Market Tour and Cooking Class in Civitavecchia

We booked the market tour and cooking class for our time in Civitavecchia, and it was by far the best tour of our entire trip! Massimiliano was such an amazing guide – from the moment we met him he made us feel so welcomed like we were old friends. He showed us around town and took us to the market to buy some supplies before heading to Giuliana’s restaurant for our cooking class. We loved getting to spend time in the kitchen with Giuliana and Max. We learned some great recipes and had a lot of fun getting to talk with them while we cooked. Afterwards, we enjoyed the delicious meal together before heading back to our meeting point. I can’t say enough great things about this tour because the people who led it were so warm and welcoming. We truly felt like part of their Italian family and would love to come back in the future!

Our favorite Tours Ever! The Civitavecchia City Tour by locals Salvatore & led by Paola is Outstanding! Civitavecchia is Beautiful & hundreds of years old. The Highlight of my wife’s vacation was the Cooking Tour. We got to go to the local market, pick the fresh ingredients from the vendors and then prepare a real Italian meal with an Italian Chef -Momma! We did this in the kitchen of their Wonderful local restaurant. This was truly a Delight & not to be missed!! Magnifico!! 5 star Day!

We experienced this exceptional culinary excursion as a group of 2 couples. Every minute of the 5 hours we spent with our guide, Massimiliano, and our Chef, Julianna, was filled with wonderful conversation, learning, laughter, delicious tasting food, and, in a single word, FUN!
From the walk through the market viewing and buying the diversity of ingredients for the meal, to learning cooking techniques in the RC La Nona restaurant kitchen, to sitting down to toast our accomplishments, was pure enjoyment.
We highly recommend it!

We went on this tour on September 30, 2022 with tour guide Massimoliano Vanza as our guide. He took us on a market tour in Civitavecchia where he purchased items that we were to prepare. Our next stop was RC La Nona Restaurant and Catering. We were met by Juliana, the owner and chef of the restaurant. We then donned our chef’s aprons and sat down for some pastry and proceco. We were then led into the kitchen where we began to prepare our meal. During our time there we prepared veal saltimbocca, gnocchi, and tiramisu. Juliana was wonderful throughout the entire event. Her friendly attitude and playful joking about how we were working on the ingredients was delightful. Massimaliano was great explaining each step and translating Italian to English and back. The whole experience was wonderful and I would highly recommend this for a very enjoy tour.

We experienced this exceptional culinary excursion as a group of 2 couples. Every minute of the 5 hours we spent with our guide, Massimiliano, and our Chef, Julianna, was filled with wonderful conversation, learning, laughter, delicious tasting food, and, in a single word, FUN!
From the walk through the market viewing and buying the diversity of ingredients for the meal, to learning cooking techniques in the RC La Nona restaurant kitchen, to sitting down to toast our accomplishments, was pure enjoyment.
We highly recommend it!

Delightful cruise excursion option
While our cruise ship was in Civitavecchia for the day we decided to try this cooking class. Roberta met us at the port bus stop and provided an interesting walking tour of the historic sites just outside the port. We then accompanied her to the local city market to pick up items for our lunch. We went to Patrizia’s restaurant where we were given aprons, introduced to Patrizia, and started helping her make our lunch. Roberta stayed to translate. Everyone was so nice and it was a lot of fun. We enjoyed our lunch of fresh made bread, 3 kinds of pasta, veal scalippini, apple cake and wine. It was delicious!

I cannot express how much my husband and I appreciated this experience. Olga, who picked us up and took us to the market was friendly and engaging. Our chef, Matteo, was more than willing to accommodate my vegetarianism (and even provided vegan options if needed) and was able to alter the menu on the fly. He was patient and attentive, kind and social. Since it was just the two of us, it was like having our own private tutor. It was wonderful to learn about Italian life from people who live there. I highly recommend that others experience this themselves.

Did this event today with our guide, Olga. She did an amazing job navigating us through the market and the streets of Civitavecchia while providing insight and historical facts
We did our class at Dolce & Salato a great little restaurant in the old part of the city. The Chef and staff were so friendly and relaxed. The food we prepared was delicious and truly an Italian experience
Looking forward to doing this again.

Today 10/21/2024 we took this class. Starting out shopping w/Olga (who has a great personality), then onto the restaurant to help make bread, gnocchi, and watch the chef make veal saltimbocca & brucchetta…we then sat to eat…we were served a delicious antipasto, the pasta, then the veal all accompanied by wine & then topped off by a great dessert….Patricia (the chef) was great along w/her fantastic wait staff!! We would recommend this to anyone!