What to do and see in Santo Spirito / San Frediano, Tuscany: The Best Classes & Workshops

The school, the oldest state recognized school of foreign languages in Florence, can be found in Palazzo Guadagni, a Renaissance palace dating from the 16th century which is located in the middle of the old town centre near the Ponte Vecchio.The historic school building, renovated in 1992, has eleven classrooms, a multimedia learning centre, a lecture room and a student lounge and is in a quaint Italian quarter. The school is in the centre of the oldest part of Florence, 300 m from the Pitti Palace, 500 m from the Ponte Vecchio and about 15 minutes' walk from the cathedral (il Duomo) and from the railway station.The building is the work of the architect Cronaca and was built between 1502 and 1508. In the 1860's, it was extensively improved by the architect Poggi with the addition of beautiful frescoes. The school was completely renovated, taking care to enhance the original features but also making use of the best of modern Italian design to produce a stunning mix of new and old.

Florence Food Studio is a boutique cooking school offering hands on cooking courses for all levels in traditional Tuscan and Italian cooking. Directed by Chef Benedetta Vitali the school also organizes specialized courses focusing on bread, pastry, pizza, vegetarian or other targeted preparations based on request. The Kitchen is located in the heart of the Oltrarno district, just round the corner from Piazza S.Spirito, allowing visitors to have an even mix of learning and sightseeing.

Learn about wine at our school in Florence No matter what kind of wine lover you are, or even if this is your first experience, you are sure to enjoy our wine classes at our wine school in Florence. Our wine school provides a range of high quality classes specialising in Tuscan wine courses where you will be familiarized with the basics of wine tasting and the classic Tuscan grape varieties.

As well as the workshop and the laboratory, NAA-Studio is a place where design and manual expertise come together in the creation of handcrafted jewels of an ancient flavour but a contemporary look.

Studio Romanelli is one of the oldest active sculpture studio in Europe: the Family tradition has continued until today through 5 generations of Romanelli artists. Original artworks and replicas in bronze and marble are available for purchase. Our sculpture classes are open to all levels of experience. You will learn to model in clay a realistic sculpture, to sculpt marble or make a plaster cast.

We are the owners of this famous pasta shop called "From our hands". We make fresh pasta as our mum and grandma tought and we will share with you. Our family owns an organic farm where we produce wine, olive oil, fruit and vegetable that you will taste in our restaurant.

The experience will be focused on marbling textile.At the end of the workshop you will have a scarf for using, in the dimensions with 32x156 cm.After describing the brief history of marbling,you will be informed how to prepare the marbling dyes and the special marbling liquid and how to make natural marbling brushes.After that information you will start to practice,to create your own marbled scarf

Located in the fascinating Florentine Oltrarno, the Ponziani workshop has been decorating, restoring and reproducing antique furniture exported all over the world for over 100 years. Cited in New York Times, AD and Panorama, Lo Studiolo now organizes courses and experiences dedicated to decoration and gilding in the same workshops where the master craftsmen once worked.

Florence Food Studio is a cooking school that is dedicated to teaching the Tuscan and Italian culinary tradition and its most innovative variants, but is also open to contamination with different gastronomic cultures. The project, which stems from the collaboration with the chef Fiorentina DOC Benedetta Vitali, is currently managed by Giorgio Pinto, chef and owner of the business.