4 Day Truffles Forest Tour and Cooking Holiday in Tuscany, Arezzo

Facilities

Day 1: Introduction and first cooking lesson

• Meet at the Arezzo train station, where you will be picked up and taken to the villa.
• Enjoy a welcome aperitif buffet with Prosecco wine tasting.
• In the late afternoon, around 4 p.m or 5 p.m., have your first cooking lesson with chef Fabrizio.
• Prepare a fantastic three to four course evening meal.
• Meal plan: dinner

Day 2: City break tour and free time

• After breakfast, take a cultural excursion (places of great historical importance) of the Tiberina Valley.
• Lunch and drinks included at a local restaurant.
• Free time to relax in the afternoon by the pool or stroll in the magnificent surroundings of the villa.
• Savor the typical calzone-pizza prepared for you.
• Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 3: Second cooking lesson and truffle tour

• After breakfast, take your last cooking class.
• Learn more elaborate techniques using the products of the forest to prepare a delicious lunch.
• In the afternoon, hiking tour in the woods searching for precious truffles with the help of experienced guides and dogs.
• Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 4: A warm arrivederci

• After breakfast and some time to relax, you'll be taken back to Arezzo central station.

All holiday packages can be customized according to your requirement and experience. The program may change slightly based on seasonality and availability of the cellars.

During this holiday, you will go on a truffle-hunting trip and on a historical guided tour.

This culinary vacation will take place in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy.

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 handicrafts 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 is a gem set amidst the gentle Tuscan hills, the 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 downtown, 6 kilometers
• Cortona, 30 kilometers
• Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ), 150 kilometers - 2 hours
• Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR), 80 kilometers - 1.5 hour
• Leonardo da Vinci - Fiumicino Airport (FCO), 250 kilometers - 2-3 hours
• Pisa International Airport (PSA), 150 kilometers - 2 hours
• Railway station, 10 kilometers
• Rome, 200 kilometers
• San Francesco d'Assisi Airport (PEG), 80 kilometers - 1 hour 30 minutes
• Siena, 60 kilometers

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Daily meals and drinks as per itinerary are included in the price of the package.

Products warranty

When possible, MangiarDivino will provide seasonal organic vegetable from their gardens, organic Chianti wine, and extra virgin olive oil from personal production. The rest of the ingredients you will use during your holiday will be purchased from trusted suppliers to guarantee top quality and freshness. The key point of MangiarDivino's philosophy is good food needs top ingredients.

Food options

Food intolerance are welcome. Please let MangiarDivino know one week before your arrival. Vegetarian and vegan options are also available.

Skill level

MangiarDivino accommodates beginners, advanced, and master chef. Please let them know what level you prefer.

Menu

The menu can be customized according to your needs and desire. This will be agreed upon in advance.

There are activities that are available on request. Your holiday package can be customized with other trips and excursions or cookery lessons at an additional cost.

• Biking tour
• Cheese tour
• Chocolate tour
• City escape tours
• Golf course
• Horse riding
• Medieval hamlets tour
• Medieval olive oil mil and olive oil tasting tours
• Medieval Saracen tournament (ticket to be booked three months in advance)
• Relaxing in garden or swimming
• Trekking and hiking tour
• Val d’Orcia (Siena province) tour
• Vespa tour

• Welcome appetizer and drinks
• All meals with drinks
• 1 truffle hunting excursion
• 1 guided tour and lunch
• 2 cooking classes at the villa (no commuting)
• 3 nights accommodation in a private apartment (two bedrooms)
• Arezzo train station transfers
• 4-hour Italian cooking classes with the chefs

• Airfare ticket
• Museum entrance fee
• Personal expenses
• Tips
• Train fare
• Transfer to from airport (extra price available on request)
• Extra tour or excursion to add during your vacation (extra price available on request)
• Extension or shorten your holiday (extra price available on request)

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• 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.