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7 Days Cooking Tour of the Umbria Flavours (Italy) (#17)

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Category:Cooking
Region:Umbria City:Perugia
Price:N/A (EUR) Minimum:N/A
 

 

Trip length:
7 days
Departure Dates:
Any day!

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Destinations:
Italy, Umbria (Perugia - Assisi - Orvieto)

Activities:
Culinary, Cultural exploration

Included in the price:
Accomodation, 7 breakfasts, 4 cooking classes, 4 lunches from cooking classes, 3 half day excursions with car and driver

On request:
Professional Guide in the excursions

SMALL GROUP TOUR - TOUR OVERVIEW
Welcome to Umbria! Discover the food, wine, and culture of this wonderful italian region, rivaling Tuscany for its natural beauty and richness, known as the "green heart" of Italy. Umbria is an enchanting region blessed with nature’s bounty, culture, art and a thriving culinary tradition. Umbria, untouched by mass tourism, has preserved the magic and richness of its past.

DAY BY DAY ITINERARY

Day 1 - Arrive in Perugia
Arrival at the country farm "La volpe e l'uva" (Perugia, Central Italy, Umbria, near Tuscany) . Check-in your apartment at 4:00pm. Dinner reservations can be made at a restaurant of your choice

Day 2- Perugia
You have the day to yourselves to do some sightseeing or just enjoy the peaceful surroundings. An ideal day to make a trip to Perugia 4 km far from the farm. You can of course stay at the apartment and relax at the pool. Dinner reservations can be made at a restaurant of your choice.

Day3 - Wine Tour (Bevagna and Montefalco)
Hands-on cooking class starts around 10:00am. You will prepare a four course lunch that you will eat at the end of the class, accompanied by our wines.
The wine tour take place from 15.00 to 19.00. It is a wine tour in the Caprai winery. It produces Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCGS. You will have a guided tour of the vineyard, cellars finishing up with a test of local Umbrian specialties and the wines. You will also visit the medioeval city of Bevagna.

Day 4 - Perugia
Hands-on cooking class starts around 10:00am. You will prepare a four course lunch that you will eat at the end of the class, accompanied by our wines. You have the afternoon to yourselves to do some sightseeing or just enjoy the peaceful surroundings.

Day 5- Assisi
Hands-on cooking class starts around 10:00am. You will prepare a four course lunch that you will eat at the end of the class, accompanied by our wines.
The excursion take place from 15.00 - 19.00. You will visit the mystical city of Assisi, a beautiful medieval town based on Mount Subasio, overlooking a peaceful Umbrian landscape. Assisi is essentially known for the fact that it’s the place of birth of St. Francis in and that of Santa Chiara. You will visit the city and the famous churches like the St. Francis Church filled with spectacular frescoes by Giotto, and also the Eremo delle Carceri (a peacefully isolated church and monastery in the wooded slopes just outside Assisi's walls, this was the first monastic home of St. Francis' and his followers) and the St. Damiano church (A church and monastery outside the city walls is where the crucifix spoke to St. Francis, prompting him to repair it and begin his ministry. Later, St. Clare died here).

Day 6 - Perugia
Hands-on cooking class starts around 10:00am. You will prepare a four course lunch that you will eat at the end of the class, accompanied by our wines. You have the afternoon to yourselves to do some sightseeing or just enjoy the peaceful surroundings.

Day 7- Orvieto
The excursion take place from 9.30 - 15.00. You will visit the town of Orvieto.
The city of Orvieto exists in symbiosis with the tuff cliff on which it stands, an extraordinary example of the integration of nature by the work of man. The Cathedral, dating back to 1263, is the most important architectural landmark of the city, with its splendid Gothic facing and the richness of the ornaments and internal chapels. In the ancient town we also find the St.Patrizio well, built in 1527

Day 8 - Departure

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