A journey through time and taste.
This historic food tour in Florence takes you through the same streets traveled by merchants, bankers and artists of the Renaissance, when the Fiorino d’ Oro was the most powerful currency in Europe and Florence the beating heart of finance and Western culture. Each stop tells a piece of history:
You will pass near the Ponte Vecchio, where goldsmiths transformed gold into works of art.
You will walk through the historic market of San Lorenzo, tasting dishes that have roots in
Middle Ages and the Renaissance, like ice cream.
Did you know that modern ice cream was born in Florence during the Renaissance?
At the court of the Medici, Bernardo Buontalenti, architect, artist and inventor, created the first
creamy ice cream, using:
. milk and eggs
. sugar or honey
. citrus fruit and natural flavours
. Ice and salt to maintain freshness.
Today, stopping at a Florentine artisan ice cream shop, we can taste this tradition that has passed through the centuries: each spoon is a small journey into the Renaissance.
We finish our tour at the most famous goldsmith in Florence where you can carve and mint the Florin by hand like in the Middle Ages!