Food Wine Lover Adventure in Umbria
Highlight
Cook with 4 chefs in restaurants and homes. Wine, olive oil & salumi visits, truffle hunt. Hill town walking tours with locals. Stay at family country B & B in olive grove with great views. Laugh with lots of local people you'd not meet otherwise.
Minimum Duration
4 days
Maximum Duration
6 days
Price Range
$1720 - $2470 (EUR)
Season
March - November
Starting Point / Finishing Point
Foligno / Foligno
Itinerary
Sunday (day one for the four or six night program)
Arrive at Foligno railway station. Private transfer to our nice country house B & B set among olive groves in the hills with splendid views above Bevagna.
Walking tour of historic centre of Bevagna with an art history professor.
Dinner in a restaurant in Bevagna.
Monday
Drive to Montefalco to visit the famous Arnaldo Caprai winery and taste their Sagrantino wine, now considered one of the best red wines in Italy.
Visit an olive oil mill in Trevi, see how olive oil is produced, taste oils. Free time to explore Trevi, shop, admire the awe inspiring views. Lunch in the medieval centre of Trevi at a typical restaurant.
Cooking lesson on olive oil, truffle and mushroom specialties. Dinner of your creations.
Tuesday
Drive to Perugia, Umbria's capital, which boasts Etruscan and Roman monuments, lovely historic centre with architecture of many periods, art museums and a main street full of shops, cafes and bakeries. Perugia is also home to the famous Baci--kisses--chocolates and is famous for chocolate.
Guided walk of the historic centre. Lunch in Perugia. Free time to shop or laze at a cafe and watch the local world go by..
Drive to Deruta to visit a ceramic laboratory.
Walk in the charming town of Montefalco, called the Terrace of Umbria for its magnificent views. Visit a shop of lovely, hand made linens and textiles.
Dinner in a great restaurant.
Wednesday
Drive into the mountains to a truffle hunting and farming family’s home and B & B with fantastic valley and mountain views. They have horses, dogs, and vegetable and fruit gardens too. Coffee and snack there. Truffle hunt with dogs 45 minutes in the hills. Lunch with the gregarious family at home.
On the way back we stop in Spoleto for a guided walk of this lovely hill town.
Italian cooking lesson on a full menu of creative Umbrian dishes with a fine Spoleto restaurant chef in his restaurant. Dinner of your creations in the restaurant.
Thursday
For those on the 4 night program, transfer to the Foligno train station after breakfast.
Drive in the Valnerina valley to the Plains of Castelluccio, where the best lentils of Italy "lenticchia di Castelluccio" are produced. View is spectacular. Light lunch.
Visit Norcia, famous all over Italy for its cured meats. Tour a “salumificio” to see how meats are cured.
Explore Norcia’s historic centre with foodie shops and lovely medieval piazza.
Dinner at a typical trattoria to taste the best salumi of Umbria.
Friday
In Assisi stroll one hour with a local guide in the famous church of St. Francis with frescoes by Giotto, and in the historic centre. Free hour to explore and shop in Assisi. Lunch at a winery.
Cooking lesson at your country house home with Maria on dishes with local grains. Dinner there.
Saturday
Breakfast and departure.
Arrive at Foligno railway station. Private transfer to our nice country house B & B set among olive groves in the hills with splendid views above Bevagna.
Walking tour of historic centre of Bevagna with an art history professor.
Dinner in a restaurant in Bevagna.
Monday
Drive to Montefalco to visit the famous Arnaldo Caprai winery and taste their Sagrantino wine, now considered one of the best red wines in Italy.
Visit an olive oil mill in Trevi, see how olive oil is produced, taste oils. Free time to explore Trevi, shop, admire the awe inspiring views. Lunch in the medieval centre of Trevi at a typical restaurant.
Cooking lesson on olive oil, truffle and mushroom specialties. Dinner of your creations.
Tuesday
Drive to Perugia, Umbria's capital, which boasts Etruscan and Roman monuments, lovely historic centre with architecture of many periods, art museums and a main street full of shops, cafes and bakeries. Perugia is also home to the famous Baci--kisses--chocolates and is famous for chocolate.
Guided walk of the historic centre. Lunch in Perugia. Free time to shop or laze at a cafe and watch the local world go by..
Drive to Deruta to visit a ceramic laboratory.
Walk in the charming town of Montefalco, called the Terrace of Umbria for its magnificent views. Visit a shop of lovely, hand made linens and textiles.
Dinner in a great restaurant.
Wednesday
Drive into the mountains to a truffle hunting and farming family’s home and B & B with fantastic valley and mountain views. They have horses, dogs, and vegetable and fruit gardens too. Coffee and snack there. Truffle hunt with dogs 45 minutes in the hills. Lunch with the gregarious family at home.
On the way back we stop in Spoleto for a guided walk of this lovely hill town.
Italian cooking lesson on a full menu of creative Umbrian dishes with a fine Spoleto restaurant chef in his restaurant. Dinner of your creations in the restaurant.
Thursday
For those on the 4 night program, transfer to the Foligno train station after breakfast.
Drive in the Valnerina valley to the Plains of Castelluccio, where the best lentils of Italy "lenticchia di Castelluccio" are produced. View is spectacular. Light lunch.
Visit Norcia, famous all over Italy for its cured meats. Tour a “salumificio” to see how meats are cured.
Explore Norcia’s historic centre with foodie shops and lovely medieval piazza.
Dinner at a typical trattoria to taste the best salumi of Umbria.
Friday
In Assisi stroll one hour with a local guide in the famous church of St. Francis with frescoes by Giotto, and in the historic centre. Free hour to explore and shop in Assisi. Lunch at a winery.
Cooking lesson at your country house home with Maria on dishes with local grains. Dinner there.
Saturday
Breakfast and departure.
Inclusions
4 or 6 nights B & B accommodation with buffet breakfast
2 or 3 cooking lessons
all meals with wine
tour director/guide
private van transport throughout
all excursions in itinerary
transfers to/from Foligno.
2 or 3 cooking lessons
all meals with wine
tour director/guide
private van transport throughout
all excursions in itinerary
transfers to/from Foligno.
Exclusions
none
Contact Phone
1-800-557-0370, 604-681-4074
Visit Website: www.italycookingschools.com
