Top Lombardy Classes & Workshops

Enjoy an exclusive cooking class with a professional chef at a charming location right in the historical center of Bellagio. Our pasta class is dedicated to discovering how to make pasta from scratch. You'll learn all the tips & tricks to make egg pasta dough and water pasta dough. Making pasta sheet, slicing tagliatelle, and fettuccine. After we'll explain how to make gnocchi and prepare our most delicious Italian dessert. We'll provide you utensils, food and everything need to make it. Families, friends, and people curious about food are warmly welcome to spend this time with Alessandro for an authentic Italian experience! We prefer to host people from 1 to 5 person for a more personal experience.

This is far from a typical cooking class — it’s a carefully curated, fully private culinary experience designed just for you. You’ll enjoy a 100% private session with personalized guidance from a local chef, in an intimate and refined setting reserved only for you and your guests. Every step is hands-on, with practical tips and insider techniques to help you master the art of fresh pasta. The class moves at your pace, tailored to your interests and preferences, ensuring meaningful interaction and a genuine cultural connection. This is more than cooking — it’s a true immersion into Italian cuisine, away from the usual tourist experiences. Unlike standard group classes, this experience emphasizes exclusivity, connection, and quality, making it perfect for special occasions, romantic getaways, or travellers seeking an authentic, memorable taste of Italy.

Set in a cozy kitchen in downtown Milan, this intimate workshop blends aperitivo, handmade pasta and a classic dessert for an authentic taste of Northern Italy. Menu - Aperitivo: Small-batch salumi and artisanal cheeses from Chianti - First course: Handmade long pasta such as tagliatelle, pappardelle or tagliolini, paired with a seasonal sauce - Second course: Fresh ravioli with seasonal fillings, finished in delicate sage butter - Dessert: Classic tiramisù with espresso-soaked ladyfingers, creamy mascarpone and cocoa Sip regional wine and limoncello as you learn traditional techniques and hear family stories passed down through generations. With heartfelt hospitality and expert guidance, this hands-on class blends learning, flavor and cultural connection—offering the perfect way to experience Milan like a local.

Discover the Versatility of Risotto: Traditional Italian Cuisine with a Modern Twist! A classic dish of Italian cuisine, certainly linked to regional traditions but at the same time able to adapt like few others to modern times and innovations in cooking. Originating in Lombardy and then spreading throughout Italy, risotto now boasts countless possible preparations, making it a dish that can adapt to all occasions. Examples of risottos that will be agreed upon with guests: - Fall-Winter lesson plan: Milanese risotto Mushroom risotto Mushroom and sausage risotto Pear and gorgonzola risotto - Spring-summer lesson plan: Risotto Milanese style Risotto mantecato with seasonal vegetables and gorgonzola cream sauce Risotto with seafood Risotto with Franciacorta At the end of the evening, we will leave a gadget for each guest

Learn to create your own works of art out of clay, just like you see all throughout Italy, during this private workshop in Bellagio. Head to a historic 19th-century village on Lake Como for this workshop that includes all the materials and tools you need to make your own masterpiece. Your package also includes full-day access to the gardens of Villa Melzi d’Eril so you can explore before or after your class.

Experience the thrill of driving an Italian racing car around a professional-standard racing circuit. This tour lets you get behind the wheel of two different cars—a Ferrari 458 and and Alfa Romeo racecar—for a total of eight laps. Accompanied by an expert instructor, learn the differences between the two cars, and pick up plenty of tips and techniques on driving positions, shifting methods, and pit lane etiquette.

No trip to Italy is complete without enjoying a delicious pizza. Make the most of your time in Milan and learn to create the popular dish from scratch. Join your private host, an experienced pizzaiolo, to learn tips and tricks on making the perfect pizza. Then enjoy the fruits of your labor paired with local craft beer, Italian wine, water, and soft drinks.

Get to know Bergamo beyond its sights and landmarks with this private pasta-making class with a local host. Meet your instructor and get to work preparing three different types of classic pasta dishes and sauces, all the while picking up tips and techniques to improve your skills in the kitchen. Sample the specialties you’ve prepared together over a final tasting, along with regional wines and real Italian espresso.

Go beyond being a tourist and connect with locals in their home kitchen with this pizza and tiramisù cooking class in Bergamo. Be welcomed into your host’s kitchen and get to work preparing homemade pizza and classic tiramisù, picking up tips and techniques from your instructor as you cook together. Sample your handiwork over lunch or dinner, including local wine.

Immerse yourself in a private pasta and tiramisu-making class in a welcoming home, learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and tiramisu and taste the fruit of your labour for lunch or dinner accompanied by local wines. During this private lesson, you will learn how to prepare 2 pasta recipes and the tiramisu dessert from scratch. Your Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of these iconic recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family once home with an Italian meal! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Italian culture centers around food, and there is no better way to get a sense of the country’s cuisine than by visiting its markets and kitchens. This private experience combines a market tour with a cooking class in a local home. Learn how to make traditional dishes from Bergamo with a Cesarina cook, then enjoy a meal featuring what you’ve prepared, paired with local wines.

