CULINARY TOURS
Culinary Exploration
Piedmont, Liguria, French Riviera

Itinerary
Day 1
- Arrival at Nice, transfer to your hotel in Cannes
- Dinner in a local restaurant
Day 2
- Full day on the French Riviera, visit the most famous towns of the area, Nice, Cannes, Montecarlo with shopping
- Dinner at Ville de Lys restaurant at the Croisette
Day 3
- Full day to explore the romantic Provance, clothing, flowers, perfumes and the small ateliers
- Dinner in a typical Provencal ‘mas’
Day 4
- Tour to Piedmont with stop in Liguria for a lesson on Ligurian olive oil followed by lunch
- On the way to Piedmont, afternoon stop in Serravalle Scrivia for fashion shopping at Versace, Gucci, Prada local outlets
- Arrival in Piedmont in a four star Relais (private estate) in Monferrato hills
- Dinner in a well known local restaurant
Day 5
- Full day among castles and wine yards of Langhe hills with King of Wines (Barolo) tasting
- Lunch is in a typical trattoria
- Dinner in Grinzane Cavour Castle
Day 6
- Full day excursion to Turin, the location of the next Winter Olympic Games; you will see elegant palaces and the Regge Sabaude with shopping opportunity and a short visit to try chocolate and ‘bicerin’, the famous coffee invented by the Savoia family
- Lunch in a historical restaurant, facing the first Italian Parliament
- Visit to Martini Museum to learn about Italian vermouth
- Candlelight dinner at San Giuseppe Castle, once owned by Napoleon and actress Eleonoar Duse, located nearby the Ivrea and Lago Sirio lakes
Tour Includes
- 3 nights accommodation in a four star hotel in Cannes with breakfast
- 3 nights in four star Relais in Monferrato hills
- 1 dinner in restaurant nearby the hotel in Cannes
- 1 dinner in a special restaurant in Croisette
- 1 typical Provencal dinner in ‘Mas’
- Ligurian cooking lessons with meal and drinks
- 1 dinner in Relais in Monferrato
- 1 chocolate and bicerin tasting in a café in Turin
- 1 special lunch in Cambio restaurant
- 1 candlelight dinner in San Giuseppe Castel
- 1 Barolo wine tasting with snack
- 1 lunch in typical trattoria in Langhe hills
- 1 dinner in Castello di Grinzane Cavour Castle
- Drinks with meals are included
- Forget-me-not kit
2006 Rates Based on Double
- Euros 1549.00--Available April to Nov.