Top Rome Classes & Workshops

Get first-hand experience making mosaics on this workshop with a master mosaicist. At a historical family-owned mosaic studio, work with local marble tiles to create traditional Roman mosaics. Learn about texture, composition, and marble tile cutting while hearing stories about the history of the craft. Take home your completed mosaic at the end of the workshop.

Find out what it takes to be an ancient Roman gladiator at the Gladiator School of Rome. During a hands-on lesson with instructors from the Historic Group of Rome, learn how to fight with authentic weapons of the time while wearing a traditional gladiator tunic and belt. Located on the Appian Way, not far from the Colosseum, this class is a unique and interactive way to learn about ancient Roman history, sports, and culture. Select a lesson time when booking.

An ancient art workshop is an original way to make your own personal souvenir. A moment to use creativity and manual skills. An experience to understand how the ancients worked.

Learn to make classic Italian dishes—pasta and tiramisu—during this workshop in Rome. With a small group, enjoy a hands-on workshop and have plenty of time to ask questions. Then, sit down with your fellow classmates and enjoy the meal with a glass of wine. You have plenty of time to ask questions about Italian cuisine to your host.

If you’ve been missing afternoon drink outings to bars, restaurants, or pubs, this Withlocals virtual aperitivo lesson with a Roman local is a great way to still experience a fun, social activity while sipping on some delicious drinks. Your instructor teaches you how to make a traditional Italian aperitivo in real time, and talks about Italian culture in a private, online setting that you can experience right from home.

Create your own souvenir during a 3.5-hour mosaic workshop in Rome. Regardless of experience level, it’s a great activity for both children and adults. Take a short tour of the Trastevere neighborhood, then enjoy a leisurely workshop with your teacher. Choose from a variety of designs, then let the creativity flow. With maximum eight people in each class, you get lots of personal attention from your instructor.

Taking a cooking class is a great way to discover Italian cuisine and this private masterclass is tailor-made for families. Get hands on as you make authentic stone oven pizzas, have fun creating your own custom toppings, then tuck into a delicious homemade pizza dinner.

See Rome’s major sights and learn how to make authentic Italian pizza during this walking tour that combines history and culinary culture. With a guide, check out attractions like the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Pantheon and Piazza Navona before a pizza-making class at a nearby restaurant. Select a morning or afternoon tour when booking.

Learn the secrets of classic Italian cuisine and pasta on a 3-hour cooking experience in Rome. Make like an Italian chef as you prepare a delicious 2-course Roman meal of a pasta dish and dessert, guided by an expert instructor. Then, enjoy your creations with your fellow cooks and complimentary wine. Choose from two experiences: a market visit and cooking class that lets you shop for ingredients, or a class that includes making your own fresh egg pasta. Numbers limited to eight people for a more personalized experience.

Rome is known for its spectacular architecture and cuisine, and with this tour you can experience both these treasures. Explore the highlights of the historic center on foot with a guide, taking in the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and Spanish Steps without the hassle of reading a map. Afterwards, stop at a local restaurant for an exclusive pasta-making lesson with a professional chef and end your experience by relaxing over a three-course meal.

Learn to make pasta like the Italians with our pasta-making class a stone’s throw away from the Trevi Fountain. The Chef will be there every step of the way, teaching you everything you need to know about ribbon pasta (tagliatelle, linguine, pappardelle and spaghetti). You will learn to make homemade pasta and sauces from scratch, as well as the original tiramisu. Afterwards, enjoy your food all together for lunch.

Experience Rome to the fullest by including an Italian cooking class into your sightseeing itinerary. In a private kitchen in central Rome, you'll learn how to make a 4-course meal under the watchful eye of an instructor. Plus, visit Rome’s Central Market to shop for ingredients and chat with local farmers and other vendors. You'll receive personalized attention while you cook in a group limited to eight people. Then sit down to enjoy your meal with wine.

Make fresh pasta like a Roman. This is a cooking class that explores traditional recipes with a local chef. Working alongside the chef, prepare pasta dough from scratch, learn classic cuts from tagliolini to tagliatelle, then sit down to a hearty meal of Italian specialties. This private experience includes, along with the cooking class, lunch or dinner, a welcome glass of wine, and it’s the perfect introduction to Italy’s remarkable food traditions.

