(Option: Day Cooking Classes)
Sorrento, Italy -  3 or 7 nights
Available year round

Choose from a day cooking class learning traditional Italian cuisine with an emphasis on Neopolitan recipes, or a three or seven night culinary program in spectacular Sorrento, Italy. Your hands-on cooking lessons from your chef will take place in an amazing, private and manicured garden. You will be surrounded by an impressive array of old palms, English meadow, colorful flowers and fountains with lemon and orange trees, a swimming-pool, typical "Pergolato" and ceramic decorations. This beautiful property guarantees you complete privacy during your cooking classes.

After your arrival, you will be welcomed with a fresh glass of orange juice and a flavored plum-cake. Then on to the kitchen area to start a unique experience learning to prepare delicious Italian food. Your chef comes from a noble family and when she was young, she usually assisted her mother in the kitchen to organize parties at home. She learned Napolitean and typical dishes and now has chosen to share her recipes with guests in a warm and relaxed atmosphere. 

The cooking class lasts 3 hours and you will learn to prepare an appetizer, first dish, second dish with vegetables of the season and dessert. You will then have a break, visiting the wine cellar and tasting home made wine. You will enjoy a beautiful meal of what you have cooked by the pool or under a Pergolato or, depending on the season, in a nice winter garden by the fireplace. 

THREE NIGHT ITINERARY

Day One

Arriving at Naples airport and welcomed by an English speaking driver for a private transfer to the Villa, an amazing setting in private grounds with beautifully manicured gardens, orange and lemon trees, swimming pool, typical "Pergolato" and ceramic decorations, for a briefing about the weekly program. An interpreter / hostess will assist guests during the cooking lesson and will serve lunch at the end of the class.

You will discuss the menus with your chef for your cooking vacation adventure with particular emphasis on Neapolitan recipes. Check-in a bed & breakfast located close to the Villa and evening on your own.

Day Two

After lunch, departure by private car to a half day visit of Pompeii with professional English speaking guide (entrance fees to the ruins included).

Back to the B&B and evening on your own.

Day Three

After breakfast, we will continue with the second cooking lesson at the Villa. After lunch, you will enjoy by private car and with English speaking driver the unique and super Amalfi Coast. The lush green terraces, suspended over a sparkling sea, the wealth of art and the architectural characteristics, make it one of the most celebrated places on earth. Wild, daring and romantic, the Coast is an obligatory stop in any journey to Italy. Set into the mountain, surrounded by rich Mediterranean vegetation, Positano is so picturesque as to seem a spontaneous stage setting. The town develops vertically. The homes, one on top of the other, are characterised by arched porticos that give onto the sea and are painted in pastel colours, giving in the look of a multifaceted precious stone. It is not for nothing that Positano is called "the gem of the divine coast". The heart and soul of the coast is Amalfi. In the serene blue of the sky and sea, Amalfi, guarded by its port, seems held in the palm of a hand. Above, the scenic drapery of the mountains, hinged like a backdrop, dotted with houses; below, a picturesque weaving of alleys and steps, all the way to the Piazza, where the Cathedral dominates from the top of its majestic stairs. A unique scene, where historic memory intertwines with unforgettable natural beauty.

Then Ravello, famous for its tranquil and serene atmosphere, Ravello offers architectural gems of rare elegance with its Duomo rich with artistic treasures like the grand bronze central door; Villa Rufolo immersed in a verdant park of exotic and Mediterranean flora and Villa Cimbrone a simple hut transformed into an exceptionally fascinating Villa. There is a very special feeling in the cloister of the villa, still showing elements of the ancient Arab Sicilian style it was built in. The belvedere is a terrace that gives on to infinity and has no equal in the world. Back to Sorrento and evening on your own.

Day Four

SEVEN NIGHT ITINERARY

Day One

Arriving at Sorrento and welcome to the Villa, an amazing setting in private grounds with beautifully manicured gardens, orange and lemon trees, swimming pool, typical "Pergolato" and ceramic decorations, for a briefing about the weekly program. An interpreter / hostess will assist guests during the cooking lesson and will serve lunch at the end of the class.

You will discuss the menus with the chef for your cooking vacation adventure with particular emphasis on Neapolitan recipes. Check-in in a bed & breakfast located close to the Villa and evening on your own.　

Day Two

After breakfast, we will start with the first cooking class at the Villa, lasting 3 hours, during which you will take a break to visit the wine cellar and taste some excellent homemade wine. At the end your lesson, you will enjoy a beautiful meal of your own cooking by the pool or under a " Pergolato" or in a nice winter garden by a warm fire.

After lunch, departure to an half day visit of Pompeii with a professional English speaking guide (entrance fees to the ruins included).

Back to the B&B and evening on your own.

