Italy Food Tours

This holiday is ideal for Italian food and language lovers. Learn Italian, meet Abruzzo's chefs, and immerse yourself into true tastes and traditions of the region. During this holiday, led by Abruzzo's chefs, you will learn how to cook typical Italian recipes, while Wolftour's guides conduct you along Abruzzo's countryside, discovering food and wine treasures. Join this holiday, visit some of the most suggesting Italian sites, and learn Italian language while you cook!

Highlights

5 Italian lessons
4 hands-on cooking lessons
Wine, olive oil and cheese firms visits
Local and fresh typical cooking ingredients
Beautiful countryside views around Abruzzo
Daily typical Italian breakfast included
5 lunches at local restaurants
6 nights accommodation

Styles

Italian

6 days with instruction in English

The organizer also speaks: Italian

Group size: Minimum of 5 participants

Accommodation

Agriturismo Le Tre Poiane Country House is an elegant hotel, completely renovated, situated on the beautiful hills of Pescara. Strategically located at the entrance of the national park of Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga, the main building is in the middle of an organic farm of 11 hectares, mainly dedicated to extra virgin and organic olive oil production, cereals, legumes and vegetables.

Program

Day 1

17:00 Arrival to Agritourism Le tre Poiane in Penne; welcome drink
18:00 First meeting with Abruzzo's chefs
19:30 Dinner at Agritourism
20:30 Overnight in Agritourism

Day 2

08:00 Typical breakfast
09:00 Visit olive oil museum of Loreto Aprutino and taste local products, the Museo Acerbo delle Ceramiche of Castelli, the Antiquarium Casamarte and the museum of rural life
13:00 Taste typical products at La Bilancia restaurant of Loreto Aprutino
16:00 Return to Penne for a cooking lesson on bread
18:00 Italian language lesson
19:30 Dinner at Agritourism
20:30 Overnight in Agritourism

Day 3

08:00 Typical breakfast
09:00 Visit olive oil and cheese firms
13:30 Lunch at Tatobbe restaurant of Penne
16:00 Cooking lesson on pasta
18:00 Italian language lesson
19:30 Dinner at Agritourism
20:30 Overnight in Agritourism

Day 4

08:00 Typical breakfast
09:00 Move to Farindola, a mountain village in the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga national park and taste the typical cheese Pecorino
13:30 Lunch at Trattoria dellOrso restaurant
16:00 Return to Penne for a cooking lesson on pizza
18:00 Italian language lesson
19:30 Dinner at Agritourism
20:30 Overnight in Agritourism

Day 5

08:00 Typical breakfast
09:00 Move to Santo Stefano di Sessanio, one of the most beautiful mountain villages of Italy, visit the mountain village and taste its typical products
13:30 Lunch at Monastero San Colombo restaurant in Barisciano, a mountain village in the nature reserve of Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga
18:00 Italian language lesson
19:30 Dinner at Agritourism
20:30 Overnight in Agritourism

Day 6

08:00 Typical breakfast
09:00 Visit a wine firm
13:30 Lunch at a wine firm
16:00 Cooking lesson on second course and side dish
18:00 Italian language lesson
19:30 Dinner at Agritourism
20:30 Overnight in Agritourism

Day 7

08:00 Typical breakfast
10:30 Cooking lesson with products bought on earlier days
13:30 Lunch with dishes made previously
16:30 Departure

Food

You will have daily breakfasts and dinners of local products and dishes. During this holiday, you have the opportunity to dine in several restaurants, taste the local wines and extra virgin olive oil from Abruzzo. Also, you will learn and taste a wide range of typical Italian products, including (but not limited to) the following:

Jams, jelly and honey
Local farro and saragolla pasta
Peach juice
Pecorino di Farindola cheese
Zafferano and amarene liqueurs

What's included

4 cooking lessons with Abruzzo's chefs
5 Italian lessons with expert teacher
5 lunches at specified restaurants
6 nights accommodation on double occupancy
Books and teaching materials
Daily typical breakfast
Local and fresh typical cooking ingredients
Tickets for the museum of olive oil and the Oleoteca regionale in Loreto Aprutino
Tour guide
Wine, olive oil and cheese firms visits
Wolfycard

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