Get your hands into raw clay in this beginner-friendly pottery workshop in Rome, held in a working ceramic studio in Monteverde, one of the city's most authentic and least touristy neighbourhoods. In a couple of hours you'll learn to shape your own piece and decorate it however you like, guided by a local ceramic artist in her own creative space.

No experience is needed. Your host walks you through a few simple hand-building techniques to make an everyday object like a bowl, a cup or a small plate, and you'll also get to try the ceramic wheel. You'll be surrounded by real tools, wheels and finished ceramics as you work, so it feels less like a class and more like time spent in an artist's studio.

It's a small-group experience, from 2 to 6 people, which keeps things personal and relaxed. You'll leave with something made entirely by your own hands and a real sense of how clay turns into ceramic. A genuine, hands-on way to spend a morning or afternoon in Rome, away from the crowds.