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Private Market Tour and Cooking Class in Bologna with Giovanna C

By Traveling Spoon
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Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is P 9,966 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
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  • Multiple languages
Overview

Enjoy a private and authentic market tour and cooking class in a local Bologna home with your host Giovanna, a native who has lived in Bologna for over 60 years. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Start with a memorable tour of one of Bologna's markets. Depending on the day, visit the Mercato del Quadrilatero (a market with medieval origins) or del Erbe where Giovanna buys her seasonal fruit and vegetables. Here, you can buy local and regional produce, from fruit and vegetables to meat, cheese, and salami. Return to Giovanna's home kitchen where she will teach you 2-3 traditional Italian dishes from family recipes - a pasta, sauce and a side or dessert. After cooking, enjoy your meal together with your host, a warm and gentle retired history and philosophy teacher who lives in an apartment in a large villa with her daughters. Giovanna loves cooking particularly enjoys introducing guests to traditional Bolognese culture and cuisine.

Activity location
  • Bologna
    • Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Neptune's Fountain
    • Piazza del Nettuno
    • 40124, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Market + cooking + dinner
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English
Starting time: 17:00
Price details
P 9,966.27 x 1 AdultP 9,966.27

Total
Price is P 9,966.27
Until Sun, Feb 8

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private market tour and cooking class with your host Giovanna
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Local wine (1-2 glasses)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pick up and drop off

Know before you book

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Please note that, as is common in many Italian homes, this residence does not have air conditioning.
  • Giovanna can accommodate a vegetarian diet, if informed in advance, at the time of booking.

Activity itinerary

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional Italian culture and cuisine. Join Giovanna for a private market tour where you will purchase local produce and return to her kitchen to learn to cook a seasonal Bolognese meal. The central pillars of Bolognese cooking are pork and egg pasta and you will learn to cook a pasta such as tagliatelle al ragù or lasagne or the lesser known, local Gramigna, as well as a side dish or dessert, before you share the meal you helped prepare with Giovanna at her dining table. Giovanna loves teaching guests how to prepare typical dishes from the rich Bolognese cooking tradition and sharing tales and anecdotes that are connected to different foods. Your meal starts with a typical Bolognese snack like crescentine or tigelle, a traditional bread served with salumi, cheese or oven-roasted pomodori, Italian tomatoes (when in season). You will then enjoy your Bolognese pasta and a seasonal side. Your meal concludes with a seasonal dessert Italian dessert. Experience this private, cultural and culinary adventure over Pignoletto dei colli bolognesi or Lambrusco wine with a warm and hospitable host!

Location

Activity location
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    Bologna
    • Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    Neptune's Fountain
    • Piazza del Nettuno
    • 40124, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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