Cooking classes or food tours

Hi ritashafsky, all my trips to Italy have also been solo trips. In Rome, I took a food tour through Context a Travel. Had a great time tying Roman history to food stops in the Centro Storico area. If you have the opportunity to visit Florence, I highly recommend a food tour with Curious Appetite Travel. I did a solo food tour with them last month and had so much fun! I am not familiar with the cooking pasta class you asked about, but I’m confident the forum rock stars can offer more info on that option.

Let me know if you have any additional solo female Italy travel questions. Happy planning!

Thank you Joanna. I'm going in June so if may be in touch. If there were any solo things you think might be helpful please let me know. Women helping women!

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your can look at eatingitalyfoodtours.com or with locals.com place in your city and read up on it. we did a cooking class in florence with about 10 people, made piti pasta & duck ragu. after we ate with the group and drank wine. it was fun. chefs and assistants are there to help you. got an apron and certificate. would do it again. happy travels
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Definitely, we single ladies help each other! Solo travel is a great opportunity to connect with people, and many of my favorite Italy memories have been meeting and learning from some really cool folks. Drop me a PM for any questions, and I’d be glad to share any info that can help you. :)

I just checked out the Once in Rome web site, I can not make a reservation for one, minimum for 2 people. So that will not work for those of us solo travelers

I also ran into the issue of some activities I wanted to reserve for a trip in Italy this year requiring a booking to be for two people - ugh! For some of them, I was able to contact the owners by e-mail or chat, and they were willing to let me sign up as a solo. You might want to pursue this one to see if they’re willing to let you sign up, also.

I know! I'm finding the same difficulties with some reservations for a solo traveler. It's very disappointing.

Definately Try to reach out to the tour. I just booked a tour in Verona. I am joining another couple.

For evening tours, look for ones which will pick up and drop off at your hotel.

Have fun!

This one allows one person.
https://www.walksofitaly.com/rome-tours/rome-cooking-class

I empathize with the frustrations of finding what sounds like an ideal activity, only to be told that they require a minimum of 2 people. Definitely frustrating! With that said, if the activity is a showstopper or "must do" on your travel bucket list, be willing to pay more for the solo experience. Or, be flexible and pick another activity that may be similar to what you wanted originally. On my first trip to Rome, I REALLY wanted to do a food tour of the Testaccio market with a specific guide. However, she kindly informed me that the Testaccio tour required a minimum of 2 people. Frustrating, but there it is. For last month's trip to Rome & Florence, I decided to splurge on a very unique Medieval and Renaissance Food & Spirits tour in Florence (with Curious Appetite Travel who I highly recommend), and I'm so happy I took the plunge. Yes, it was expensive for 1 person, but the experience was worth it and so much more.

Keep digging on the shared cooking class idea, Rita. I googled "solo traveler rome cooking class" just now and ran across a great article from February: https://solotravelerworld.com/cooking-class-dinner-rome/.

You'll find an awesome experience, I'm confident in that!!

Thank you so much for all your effort. I'm a bit overwhelmed so am happy for the direction. R

I am a single woman and also enjoy cooking classes and food tours. While I didn’t take any cooking classes in Rome, I did do several food tours with EatingItaly. The one I liked best was in Testaccio, which is an area of Rome with historic food roots, as it was once the port where food was unloaded from the Tiber. I also liked the tour in a Trastevere, but did not care for the tour in Monti, which was a new tour and still under development. The tour guides were engaging, and the Testaccio tour takes you through the market, which is really fun. There were only six or seven participants, the terrain was flat and the variety of establishments we visited was great.

I am with Patricia on the Testaccio food tour. I did it as a single traveller some years ago and loved it. It was nice to be in a Non-touristy area of Rome but one that has some interesting history, for example Mt. Testaccio which is made up of hundreds of thousands of discarded Roman olive oil pots, the ruins beneath the new Testaccio market, the Protestant graveyard etc. And the food of course, lots of variety, not just restaurants, but food stores, market stalls etc. Didn’t need to worry about finding a place for dinner that night!

I did a cooking class in Rome with https://www.cookwithusinrome.com/ We did 2 types of pasta with different sauces. I had a great time. There was a group of 4 and 2 other couples. I was solo at the time and had no issues. I wanted to take a different class outside of Rome but as nobody else had booked they would not holding the class for a single person.