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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Don’t just eat like a Roman—learn how to cook like one, too. Choose a lunchtime or dinnertime session, and sign up for a pasta- and tiramisu-making cooking class. With just a small group for company, you’ll learn how to fill ravioli and make perfectly folded tortellini, as well as master the art of tiramisu. Each class includes personal instruction, antipasti snacks, plus a full meal and drinks.

Learn how to make authentic Italian pizza in Rome with a professional chef. At a local restaurant near the Trevi Fountain, enjoy this 90-minute class that provides hands-on instruction for making pizza dough and how to use the best toppings. Then sit down to enjoy your creation, served with wine.

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.

With a local Italian chef as your guide, learn how to make a classic pizza during this short workshop. After the learning and the baking, with all ingredients and equipment provided, comes the pizza-eating and the drinking.

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.

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 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.  

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.

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.

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.

Learn how to make Italy’s most famous and universal dish during your visit to Rome. During this 2-hour cooking class, learn how to make three different types of authentic Italian pizzas with your host as well as a delicious chocolate mousse. Enjoy your work with an ice cold beer and take the memories home with you to recreate this delicious pizza.

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.

If you have always wanted to paint a masterpiece but lack the nerve to try, join this fun, no-pressure experience in the heart of Rome. Visit an artist's studio and unleash your creativity under the guidance of your art instructor. Sipping on excellent Italian wines is sure to help the process.

Prepare and indulge in the most iconic Italian food with our best teachers. Discover the secrets of the perfect Roman Pizza! Our class at the popular That’s Amore restaurant, a few steps from the Trevi Fountain, is a 90-minutes pizza making lesson perfect for all ages. One of our “Fabiolous” chefs will guide you through the Italian tradition of preparing pizza dough from scratch, explain techniques and tips on making the best dough, and teach you how to dress your pizza properly. You’ll be given your own ingredients in order to top the pizza with whatever you like and experiment with various recipes. At the end you’ll eat what you’ve prepared and discover whether your skill level is now that of a real “Pizzaiolo”. Drink and dessert included. This hands-on, family friendly class is a fun and delicious experience for students of all ages!

Try your hand at a traditional Italian handicraft process while creating a personalized souvenir, in a self-portrait mosaic workshop. Transform your own photo into a marble tile mosaic. You’ll have fun, learn something new, and have a unique and permanent reminder of your time in Rome. Art and craft enthusiasts will love this workshop.

Bring home a unique souvenir from Rome, made with your own hands! Have fun while creating your very own masterpiece!

Embrace Italian culinary culture and learn to make gelato with our hands-on gelato-making class in Rome. It’s fun for adults and it’s fun for kids too! Learn the secrets behind the creaminess of gelato and the freshness of sorbets in the laboratory of an authentic Roman gelateria.