PROGRAMME:
Day 1: Arrival at the hotel, welcome cocktail, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Breakfast is followed by introductions of all participants to each other and the language teacher, and the first language lesson will teach you the basics of the italian language. Free lunch period. In the afternoon there is a guided walk through Sanremo. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Breakfast is followed by the second language lesson. Free lunch period. In the afternoon there is a bus tour with guide to Dolceacqua, a picturesque medieval village, and a visit the Visionarium (a 3-D slide show of the local countryside and people). The bus will then take you on to Isolabona, where you will have your first tasting of local wines and olive oil in an old olive oil mill. Back to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4: Breakfast is followed by the third language lesson. Free lunch period. In the afternoon you will have the first cooking lesson. Today you will learn how to prepare authentic Sardenara (pizza), talk about various recipes and watch the prepararation of Italian ice cream. Back to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 5: Breakfast is followed by a bus tour with a guide, through the romantic and panoramic mountain scenery to Pieve di Teco, an old shoemakers’ village. The trip continues to Colle San Bartolomeo, where you will have a typical Italian picnic.Ater that in Sarola, in a small family-run restaurant, the second cooking lesson teaches you how to prepare pasta dishes and torta verde. Dinner is in the same restaurant, followed by a visit to the wine cellar for a taste of Grappa. Back to the hotel, overnight stay.
Day 6: Breakfast and departure home.