5 Days Cooking, Cheese & Wine Tour in Prosecco Countryside

Day 1: Arrival

• You will meet your host at 2 p.m. in the Venice Marco Polo Airport for pick-up and transfer to your accommodation located in the Prosecco area.
• Trip orientation followed by welcome dinner.

Day 2: Artisanal cheese producer visit, cheese tasting, wine tasting

• Breakfast at 8:30 a.m.
• You leave for the Malga (mountain cheese producer), where at 10 a.m. you will see the cheese production followed by a cheese tasting.
• Afterwards you continue for your light lunch at 1 p.m. in a typical local agriturismo.
• At 3 p.m. you will be ready for your first wine tasting in a Prosecco winery set in the stunning DOCG hills.
• After a full day you return to your accommodation to relax before dinner at 8 p.m.

Day 3: Excursion, gelato-making lesson

• Breakfast at 9 a.m.
• A short ride to visit the XI century castle Castel Brando and the XII century Follina Abbey.
• You will go for your light lunch at 1 p.m. in a typical local restaurant.
• At 3 p.m. you return to your accommodation to relax.
• Later this afternoon you will have a private gelato-making lesson.
• Dinner at 8 p.m. at the accommodation.

Day 4: Cooking class, excursion

• Breakfast at 9 a.m.
• Your cooking lesson starts mid-morning. The lesson will be followed by lunch where you will taste all the local specialties that you have learned to prepare in the kitchen.
• After a little break, you leave at 3:30 p.m. to visit a nearby historical town of Vittorio Veneto city where you will have free time to do some shopping.
• You will return to your accommodations at about 6:30 p.m.
• Time to unwind before dinner at 8 p.m.

Day 5: Departure

• Breakfast at 9 a.m.
• Check out and transfer to the Venice Marco Polo Airport for your return flight.

Itinerary information

The selection of the cantinas (as described in the program) may vary depending on availability.

Seasonal information

Spring and Fall are the best periods of the year to visit Venice, but also in the summer there are a lot of festivals and happenings (consider that in Italy July and August are holiday months), meanwhile in winter you can enjoy a special atmosphere during Carnevale season.

Visit Vittorio Veneto, a nearby historical town

Visit a Malga, a small cheese producer in the mountains

Visit a XI century castle, Castel Brando, and a XII century church, the Abbey of Follina

Prosecco Winery visit with guided tasting in the DOCG hills

Participate in a hands-on cooking class and gelato-making course

The holiday takes place in hills of the Prosecco DOCG region, near the towns of Valdobbiadene, Follina, Conegliano, and Vittorio Veneto.

• 4 nights accommodation with daily breakfast
• All meals during the program inclusive of wine, mineral water and coffee
• All transportation of the itinerary by comfortable air-conditioned van or minvan
• Airport transfers to/from Venice Marco Polo Airport, Treviso Canova Airport or Venice Tronchetto
• English-speaking support at all times by Venice Day Trips, local guides and hotel staff
• All entrance fees and local guides
• Food and wine visits and tastings
• Cooking lesson at an agriturismo
• Gelato-making lesson
• Guided tour of local castle, a stop at a nearby abbey
• Personal wine and food guide

• Supplement for accommodation in a single room
• Transfers from airports or cities other than those mentioned
• Anything not mentioned above

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 20% 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.