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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.




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