CULINARY TOURS IN ITALY
Italian cuisine, wine tasting & cooking lessons
Culinary Tours
Liguria & Piemonte
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Accommodations for 6 nights in a 4 star hotels - featuring excursions, food, wine and cooking lessons.
G2
Accommodations for 3 nights in a farmhouse - featuring cooking lessons, and excursions in picturesque Ligurian villages and countryside.
G3
Accommodations for 7 nights in a 4 star hotel in beautiful Portovenere on the Italian Riviera - featuring cooking classes and excursions to destinations of local and gastronomic interest.
G4
Accommodations for 3 nights in 4 star hotel in Cannes and 3 nights accommodation in 4 star Relais in Monferrato hills - Ligurian cooking lessons plus dinner/lunch at various locations in Piedmont, Liguria, and the French Riviera.
Veneto
G7
Accommodations for 7 nights in a Venice apartment - 3 cooking classes - includes water taxi transfer from the Marco Polo Venice Airport. 1 day cooking and walking tour also available. Check for details.
G8
Accommodations for 4 nights in farmhouse - features 3 cooking classes plus visits to a cheesemakers, a mill and a wine cellar and tours of various locations.
Tuscany
G11
Accommodations for 7 nights in 4 star hotel - featuring car rental, cooking classes, wine tastings, biking tour and excursions in Siena, Montalcino, Pienza and the Chianti area.
G12
Accommodations for 7 nights in Villa Casafrassi - features 3 cooking classes plus 3 wine tasting trips and a Siena market/city tour with a guide.
G13
Accommodations for 5 nights in a 3 star Relais - featuring travel and excursions in the Chianti area; includes cooking classes, winery visits, wine tasting, and a visit to an olive oil mill.
G14
Accommodations for 5 nights at a 3 star Relais - featuring walks to Civitella and Pieve a Presciano and excursions to Radda-in-Chianti and Montalcino; includes cooking classes, winery visits and wine tasting.
G15
Accommodations at a bed and breakfast in Castiglioncello del Trinoro- featuring travel to Pienza and the Orcia Valley; includes cooking classes, visit to a cheese producer, truffle hunting, and dinner with Medieval Party.
G16
Accommodations in villa- featuring excursions to Florence, Val D'Orcia, Siena, and the Chianti region; includes cooking classes, white truffle tasting, shopping, and wine tasting.
G17
Accommodations for 3 nights in 4 star hotel - featuring cooking classes, winery visits and wine tasting.
G18
Cooking and Touring Emilia Romagna and Tuscany
Accomodations for 5 nights in 4 star hotel - featuring Ferrara cooking class, dinner/lunch in various locations, and tours to Florence, Bologna, and various other locations
G19
Accommodations for 5 nights - featuring excursions in Florence and the Chianti area; includes cooking classes plus walking tours to visit an artisan cheese producer, a winery, and various beautiful sites in the Chianti Area.
G20
Accommodations for 5 nights at Podere Le Rose - featuring 2 guided excursions in the Chianti area; includes cooking classes, visits to wineries and various beautiful sites.
Umbria
G25
Accommodations for 5 nights at 4 star Relais Ducale - featuring excursions to Gubbio and its nearby countryside, and Torgiano; includes cooking lessons, dinner in an exclusive restaurant, a day looking for truffles, plus visits to oil and wine museums with tastings.
G26
Accommodations for 4 nights at 4 star hotel/historical villa - featuring excursions to various locations in Umbria; includes cooking classes, visits to a wine cellar and olive oil mill.
G27
Accommodations for 5 nights at unique Italian country house - featuring travel and excursions to Assisi, Spoleto, and Torgiano; includes cooking classes, winery visits and wine tasting, and ticket for a wine museum.
Central and Southern Italy
G31
Accommodations for 5 nights 4 star Hotel Flora in Frascati and 2 nights in a 4 star Hotel in Rome- featuring excursions to Roman Castles, Frascati, and various locations; includes cooking lessons and much more.
