4 Days Organic Vegetarian Cooking Vacations in Tuscany

Facilities

Day 1 - Arrival, cooking lesson

• Meet at the Arezzo train station at your scheduled time for free transfer.
• Upon arrival at the villa, enjoy a welcome aperitif snack buffet with prosecco wine tasting
• An introduction with the chef Fabrizio and the villa host, Marina, will follow. It's a chance to get to know each other and talking about the itinerary.
• In the late afternoon take your first cookery lesson where you can engage yourself in the art of Italian and Tuscany vegetarian cuisine technique with the aid of an expert Tuscan chef.
• Enjoy the results for dinner.
• Overnight: private apartment.
• Meal plan: dinner.

Day 2 - City tour, free time

• Following breakfast is a cultural tour in the historical city Arezzo. Lunch with drinks is included at a local trattoria Toscana.
• Free afternoon to relax by the pool with good glass of wine or walk in the magnificent scenery around the villa, through vineyards, olive groves and woodland.
• Return to the villa for an excellent gourmet dinner.
• Overnight: private apartment.
• Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Day 3 - Cooking lesson, wine tour

• Enjoy your last cooking lesson where you will prepare farewell lunch.
• In the afternoon have a wine tasting tour in a prestigious winery.
• Return to the villa for a delicious crispy pizza calzone menu prepared for you by the master chef.
• Overnight: private apartment.
• Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Day 4 - A warm arrivederci

• After breakfast and same time for relax you'll be taken back to the Arezzo central train station for a warm arrivederci.
• Departure on your own.
• Meal plan: breakfast.

The program may change slightly based on seasonality and availability of the cellars.

Arezzo city tour

Arezzo city origins are lost in the very ancient past. As the settlement grew, it eventually became an important Etruscan city, and was later part of Rome. Already in the 4th century Arezzo had become a Bishopric. It was occupied by the Lombards at the end of the 6th century and was strongly conditioned by their influence. In the Middle Ages, Arezzo was a free and powerful commune, often ruled by its Bishops who were Counts of the Holy Roman Empire.

The city was frequently at war, with Siena certainly, but above all with Florence and, in 1384, it was finally subjugated to Florentine rule. From then onwards, with the exception of two widespread rebellions in 1502 and 1529-30, Arezzo ‘s history runs parallel to the history of Florence and, later on, to the fortunes of Tuscany.

Today, the ancient center of the city retains all the fascination of its illustrious past. The principal buildings and monuments possess a wealth of Medieval and Renaissance art created by artists such as Cimabue, Piero della Francesa, Andrea della Robbia and Giorgio Vasari. Arezzo was the birthplace of the great poet Petrarch, and it became internationally famous as the backdrop to a widely acclaimed movie when some of the most beautiful corners of the city’s monumental center formed the setting for scenes in Roberto Benigni’s film “Life is Beautiful”, three-time Oscar winner in 1999.

This is Arezzo, the modern, hard-working, artistic city rooted in the past but renewing itself in the architecture of the present and in exhibitions of contemporary art, whose citizens, with their ingenuity and creativity, still find expression in the aromas and tastes of an ancient culinary tradition, in handcrafts of renowned quality, in a genuine sense of hospitality to tourists, and in such jewelry-making expertise that Arezzo is known worldwide as the “city of gold”.

Arezzo, city of the jousting tournament Giostra del Saracino, of the Antiques Fair and of the international polyphonic competition “Guido d’Arezzo”. Arezzo, a gem set amidst the gentle Tuscan hills, birthplace of so many illustrious personages that the distinguished poet Giosuè Carducci exclaimed that the territory of Arezzo alone is “sufficient to give glory to Italy!”

Distances

• Arezzo city center, 1 kilometer
• Cinque Terre, 240 kilometers (3 hours)
• Cortona, 20 kilometers (25 minutes)
• Florence, 68 kilometers (45 minutes)
• Gaiole in Chianti, 40 kilometers (40 minutes)
• Lucca, 170 kilometers (2 hours)
• Montalcino, 55 kilometers
• Montepulciano, 45 kilometers (45 minutes)
• Pisa, 150 kilometers (2 hours)
• Rome, 220 kilometers (2 hours)
• San Gimignano, 100 kilometers (1 to 2 hours)
• Siena, 60 kilometer (45 minutes)
• Venice, 320 kilometers (3 to 4 hours)

Chocolate tour (at extra price)

Historical hamlet tours (at extra price)

Medieval olive oil mil and olive oil tasting tours (at extra price)

Special event guided tours (medieval touraments and others) available on request

Val d’Orcia (Siena province) tour (at extra price)

• 2 hands-on cooking lessons with the aid of professional Italian chef
• 3 nights accommodation in private apartment
• *All taxes
• *Complimentary transfer to and from train station
• *Daily meals with drinks
• *Excursions to the historical sites with meal at typical trattorias
• *Seasonal organic ingredients from MangiarDivino's production

• Additional tours
• Airfare
• Extra drinks
• Museum entrance fee
• Personal expenses
• Tips
• Train fare
• Transfer to from airport (extra price available on request)

• A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.