Escape Rome for a day in the countryside learning how to cook authentic Italian dishes. Travel from the city to the ancient village of Mazzano Romano, where your experience starts by shopping for ingredients at the local market. Then help to prepare and cook a traditional meal under the guidance of an instructor before sitting down to enjoy your creations with Italian wine. The class is limited to eight people to provide an intimate, small-group experience.

Take a break from sightseeing for a different type of experience in Rome at the workshop of an Italian artist. This is an untraditional painting class, where you are free to create whatever inspires you with provided materials. The artist-guide offers a little training and support and encourages you to simply relax and paint to the background music.

Skip the frustration of photographing crowded tourist spots in Rome on this private nighttime photography tour. Shoot iconic landmarks, squares, and backstreets during the night and the golden hour, when most visitors and locals are tucked up in bed. A guide will offer tips and advice on low-light camera settings, angles, and more, as well as sharing information on history, culture, and art.

Master the art of making traditional pasta during a cooking class with an Italian nonna (grandma) in Rome. Rather than cooking in a studio, you’ll prepare pasta with love in a local home and benefit from the undivided attention of your host during this private experience, which proves ideal for first-time visitors and food lovers.

Do you want to learn Italian language in a stimulating way? Would you like to visit one of the most beautiful cities in Italy like Rome? Are you looking for a quality course and are you between 16 and 99? You have found the right one for you! The best way to learn Italian is to immerse yourself completely in the language and culture of the country. During your Italian course in Italy with the Leonardo da Vinci School, your goal will be to truly learn Italian. It will be a natural and very rapid learning, because, during the course, you will actually live in Italy. You will be immersed in the culture and will listen, read and speak only Italian throughout the day. In this way you will make rapid progress, both in the classroom and out.

Savor the authentic taste of two Italian homestyle favorites during this cooking class and meal led by a professional chef. Tie on an apron, sip a glass of wine, and learn to make stuffed ravioli and Nonna’s meatballs from scratch. Sit down with new friends to enjoy the homemade lunch or dinner, paired with red or white wine.

Discover the secrets of authentic Italian cuisine on this 4-hour family-friendly cooking class and learn to make some of Italy’s most famous dishes from an expert chef. Get hands-on making fresh pasta, pizza, and delicious sauces from scratch; sample Italian specialties such as bruschetta, Tiramisù; and tuck into your homemade creations, accompanied by a red wine tasting.

Learn the Italian craft of making pizza and gelato with this hands-on class in central Rome. Snack on antipasti on arrival and get tips from an Italian chef on how to knead pizza dough. Create your own pizza with the toppings of your choice and feast on pizza, gelato, and local wines during a sit down dinner after the class.  

We will virtually walk on the footsteps of Michelangelo Merisi aka Caravaggio using google earth mixed with other visual aids! We'll start from Piazza Navona and then visit 3 stunning churches: San Luigi dei Francesi, San'Agostino and Santa Maria del Popolo and "see" 6 original paintings by the master! We will walk in the alleys where he lived, loved, worked and....fought until he killed someone! We'll discover, his art, his adventurous life (and explore the city centre of Rome at the same time). CARAVAGGIO, was not only a painter, but a “star”! His adventurous life, full of sensational events, and his revolutionary style made him an undisputed leading figure of Italian art: you can find out everything about on our Caravaggio Experience. He came to Rome in search of fame and died at the young age of forty in exile, banished by the Pope after committing murder. He lived a short, dramatic life, knew the city of Rome in all its aspects, including the violent, sketchy and dangerous ones.

Create 3 Italian Famous dishes, homemade Pasta from scratch like Fettuccine and stuffed Pasta Ravioli, and prepare your own Tiramisu dessert. Then enjoy your creations for dinner in heart of Rome in a historical Restaurant in Piazza Navona.

Hand-selected hosts and art instructors Canvas, Acrylic Paint and anything you may need to create your masterpiece Assorted selection of fine Italian wines (unlimited) Locally sourced gourmet cheese and prosciutto platters Traditional roman style pasta An unforgettably unique evening out