Lunch or dinner and cooking demo at a local home in Viareggio
Overview
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2 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive cooking demo and taste authentic recipes 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 1000+ 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.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please note that our Cesarine are ready and thrilled to host you in their homes! All Cesarine are always very careful and attentive of the important sanitary rules needed, even more now! The homes provide all the essential sanitary equipment for the guests (paper towels for washing hands, hand sanitizing gel and so on). Remember to always maintain 1 meter distance from each other and if not, wear masks and gloves
What To Expect
Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive show cooking and taste authentic Bologna recipes treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people.
Sample Menu
starter
seasonal starter
Caciucco Viareggiano
main
fresh pasta
Spaghetti with clams or Spaghetti con i Caltellacci
main
second course
Cinghiale con funghi e polenta or Lepre ai tre vini
dessert
typical dessert
Torta co' bischeri or tiramisù or similar
Options
Lunch
Lunch
Dinner
Dinner
What‘s Included
4-course menu (lunch or dinner) with wine, beverages and coffee
Cooking demo (the host will finish a dish in front of you)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
10 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Not to be missed
Genelle D,Jun 12, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00This is an exceptional experience that should not be missed. Massimo and Paola are very welcoming and warm inviting you into their home to share a homemade authentic Tuscan meal.
Highly Recommended Experience
Anne N,Jun 4, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00This was one of the highlights of our holiday! Paola made us so welcome, and produced a wonderful 4 course vegetarian lunch with wine. Despite the fact that my Italian, and Paola's English is limited we chatted away for hours!! Paola is a lovely friendly lady as well as an excellent cook, an experience not to be missed!
Wonderful Night
Robert M,Sep 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Very friendly hosts, they made us very welcome..A great range of food, some of the best dishes we have had on our many trips to Italy. Night starts with how to make ravioli and we were given chance to product some before host cooked them for our pasta course. The experience should have lasted 2 1/2 hours but conversation carried for extra hour. A wonderful night hosts gave us so much information about local area.
"Una bella notte in Italia"
stevecM9169UD,Aug 21, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was our best night " In Italia" Paola abd Massimo were superb hosts and the food was delicous. However, the star of the night was their little dog TOBIA, who we wanted to take home! "Grazie per la meravigliosa serata"
Una Cena Bellisimo
Wendy R,Jun 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Paola and Masimo were the best hosts catering to our every need. We experienced a fun cooking lesson stuffing and sealing tortelli, recipes for dishes prepared, translated step by step and description of ingredients, and we were treated like family. This was by far our best meal in all of Italy. The gracious hosts, local casa, wine and fresh delicious food blew our expectations out of the water. We recommend this experience. You won't be disappointed.
Good food.
323hannel,Sep 22, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Fantastic food, fantastic atmosphere, amazing experience. Highly recommended. We would love to do this again.
Don't go to Tuscany without doing a cooking class.
Jennifer P,Sep 14, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00This was the highlight of our trip. We went from Rome to Viareggio! I'm so glad we did this! Paola and Massimo were so welcoming! The pasta we helped make was delicious and the rest of the meal was amazing as well! They sent us home with all of the recipes. I cannot wait to get home to try these recipes on my on. 10/10 recommend!
Authentic evening with great regional specialties
Nadja J,Aug 19, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00If you want to go off the beaten track, you might find what you're looking for here. You book an experience at Paola and Massimo's home, where you learn from Paola how to prepare a few Italian dishes: for our dinner we made a kind of ravioli. In addition to the dishes prepared together, you are spoiled with other delicacies from Paola. Prosecco and of course Italian wines help to quench your thirst. Dolce was also a must. We received a very warm welcome and felt very comfortable. Since we were already prepared for an evening in which we would communicate with hosts using hand gestures and feet without knowing any Italian, we were all the more delighted that a friend of the family was there to translate for us. It was a more than successful and beautiful evening that we will certainly remember for a long time. For those who are doubtful, definitely do it! It's worth it 🫶👍
A fun night and experience in Viareggio.
SteveBKNYC,Jul 8, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We were warmly greeted by Paola, her husband and her lifelong friend at their home. She had the whole evening planned for us. First a pasta/ravioli making demonstration and hands on activity in her kitchen. Once we were done we went into the beautifully set dining room for some prosecco and description of what the meal was going to be. We asked for a vegetarian/fish menu, which she accommodated with no problem. All of the food was delicious and of course homemade. All of the ingredients came from a local garden. Sitting around a table with a local family was a great experience and I would highly recommend it for a change from your nightly restaurant search. One thing that I would note is that they spoke little to no English. I understand Italian and can carry on a basic conversation, which made the night all the more fun. If you don't know the language you could let them know on the website and I think there is a way to work it out.
Excellent Culinary Tour
shjellenberg,May 25, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Would highly recommend this tour to truly experience the local food and culture of the region. Maria Paola and her family were a delight. We spent a week on the Italian Riviera and this tour was the highlight of our trip! Thank you so much for offering this type of authentic experience.
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