CULINARY TOURS
Discover Cooking in Liguria
Itinerary
Day 1
- Arrival in Albenga's countryside and check-in at the farmhouse
- Excursion to the Oil Museum, to the medieval centre and shopping
- Italian aperitif and a gourmet dinner in a typical restaurant (D)
Day 2
- Breakfast followed by a Ligurian cooking class
- Lunch
- Everybody in the kitchen! for the second part of the cooking class
- Diplomas
- The Cook's dinner (BLD)
Day 3
- After breakfast depart for Vargotti and visit to the ancient Saracen village
- After lunch in a typical restaurant, depart for Final Borgo and tour the wonderful medieval centre and visit a wine cellar for a tasting
- Return to the farmhouse for the " Forget Me Not Dinner" (BLD)
Day 4
- Check-out and transfer (B)
Tour Includes
- 3 nights B & B in 3 star hotel
- English speaking interpreteur
- 1 visit to a wine cellar and wine tasting
- 1 apperitif
- 1 cookbook
- 1 forget me not kit
- 3 gourmet dinners
- 2 lunches
- Ligurian cooking course
- Local transfer
- 2 visits to the oil museum and 2 oil tasting
2006 Rates Per Person Based on Double
- Euros 860.00-- 2 - 4 people, dates available upon request
- Euros 805.00-- 5 - 8 people, dates available upon request
- Euros 765.00-- 9 - 12 people, dates available upon request
Some of the culinary ingredients that make Ligurian cuisine famous are the taggiasca olive oil, pesto sauce, aromatic spices, farinata, panizza, trenette, ravioli, taglierini, focaccia, wild mushrooms and the game of the hinterland.
The fish: Liguria’s generous sea provide fish markets with rich mullets, golden maids, swordfish, tuna fish and many other kinds of fish. Seafood is a large part of the Ligurian culinary experience.
The wines: Pigato, Vermentino, Lumassina, Mataosso, Sciachettrà, Ormeasco, Rossese, Buzzetto and Granaccia. You will enjoy these wines with all different types of food pairings.