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A luxury food trip to Italy
A luxury food trip to Italy is built from the top third of what is on offer: From Siena: Best of Tuscany Wines & Lunch in Montepulciano, Pasta and tiramisu cooking class in Montepulciano. Activities in this plan start from about $159.
Your 5-day food and drink plan for Italy
Where you stayToscana 5 nights
5 days · packed · 12 of 12 bookable now · activities from about $7,113
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Day 1 Toscana
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morning
From Siena: Best of Tuscany Wines & Lunch in Montepulciano
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afternoon
Pasta and tiramisu cooking class in Montepulciano
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evening
Pasta and tiramisu cooking class in Siena
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Day 2 Toscana
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morning
Pasta and Tiramisu Class in Pisa
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afternoon
Pasta and tiramisu cooking class in Chianti
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eveningalso worth doing
San Gimignano, Chianti and Montalcino Day Tour from Siena
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Day 3 Toscana
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morningalso worth doing
Private hot air balloon flight experience in Tuscany
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afternoonalso worth doing
Hot air balloon experience over Tuscany from Florence
Where to eat
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Breakfast
Loggia del Mercato Nuovo
So called to distinguish it from the Mercato vecchio (pronounced [merˈkaːto ˈvɛkkjo]; "Old Market") that used to be located in the area of today's Piazza della Repubblica.
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Lunch
Has been awarded three stars by the Michelin Guide in 1993 and 1994 and perennially since 2004.
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Day 4 Toscana
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morningalso worth doing
Pisa and Lucca Private One-Day Tour from Florence
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afternoonalso worth doing
Pisa, Siena and San Gimignano Tuscany tour from Florence with Traditional Lunch
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Day 5 Toscana
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morningalso worth doing
Hot air balloon experience with breakfast from Siena
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afternoonalso worth doing
Hot air balloon flight experience over Tuscany from Lucca
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Prices are indicative and in Australian dollars. Flights and accommodation are not included. Distances between stops are straight-line, so a walking or driving route will be longer, and they are shown only where both stops have a known location. Items marked also worth doing sit outside the food and drink theme and are there because they are among the best things to do in Italy.
Before you fly to Italy
The part an itinerary app leaves out. These are Italy's rules for Australian passport holders, re-read from the official source and dated below.
Entry
No - Australian passport holders can enter Italy without a visa for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.
Passport
Italy wants 3 months of validity beyond the day you leave. A fare is non-refundable long before a passport renewal is.
Your checklist
22 things to sort for Italy, built from these same rules, 3 of them essential.
- Passport valid - valid for at least 3 months beyond your planned departure from the schengen area, and issued within the last 10 years
- Take out travel insurance
- Get an International Driving Permit
Last reviewed 2026-10-24. Entry requirements change without notice. Always confirm with the official sources below before you book or fly.
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Luxury food questions
What makes an activity luxury in this plan?
Price, measured against the rest of that country - the top third of what is worth doing there. It is not a hotel rating and it does not include flights or accommodation, both of which usually dwarf the activities.
Is the expensive option always better?
Often it buys time rather than quality: a private guide, a skip-the-queue entry, a small group instead of a coach. Everything here is still ranked on its review score first, so a luxury plan is the best-reviewed expensive things, not simply the dearest.
Do I need to book restaurants and food tours in advance?
Cooking classes and food tours, yes - they run small and fill up. Street food and markets, no. The plan marks which is which, and anything bookable can be held before you leave Australia.
What if I have dietary requirements?
Cooking classes and organised tours will almost always accommodate them if you say so when booking rather than on the day. Street food is harder to control, so it is worth learning the phrase for what you cannot eat in the local language before you go.
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Food and drink trips in other countries
Still deciding where to go? These are built the same way - real activities, in an order that works, with the entry rules for Australians attached.
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