Top Verona Dining Experiences

Discover Tuscany's culinary delights in a personalized way with the help of a Cesarina. This passionate home cook is part of a carefully selected network and will reveal his or her favorite market and specialty shops on a walking food tour through medieval Montepulciano. Fresh ingredients in hand, help prepare three classic Tuscan dishes back at your host’s home kitchen for an authentic meal paired with the region’s celebrated wine.

This experience offers more than just a wine tasting—it’s a journey into the authentic soul of Soave. Located in the heart of the medieval village, the tour combines scenic vineyard walks, insider access to a working winery, and guided tastings led by passionate wine experts. You’ll taste elegant, small-batch white wines paired with a board of local cold cuts and cheeses, all while soaking in the charm of Veneto’s wine country. Optional premium tastings make it ideal for both casual wine lovers and true connoisseurs.

Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive show cooking and taste authentic recipes from Varese treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people. Enjoy a 4-course menu including starter, pasta, main course with side dish, dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from regional cellars and coffee). This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Learn how to make homemade pasta the traditional way — using generations-old recipes passed down from your host's 'nonna.' Offering more than just a taste of Veronese cuisine, this private cooking class lets you live the local culture for a few hours, by cooking, chatting, and eating with a host in their own home.

See how some traditional Italian dishes are prepared before getting to eat them with this private cooking demonstration and dining experience in Verona. While enjoying some local hospitality, watch as a local home cook shows you how they prepare dishes based on family recipes, then dine on the 4-course meal they’ve made for you.

Every guest on our estate is special, which is why we want to convey to you how we make wines starting from the land, from the vineyard! Together we will walk in the vineyards enjoying the wonderful view from the rows, which are found all around the estate. An hour and a half chatting together, to better understand the work we do day after day, the direction that Tenuta La Cà has taken, focusing its efforts more on quality than quantity. Then we will enter the cellar, we will visit together the steel room where we process must and grapes by gravity. Finally we will reach the barrel cellar, where our best wines are refined to let time do its duty.

Learn how to authentically make two common Italian foods in their country of origin in a private cooking class in a local home in Verona. Follow your teacher’s guidance as you make pizza and tiramisu from scratch the local way. End the class by dining on the meal you’ve created and take your newfound knowledge home to share your new skills.

Learn the techniques for making the perfect Italian pizza during this 3-hour hands-on pizza making class in Verona. Head to a local Veronese home to meet your Italian chef and learn the art of making Italy’s most famous dish. You'll also learn how to create Tiramisu before you sit down to enjoy your meal with a glass of wine or beer.

You will be welcomed in an ancient medieval court, built in the early 1400s, as a defensive and strategic point against invasions from the north. You will be immediately struck by the charm of this location, where history, traditions and modernity intersect to guarantee exceptional wine quality. You will visit the vineyards and discover the particular organic cultivation techniques, where respect for nature and its times produces ideal bunches for such important red wines. In the historic cellar and in the green courtyard of the estate, you will experience the emotion of finding yourself in a unique and timeless place. In this tasting you will taste exceptional red wines, in a journey from the youngest to the most structured, up to Amarone. You will also taste a particular version of Recioto, for an experience that you will certainly not be able to forget.

Connect with a passionate home cook in the town of Avesa near Verona and learn how to make classic Italian dishes while enjoying a charming view over the rooftops with this hands-on cooking class. Roll out fresh pasta and simmer up sauces under the guidance of your host and instructor in her panoramic kitchen, then sample your handiwork over lunch and local wine.

In the heart of Verona, a truly exceptional culinary adventure awaits, hosted by the passionate duo, Luca and Chiara, this gastronomic experience is far more than just a meal—it's an immersion into the rich culinary journey of a family's heritage. Each dish served is not merely a culinary creation but a story, in an intimate atmosphere, where every bite tells a story and every moment is filled with the warmth of shared heritage.

Explore and bike around the hills that overlook Verona, reach the Valpantena valley thanks to the support of an app on your phone. The Mezzane Valley is considered one of the most authentic and least crowded areas in eastern Verona, ideal for those seeking a more intimate experience than the nearby Valpolicella. In a nutshell, it's a great choice if you want a day that combines light exercise, good food, and relaxation in a stunning landscape.

Just twenty minutes from Verona's historic centre, the hills of the Veronese countryside open into a quiet world of olive groves, vineyards, orchards and woodland. The landscape here changes with the seasons, and so does what grows along its paths. This experience speaks to anyone who wants to slow down and reconnect with something essential — the knowledge of what grows around us, and the pleasure of eating food that has a story.