G32
Accommodations for 5 nights in 4 star hotel - featuring excursions and cooking lessons.
G33
Accommodations for 7 nights at hotels in Amalfi and Sorrento - featuring excursions to Amalfi Coast, Capri, and Pompeii; includes cooking classes, plus visit to local mozzarella cheese maker or Limoncello and ice cream maker.
G34
Accommodations for 6 nights double occupancy at Villa Della Porta - featuring excursions to Sorrento, Capri, and Pompeii and tour of Amalfi Coast; includes cooking classes, visits to local mozzarella cheese maker and a Limoncello and ice cream and cake maker, a gala dinner, and a wine tasting.
G35
Accommodations for 4 nights at Hotel in Sorrento - featuring excursions to Pompeii and the island of Carpi; includes cooking classes, 2 dinners in Sorrento's top restaurants and much more.
Sardinia & Sicily
G40
Accommodations for 7 nights in 4 star hotel by the sea - includes cooking classes, and wine and olive oil tasting.
G41
Accommodations for 6 nights at 3 star and 4 star hotels - featuring excursions to Taormina, Siracuse, Carlentini, Island of Ortigia, and Palermo; includes cooking classes, and much more.
If you don't have time for a full culinary week or weekend, the best option is to add a cooking class a la carte. Add Italian cooking to your vacations with our one day cooking class option.
C1
Morning cooking lesson followed by lunching on your work - Near Siena S. of Florence.
C2
A cooking class followed by lunch in the Chianti Region near Arezzo.
C3
An introduction to preparing-and eating-traditional Tuscan dishes along with the appropriate wines. Menus are flexible, and may focus exclusively on starters, first and second courses, or desserts. Choice of lesson at your location.
C4
An introduction to preparing-and eating-traditional Tuscan dishes along with the appropriate wines. Menus are flexible, and may focus exclusively on starters, first and second courses, or desserts.
C5
Featuring a morning visit to the market, a hands-on cooking class and lunch with good wine - Rome.
C6
Italian cooking lessons focus on the traditions of Italian cuisine.
C7
Meet your instructor and tour/shopping in a local market for fresh vegetables and product needed for the course. Aperitif at the winery, light snack and cooking class followed by dinner.
C8
Morning or afternoon cooking lesson followed by lunch or dinner based on your work - in a charming hotel in the countryside just minutes away from the city of Cortona.
C9
Enjoy cooking traditional Umbrian cuisine in a farmhouse, just minutes away from Perugia.
C10
Morning cooking class followed by a lunch on the beautiful terrace of Mamma Agata's home facing the Mediterranean sea.
C11
Stroll through the village market. Learn how to select the meals ingredients. Enjoy spectacular views of the Mediterranean's Amalifi Coast while you prepare your lunch with a hands-on cooking lesson.
C12
The cooking class is held in a delightful agriturismo in the Sicilian countryside. Learn the secrets of Sicilian country cuisine in this amazing cooking experience as you prepare your meal.
C13
Learn the secrets of buying fresh ingredients as you discover the local market and typical shops.. Then enter the kingdom of the cook, the Elimo kitchen, where you will learn the secrets of Sicilian and Mediterranean traditional cuisine. The 3 hour lesson is a true experience!
C14
Cooking lesson followed by lunch or dinner at the home of a Countess in the city of Siena, just a few steps from the famous "Piazza del Campo." Choose between 3 different tour choices.
C15
Three hands-on Tuscan cuisine cooking lessons, at the villa with dinner & beverages. Four nights accommodation 4 star superior country villa VILLA PETRISCHIO. Three nights accommodation 3 star superior Hotel Florence.
Our entire staff possess a high level of experience and professionalism, knowledgeable on Italy.
Terri founder of Vacanza Italy & Beyond, born in Italy, has lived most of her life in North America. Has spent much of her time in her homeland and is dedicated to discovering the highest quality in services and in programs to share with you. Let Terri and her team design your next cultural romantic or culinary getaway.