5 Day Luxury Culinary Vacation at a Family-Owned Hotel in Tuscany, Province of Arezzo

Facilities

The elegant restaurant and the teaching kitchen where you will have your cooking classes feature refined but classic Italian cuisine, and you will learn to make different types of Tuscan pasta, pizza, appetizers, soups, meat, and desserts.

Daily itinerary

Day 1

Transfer to the hotel, where host and owner David and his staff will welcome you to Tuscany. This evening, enjoy a welcome aperitif and a three-course a la carte welcome dinner with wine.

Day 2

After breakfast, your first hands-on lesson in which you will learn such dishes as pappardelle, gnocchi, pizza, or ravioli. Lunch will follow based on your efforts. This afternoon, you will have a guided tour of nearby Cortona, including the Etruscan Museum and Le Celle Monastery, where Saint Francis spent part of his life. In the evening, you will have time to explore Cortona on your own or to have dinner in town (return transfer to hotel to be paid locally).

Day 3

After breakfast, head to your next class, which might include such traditional dishes as bruschette, pici pasta, bread soup, and Florentine beef. Lunch to follow. This afternoon, there will be free time to relax, or additional excursions can be arranged locally. Dinner will be on your own.

Day 4

After breakfast, depart for Montepulciano, where you will experience a wine tasting at an ancient cellar, followed by a light lunch either at a winery or local trattoria. Next, head to Pienza for a tour of this charming medieval town, and then the Val d'Orcia to see a cheese producer followed by a delicious cheese tasting. Return to the hotel for an a la carte dinner with wine.

Day 5

Breakfast and departure.

• Tour of Cortona, including the Etruscan Museum and Le Celle Monastery
• Visit of Montepulciano and Pienza with wine tasting
• Visit to the Val d'Orcia with cheese tasting

This vacation will take place in Southern Tuscany, Italy. Pergo, the village where you will stay, has a handful of picturesque medieval streets and is surrounded by the rolling hills of Tuscany.

Enjoy amazing and authentic Tuscan and Italian cuisine on your culinary vacation. You will learn to make fabulous Tuscan dishes during your hands-on cooking classes and will taste delicious dishes during your three-course a la carte dinners. All included meals are served with fine Italian wines.

• 4 nights accommodation
• 2 hands-on Tuscan cooking classes
• Daily breakfast
• 3 lunches
• 2 dinners
• Wine included with meals
• Tour of Cortona, including the Etruscan Museum and Le Celle Monastery
• Visit of Montepulciano and Pienza with wine tasting
• Visit to the Val d'Orcia with cheese tasting
• Round trip transfers from / to the Terontola-Cortona train station

• Meals not indicated as included
• Return transfer after dinner on Day 2 (paid locally)
• Beverages outside of mealtimes
• Gratuities

• A reservation requires a deposit of 40% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.