You will visit an a historic and family winery in Bardolino, which is characterized by the variety of vineyard cultivation in the province, and a constant search for new sensations and tastes in the wines produced; the winery is recently renovated in its interior and design: you will have the opportunity to visit the winery and discover the production methods of the different wines, This winery owns land in various areas of the region, and you will also be able to taste wines produced in Custoza and Valpolicella, to have a general overview of the white and rosé wines of the Verona area

Share this special moment of the Veronese daily life with a local who can make you feel the atmosphere of the place, enjoy a traditional custom in a fabulous square, assure yourselves unique memories of this part of Italy and its friendly people.

Treat yourself to an immersive wine tasting experience at Corte Badin, immersed in Valpolicella. With more than fifty years of dedication to vine growing, this family-run winery offers a unique approach to tasting its wines. You don't need to be an expert sommelier, but just the desire to have fun and be curious. You will taste the exceptional wines letting yourself be guided "with your eyes closed" between wines. Join us for an unforgettable journey through flavors and stories that celebrate the essence of Valpolicella.

Experience a piece of Italian culture during a private cooking class in Verona. You'll visit food shops and market stalls full of fresh produce before heading to the home of a cesarina (cook) to learn how to make three regional dishes. Then enjoy the meal you helped to create, served with a glass of local wine.

Hunt for fresh, local truffles in the countryside surrounding Verona during this private truffle-hunting tour and tasting. Get help from a truffle-sniffing dog as you scour the forests. Then, enjoy a guided tasting of truffle with fresh pasta and local cheese and salumi paired with wine. During out-of-season tours, truffle-hunting is replaced with a tour of the vineyard, cellars, and farmhouse.

Join the host Aurora for this Vegetarian Dinner Cooking Class in Verona. Under Aurora's expert guidance, you will create a mouthwatering array of veggie skewers, homemade potato gnocchi, Verona pasta, and a classic dessert. After the culinary journey, relish your creations around Aurora's table, savoring the flavors and sharing stories over a glass of local wine. The evening promises a blend of gastronomic delights, cultural exchange, and warm hospitality. While drinks will be provided, guests are welcome to bring their favorite beverages to complement the experience.

Every wine you taste here comes from grapes grown on the estate's own vineyards — just steps from where you'll be sitting. There are no shortcuts in the process: the same team that tends the vines guides you through the cellar and pours your glass. The experience covers the full journey, from vineyard walk to cellar visit to a seated tasting of six wines, all paired with a generous board of local cured meats and cheeses. The setting is modern and elegant, but the approach is personal. Your hosts are the winemakers themselves — people who can answer the questions that actually matter, not just recite a script. Located near Lazise, on the eastern shore of Lake Garda in the Veneto region, this is a genuine introduction to one of Italy's most beloved wine landscapes.

This is an all-inclusive day tour in the prestigious Amarone / Valpolicella Hills and includes • round trip transportation by comfortable van or minivan with AC • 2 boutique winery visits & 2 guided wine tastings • 2 guided wine tastings of the many Valpolicella varieties including Amarone • Light lunch in wine country with local specialties in an authentic trattoria • Expert English-speaking sommelier as your guide

The tasting takes place in a historic underground room carved into the rock, where our own wine collection lines the walls. Cool and welcoming even at the peak of summer, the space has a quiet, vintage charm you won't find in an ordinary tasting room. You'll try three young wines from small local producers — a sparkling welcome glass, a delicate rosé, and a crisp white — each paired with a generous board of regional cured meats, cheeses, fresh bread, and seasonal vegetables. It's an unhurried, genuinely local experience in the countryside behind Lake Garda. And you're perfectly placed to explore: the Scaliger Castle above Valeggio sul Mincio, the water gardens of Parco Giardino Sigurtà, and the riverside village of Borghetto sul Mincio, one of the most beautiful in Italy, are all within easy reach.

We begin our tour with a relaxing walk through our vineyards in the ancient “brolo” or garden of Palazzo Montanari. This is where the fruits for the production of our four classic Valpolicella wines and extra virgin olive oil are grown. After our walk through the vineyards we will visit the jewel of the property, the villa of Montanari, one of the oldest villa’s in Valpolicella. It’s a journey of history and territories throughout the centuries. After experiencing the riches of the villa, you may spend time under the wonderful portico in our courtyard with a panoramic view of Valpolicella, and taste our renowned wines made with passion and dedication in a beautiful, quiet and tranqui setting. WINE IN TASTING: Valpolicella DOC Classic Valpolicella Ripasso DOC Classic Superiore Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classic Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG Classic

Follow the journey of how Italian dishes are prepared and learn about Italian culture in the process with this shared market tour and dining experience in Verona. Visit a market in Verona with a local cook as they highlight the region’s seasonal produce and then watch them prepare an authentic regional meal that you get to enjoy at the end.