Discover the secrets of authentic Italian cuisine with this home cooking experience. Visit a traditional villa on the banks of Lake Como; get hands-on as you cook up an array of appetizers, pastas, and meat dishes; then tuck into your delicious homemade creations, accompanied local wine and dessert.

Experience the authentic essence of Franciacorta with an exclusive journey through a winery where nature and tradition meet. Just steps from Lake Iseo, you will start with an immersive walk in the "vineyard-collection" to discover the biodiversity and the unique lake-breeze microclimate that makes this terroir world-famous. The heart of the tour takes you inside a charming 1940s cellar. Among fermentation tanks and long underground corridors, you will witness the meticulous Traditional Method—a process of patience and precision, from gentle pressing to long bottle aging. The highlight is a curated sensory tasting: explore three premium labels, each revealing a different side of the winery’s identity. To complete the experience, the wines are served with local delicacies like Grana Padano DOP and artisanal snacks. An intimate escape designed for those seeking quality and a deep connection with the land.

Learn to make homemade pasta in a private cooking class overlooking Lake Como. You'll learn traditional techniques for preparing fresh pasta, seasonal sauces, and tiramisu in a hands-on workshop. Alla fine della lezione, sedetevi insieme per gustare il pasto che avete preparato sorseggiando vino in un ambiente lacustre con vista sul lago.

Navigli is a Milan district renowned for its creative edge, so there’s no better place to unleash your artistic side than here. This *kokedama* (moss ball) workshop draws on the neighborhood’s diverse culture by teaching you the basics of the Japanese art form rooted in bonsai. This relaxing artistic experience is the perfect antidote to a busy sightseeing schedule.

Do you want to learn the Italian language in a stimulating way and, at the same time, visit a dynamic and avant-garde city? You have found the right one for you! The best way to learn Italian is to immerse yourself completely in the language and culture of the country. During your Italian course in Milan with the Leonardo da Vinci School, your goal will be to truly learn Italian. It will be a natural and very rapid learning. You will be immersed in the culture and will listen, read and speak only Italian throughout the day. In this way you will make rapid progress, both in the classroom and out.

Roll up your sleeves and discover the secrets behind one of Italy’s most beloved dishes in a hands-on pizza-making class in Milan’s lively Moscova district. Step into a professional kitchen and learn how to prepare your own pizza from scratch, using fresh ingredients and professional equipment. With guidance throughout the experience, you’ll get involved in the process, from preparing the dough to shaping your pizza and choosing your toppings. Once your pizza is ready, sit down and enjoy the result of your work in a relaxed, welcoming setting. You'll also receive a digital recipe to help you recreate the experience at home.

Relax and enjoy the mosaic art experience, you could fill your souls with a tactile and spiritual experience, in an uncommonly astonishing location near the beautiful Bellagio. Explore the magic of the marble and stones tiles, a unique way to enjoy your visit to Lake Como originally and unforgettably and discover Italian secrets and historical techniques. A special way how to create your special memory that will remember this special vacation forever.

Unwind with unlimited wine, a paintbrush in hand, and Milan’s Parco Sempione as your backdrop. No skills needed—just good vibes, great company, and your own masterpiece to take home!

In addition to the involvement of the whole body in climbing, the mental and emotional aspect plays an important role. You climb with body and mind, with particular attention during the climb to managing fatigue, breathing, and improving our ability to decipher and interpret the various passages that present themselves to us. Climbing is often compared to Yoga or other "meditative" disciplines, and shares with them the cultivation of being increasingly present in the moment, to calm the mind and find oneself. The climbing experience, in Rockspot, takes place on artificial walls with heights from 12 to 16 meters, slabs or vertical.

This isn't just an art class; it is the ultimate Milanese "vibe" experience that combines high-end Italian design with a professional content-creation session.

Channel the creativity of one of Milan’s most artistic neighborhoods during a private garden terrarium workshop. With the undivided attention and personalized guidance of your plant artist instructor, you’ll create a miniature garden inside a glass container for a unique souvenir that reflects your own personal style. Plus, you’ll take home care instructions to ensure your garden thrives.

Take a break from an unforgiving sightseeing schedule to unleash your creative side during a private life drawing workshop with a local artist in Milan. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned artist, this private class promises one-to-one guidance to improve your drawing skills with a live model to work from.

Discover a tasting itinerary that celebrates the Italian dairy tradition in a contemporary key. Accompanied by Expert staff, you can taste a selection of excellent cheeses, told and explained to enhance their aromas and characteristics. The tastings are paired with glasses of wine carefully chosen to enhance the flavors, creating surprising and harmonious combinations. The experience takes place in a refined and relaxing environment, designed to make you live a moment of authentic pleasure and discovery, ideal for those who love good food and want to know stories and curiosities about Italian cheeses.