UPDATED FOR 2024

You or anyone headed to Florence during the holidays? The team at Curious Appetite has put together tasty food & drink crawls for Christmas and New Years in Florence!

They will be progressive feasts, moving from one place to the next, artisan chocolate, holiday cookies and sweet treats, cheese & meat boards, wine, vin santo and dolci with an expert guide to explain how these foods connect to the season, peppered with twinkly sights in between. Read on for more details!

For example, 24th (Christmas Eve) Curious Appetite will be doing a Festive Food Lover’s tour through twinkly Florence’s center and on New Year’s Eve Aperitivo wine & cocktail tour.

Please note tickets will be at a premium to reflect the holiday and are displayed at check-out for the date selected. Each date and theme is linked below which takes you to the listing page. Within which you can book the holiday slot via “Book Now” button within the listing page of experience of interest.

If you have trouble locating your preferred experience on the holiday of choice, drop us a link via bookings(@)curiousappetitetravel(dot)com and we can assist with your holiday food crawl!

Festive Food Lover’s Tour of Florence- December 24th

This special blended Festive-themed Food Lover’s Tour of Florence includes various stops, select drink pairings led by our one of our sommelier and food historian guides. Enjoy the small group size which will max out at 8

Inclusions, 4 stops total, 3 hours, kicking off at 11am:

Historic cafe stop to start your festive foodie tour with coffee/hot chocolate and some traditional holiday treats like ricciarelli (super soft and moorish almond cookies) and cavallucci (cookies flavored with honey, candied orange, cinnamon and walnuts), artisan chocolate and other sweet treats.
More baked goods - this time savory and seasonal (focaccia is just the start) at one of Florence’s most beloved bakeries.
“Metodo Classico” bubbles and decadent truffle nibbles for the must-have sparkling wine aperitivo.
More wine tasting paired with a lux seasonal holiday platter. Think a myriad of local salumi (prosciutto, salame and friends), Tuscan cheeses and mostarda (savory fruit compote with notes of white wine, sugar and just a hint of mustard). Finished with vin santo (Italian dessert wine with flavours of walnut and dried apricot) and traditional baked pairings.

Tickets and booking: https://curiousappetitetravel.com/foodie-florence-food-tour (premium pricing displayed at check-out)

*PLEASE NOTE* Tours booked on these dates will not follow the same route or same # of stops or certain inclusions as advertised on the tour page listing, please refer to this page or ask our booking team if you have any qs on specifics.

Festive Progressive Dining Crawl- December 25th

We’ll also be offering our progressive dining crawl in a 3-stop format, there are only a few spots left (max size is 10) and we encourage you to book now before all spots sell out! Tickets are priced at a premium and is an all-inclusive 4hr food and drink tour led by a food historian and sommelier.

Inclusions, 3 stops total over 4hrs, kicking off at 5:30pm:

Select aperitivo beverages paired with gourmet canapé bites in a historic bar

Decadent tasting of fresh pastas traditionally served during Christmas (i.e. baked pastas) with sommelier-selected wine pairings
Flavorful meat courses with seasonal vegetable side dishes with red wine and Italian Christmas desserts with sweet wine and espresso to conclude
Taking in Florence’s main sights all dressed up in holiday lights as we cover various neighborhoods of the city by foot in between tasting stops

Tickets and booking: https://curiousappetitetravel.com/dinner-crawl-in-florence (premium pricing displayed at check-out)

New Years Eve Aperitivo Wine & Cocktail crawl in Florence - December 31st

Aperitivo in Italy is- in part- the social ritual of getting together after work, before dinner (or before lunch) and partaking in an aperitif drink (like a prosecco, spritz, negroni, light wine, even alcohol-free bitter aperitifs, etc) along with small appetizer bites in local bars or at home.

Our food lovers tour with aperitivo is unique since we basically imbibe in aperitivi as we progressively snack and drink at 3 local-loved stops but all with a complimentary range of traditional beverages and pairings, which fit in the aperitivo theme/tradition.

On the 31st (New Years Eve) Curious Appetite will be doing a special blended festival Food Lovers and Aperitivo tour. Read on for more details on inclusions.

Inclusions, 4 stops total, 3 hours, kicking off at 4pm:

Get the appetite going with a truffle snack and sparkling wine aperitivo kick-off
Somm-selected wines to ring in the new year paired with a special festive tagliere (cheese aged in wine pomace or chestnut leaves and cold cuts) at a wine bistro that sources local and artisanal salumi and formaggi.
Traditional seasonal breads (like pandoro - an eight-pointed star brioche bread powdered in sugar) and savory winter specialities at one of Florence’s best and most beloved local bakeries.
Finishing off with craft negronis and chef-prepared nibbles prepared by award-winning Florentine bartenders. With its herbaceous, spiced flavors plus citrusy notes, a Negroni is the perfect winter NYE drink!

This special occasion food tour will include 4 food stops with 2 wine/cocktail pairings led by a wine & food culture expert. All stops designed to provide a curated guided cultural tour blended with a unique culinary wine walk of the hidden/historic streets of Florence, max group size 8.