Day Three

After breakfast, departure to an unforgettable experience at the oldest cheese factory on the Sorrentine peninsula. It will be very interesting to see a demonstration of how they create "mozzarella" from the simple cow’s milk. You will explore the heart of the factory, the "cella frigorifera", when they season and dry over a thousand "caciocavallo" at once. At the end, you will enjoy a specialities tasting: mozzarella, caciocavallo, provolone del Monaco and caciotta with tomatoes salad and bread (red wine and water included).

Then, you will proceed to for the unique and super Amalfi Coast. The lush green terraces, suspended over a sparkling sea, the wealth of art and the architectural characteristics, make it one of the most celebrated places on earth. Wild, daring and romantic, the Coast is an obligatory stop in any journey to Italy. Set into the mountain, surrounded by rich Mediterranean vegetation, Positano is so picturesque as to seem a spontaneous stage setting. The town develops vertically. The homes, one on top of the other, are characterised by arched porticos that give onto the sea and are painted in pastel colours, giving in the look of a multifaceted precious stone. It is not for nothing that Positano is called "the gem of the divine coast". The heart and soul of the coast is Amalfi. In the serene blue of the sky and sea, Amalfi, guarded by its port, seems held in the palm of a hand. Above, the scenic drapery of the mountains, hinged like a backdrop, dotted with houses; below, a picturesque weaving of alleys and steps, all the way to the Piazza, where the Cathedral dominates from the top of its majestic stairs. A unique scene, where historic memory intertwines with unforgettable natural beauty. Then Ravello, famous for its tranquil and serene atmosphere, Ravello offers architectural gems of rare elegance with its Duomo rich with artistic treasures like the grand bronze central door; Villa Rufolo immersed in a verdant park of exotic and Mediterranean flora and Villa Cimbrone a simple hut transformed into an exceptionally fascinating Villa. There is a very special feeling in the cloister of the villa, still showing elements of the ancient Arab Sicilian style it was built in. The belvedere is a terrace that gives on to infinity and has no equal in the world. Back to Sorrento and evening on your own.

Day Four

After breakfast, meeting point at the B&B to go shopping ay the local organic food market with Chef Zia Angela to choose ingredients for your daily cooking class. Stop in one of the best bakeries to taste a typical cake of the Sorrentine peninsula with Neapolitan coffee or cappuccino.

Back to the Villa for your second cooking class. Lunch by the pool or under "the Pergolato" and, in the afternoon, visit one of the famous inlaid wood work display of Sorrento and free time for shopping. Evening on your own and overnight at the B&B.

Day Five

An excursion that takes you back in time to one of the oldest, unspoilt villages in the Sannio region; a real open-air museum with its paved streets, ancient buildings and picturesque courtyards rich in works of art. The Sannio region is renowned for the quality of its wine and there will be an opportunity to visit a traditional wine cellar, excavated in the rocks forming the foundation of a family home.

Lunch will be served in a nearby, old established restaurant where the food is personally expertly prepared and cooked by the owner.

Back to Sorrento and evening on your own.

Day Six

After breakfast, we will continue with the third cooking lesson at the Villa.

Lunch and afternoon at leisure.

OPTION: half day ceramic class in a typical laboratory of Sorrento.

Back to the B&B and evening on your own.

Day Seven

After breakfast, departure to an half day "Due Golfi train tour", a special visit through history, scents and tastes of this splendid land (stop to visit the Church of Sant’Agata, The Desert with its monastic complex, the Village of S. Francesco with the monastery, the Village of Annunziata with the Aragonese Castle and the villa of Gioacchino Murat, Termini with its amazing view). During these stops, you will taste the typical products of the area: mozzarella, limoncello and olive oil.

Back to Sorrento and, in the afternoon, last cooking lesson at the Villa with final candlelight dinner.

Overnight at the B&B.

Day Eight

After breakfast, luggage ready for departure. Arriverderci!

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NON RESIDENTIAL DAY COOKING CLASS (Evening cooking classes also available upon request)

9.30am : Arrival at the Villa with a welcome breakfast (orange juice and plum cake)
10.00am : Cooking class (3 hours in duration)
11.30am : Visit of the wine cellar tasting home made wine
1:00pm : Lunch by the pool or under the Pergolato with food you have personally cooked

Sample Menu

Mozzarella on the lemon leaf
Typical " Bruschetta" with cherry tomatoes
Pasta with eggplant, mozzarella and tomato sauce
"Scaloppina with lemon flavour"
Baked potatoes
"Grandma Cake"
Home made wine
Coffee and Limoncello

GROUP SIZE
 

A minimum of 2 participants is required to run this tour and the tour is limited to a maximum of 10 participants.

HOW TO ARRIVE

Nearest Airport/Train Station: Naples (1 hour by car)

*These details are provided as additional information. Please check below to see if transfers are included in this tour.

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