples are included, along with a platter of traditional sliced meat and cheese.

Food is a big part of Italian culture, but many travelers experience it just by eating out. This Milan cooking class, led by a local chef, gives you the know-how to create some classic Italian dishes yourself, so you can recreate Italy’s famous flavors back home. In a professional kitchen in Milan, prepare three traditional plates, then sit and savor them at the end.

Enjoy a wine and food tasting experience in Bergamo. Sample a selection of regional wines and traditional delicacies, including cured meats and cheeses.

Learn to create classic dishes of the Lombardy region with a small-group cooking class in Lake Como. A member of the acclaimed Cesarine network of chefs will welcome you into their home for a lesson in Milanese-style cuisine as you help prepare a 3-course menu featuring northern Italian favorites such as a seasonal starter, various kinds of fresh pasta, and a local dessert such as a *torta miascia*, *cutizza* pancake, or tiramisu. When the cooking’s done, sit down with your host and small group to enjoy the homemade meal with wine.

Food is the cornerstone of Italian culture, and this cooking class in Milan covers a few important dishes. Master the art of Milanese cooking as you prepare dishes from scratch, such as ravioli and fresh tagliatelle, plus a classic tiramisu, alongside a professional chef. Then, enjoy the fruits of your labor paired with unlimited Italian wines.

Enrico Rizzi’s Chocolate Factory (La Fabbrica del Cioccolato) has become a popular Milan attraction, enticing both locals and travelers alike with its bean-to-bar laboratory and chocolate tastings. Secure your preferred date online to avoid missing out. Then, enjoy quick and easy access to this world of Italian chocolate in Milan’s central Ticinese neighborhood. Nice touch: All visits end with a tasting.

Be welcomed into a local home and connect with hosts in Desenzano del Garda with this exclusive home cooking demonstration and either lunch or dinner. Gather in your host’s kitchen to watch as they prepare a variety of traditional dishes, then feast on four courses served family-style and paired with regional wines. Make new friends and go beyond Lake Garda’s sights while learning about the local cuisine.

See Milan's main sights and landmarks and take advantage of your skip-the-line admission to Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' by booking this action-packed, small-group tour. Follow your knowledgeable guide through the streets of Milan, stopping at spots like La Scala opera house, the magnificent gothic Duomo and Sforza Castle. And then stroll right past the line to see the Da Vinci masterpiece depicting Jesus and his disciples eating their last supper.

Connect with a passionate home cook in Varenna on Lake Como to discover the secrets to making flawless pasta and authentic tiramisù from scratch. Join your host in her home kitchen to hone your skills at rolling and shaping fresh pasta and assembling luscious tiramisù, then relax over lunch or dinner to sample your handiwork served with local wines and Italian espresso.

You will try the experience of visiting a recently restored Austrian fort of 1861, a place of timeless charm, where you can taste the best organic wines and local products, to understand the soul and spirit of an authentic reality.

See Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper and La Scala opera house with a local guide on this half-day tour in Milan, and learn the history behind each of the sights. With a pre-booked ticket, you'll avoid the main entrance lines to see the ‘The Last Supper’ — a painting that attracts scores of visitors. In addition to spending some time with the masterpiece, you'll also explore La Scala Theater, the glamorous shopping arcade of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, and the Milan Duomo.

Autumn time Escape Milan and discover the golden beauty of Oltrepò Pavese, just 20 minutes from Milan Central by train. Join us for a relaxed, personal countryside experience in a small group, visiting a beautiful family vineyard , lunch and fantastic views , Taste wonderful regional wines with delicious pairings, discover the stories and traditions behind them, and enjoy a leisurely local lunch. A chance to slow down, breathe, taste and experience the real Italy. Optional cooking lessons available.

Step into a local's home in Como to learn how to make fresh pasta and a classic tiramisu. In an intimately sized small group of just 12 people, you'll hear the tricks to roll fresh pasta by hand, and create two dishes as you learn about Lombardy food from your English-speaking Cesarina host — part of a network of home cooks who preserve regional culinary traditions.

Discover the culinary side of Como–and learn new skills–in this small-group cooking class. Step inside the home of a local chef, discover traditional Italian cooking techniques, and sample new flavors and ingredients you might otherwise have missed. Make two traditional pasta dishes and a tiramisu dessert from scratch and enjoy them with a glass or two of Prosecco along the way.

Make two fresh pasta dishes by hand during a small-group cooking class in Varenna, Lake Como. You’ll skip the impersonal feel of a larger cooking class, and rustle up creations in the home of a local, who is part of the Cesarine network of Italian home cooks. Prepare and eat pasta and a tiramisu as you learn about the wider Lombardy region in the best place — an Italian home kitchen.

See the best of Milan with a hop-on hop-off bus ticket valid for 24, 48, or 72 hours. Enjoy views from the top level of an open-air double-decker bus, including the Milan Duomo and La Scala opera house. Choose from four routes covering all main attractions, with unlimited hop-on hop-off access. The 72-hour weekend ticket from June to September also includes a Milan night tour.

Learn to make a traditional Italian aperitivo during this small-group drinks workshop in Como. Immerse yourself in the Italian practice of sundowner drinks and learn the art of making the perfect one yourself. You’ll also learn to prepare some appetizers to go along with your drinks, sipping a selection of red and white Italian wines throughout the session.

When you’re in Varese, live a little culture and enjoy dinner in the private home of a local. You’ll skip a cliché evening of a restaurant dinner in town, and enjoy not only a 4-course meal with regional wine, but also the warm hospitality of a Varese host who’s part of the Cesarine community of Italian home cooks.

A path of discovery and encounter with people, stories, nature and flavors. To know, explore and learn what wine is, how it is born, and what it contains.

Wine and dine your way through Bari on this culinary walking tour of Puglia’s regional capital. Try two bites from artisanal food shops—plus a bottle of wine—and then head inside a local house and prepare three classic dishes alongside a home chef. Enjoy your meal paired with wines at the end of the class.