With Marcello and Raffaella, you'll feel like an Italian for a week, like your local Italian friends are taking you to their favorite places and people! A genuine, Italian immersion experience full of good friends around tables and simple joys of life.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Sunday. Transfer to your hotel. Drive to Dozza, a small and charming medieval hill town. Welcome dinner at a restaurant in the hills, filled with local families, enjoying traditional dishes of the area. (Feb, May, June, Nov, Dec)
Day 2: Monday. For: Mar, Apr, May, June, July, Sept, Oct - Morning excursion to a herb garden in the Romagna countryside where the owner will show her garden and explain the use of all the herbs. Light lunch at her house.
Visit a small factory where they make traditional stamped table cloths and table linens of the area. Cooking lesson and dinner at a restaurant with a special menu of dishes featuring local herbs with owner and chef.
For: Feb, Nov, Dec - Morning excursion in the Romogna countryside for truffle hunting with "Lagotto" breed of special truffle dogs.
Visit a local winery, where they produce a very good Sangiovese red wine, the most important wine of the area. Tasting of three wines and a light lunch at the winery.
After lunch drive to Brisighella to taste one of the best extra virgin olive oils in Italy.
Cooking lesson and dinner at a restaurant with a special menu of dishes featuring local herbs with owner and chef.
Day 3: Tuesday. For: Feb, May, June, Nov, Dec. Visit the central market area stuffed with colorful, irresistible food shops, stands and delis. Free time for shopping or strolling in Bologna center. Light lunch in Bologna's center.
Afternoon guided tour of Bologna. Late afternoon cooking lesson on some of the regional specialties. Dinner of your creations.
For: Mar, Apr, July, Sep, Oct. Early morning departure to visit a family factory where we will watch the men go through all the stages to make Parmigiano Reggiano, learn all about parmesan and have a cheese tasting. Arrive before 9:00 to see the whole process.
Transfer to Modena to visit a family producer of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena with the owner, see where and how balsamic vinegar is made and taste 25 year old traditional balsamic vinegar.
Lunch in a nearby restaurant, plates featuring parmesan and balsamic vinegar. Afternoon free. Dinner at a local restaurant.
Day 4: Wednesday. For: Feb, May, June, Nov, Dec. Early morning departure to visit a family factory where you watch the men go through all the stages to make Parmigiano Reggiano, learn all about parmesan and have a cheese tasting. Arrive before 9:00 to see the whole process.
Transfer to Modena to visit a family producer of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena with the owner, see where and how balsamic vinegar is made and taste 25 year old traditional balsamic vinegar.
Lunch in a nearby restaurant, where you enjoy plates featuring parmesan and balsamic vinegar. Afternoon free. Dinner at a local restaurant.
For: Mar, Apr, July, Sep, Oct. Drive to Brisighella to taste one of the best extra virgin olive oils in Italy. Light lunch.
Drive to the countryside for a 3 hour hands on cooking lesson with a family chef, an expert on hand made pasta. Learn how to make the best tagliatelle with ragu alla bolognese, cappelletti in broth, tortelli with ricotta and herb filling. Dinner at her 150 year old farmhouse among the olive trees.
Day 5: Thursday. For: Feb, May, June, Nov, Dec. Drive to a private luxury spa and get pampered with a relaxing massage and hydro massage.
After lunch leave for Faenza to visit a ceramic laboratory and shop.
Drive to the countryside for a 3 hour hands on cooking lesson with a great family chef who is an expert on hand made pasta. You learn how to make the best tagliatelle with ragu alla bolognese, cappelletti in broth, tortelli with ricotta and herb filling. Dinner at her 150 year old farmhouse among the olive trees.
For: Mar, Apr, July, Sep, Oct. Drive to Bologna, visit the central market area stuffed with colorful, irresistible Italian food shops, stands and delis. Free time for shopping or just strolling in Bologna center. Light lunch in Bologna's centre.
Afternoon guided tour of Bologna. Late afternoon cooking lesson on some of the regional specialties. Dinner of your creations.
Day 6: Friday. For: All dates. Leave for Ravenna famous for its Byzantine mosaics and architecture. Walking tour with a local guide to see marvelous mosaics. Free time to stroll, admire the fabulous art and shop at mosaic and other stores. Lunch in Ravenna at a famous enoteca. Return to the hotel.
For: Mar, Apr, July, Sep, Oct. After lunch leave for Faenza to visit a ceramic laboratory. Return to the hotel.
For: All dates. Leave 7:30 Gala dinner at San Domenico Restaurant in Imola, cited in many Italian restaurant guides as one of the best in Italy. Aperitif in the cellars housing 20,000 bottles, including bottles from Napoleon's time.
Day 7: Saturday - Departure after breakfast at the hotel.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- accommodation
- 3 cooking lessons
- all meals
- excursions
- private transport
- guide throughout
- pick up and drop off at Bologna, Italy.
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