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Join us on a 7 day Italian cultural and culinary vacation in the stunning area of Abruzzo. You will get the chance to learn about and make some Italian specialities as well as getting to explore the area on an e-bike.
For anyone eager to live an immersive adventure in the Italian culture and traditions, where you really get to know the food, region and people this is the tour for you. Your host and local guide Fabrizio, together with his family & friends, hav...Read All
Fabrizio is your tour guide and host extraordinaire on his Italian gastronomy holidays. Native to the region of Abruzzo in central Italy, he is immensely proud of its history and heritage. Fabrizio’s passion for keeping everything local also means that guests on his holidays will be joining his family for cooking lessons, meeting local producers and using only locally sourced products.
This is not your typical cooking school or indeed cookery holiday. All cooking activities and gastronomic experiences take place in the local’s homes, on local farms, or in the hills on the lands of local suppliers and families. There is no “professional chef” on this holiday – you are learning from housewives, mothers, fat... Read All
Fabrizio is your tour guide and host extraordinaire on his Italian gastronomy holidays. Native to the region of Abruzzo in central Italy, he is immensely proud of its history and heritage. Fabrizio’s passion for keeping everything local also means that guests on his holidays will be joining his family for cooking lessons, meeting local producers and using only locally sourced products.
This is not your typical cooking school or indeed cookery holiday. All cooking activities and gastronomic experiences take place in the local’s homes, on local farms, or in the hills on the lands of local suppliers and families. There is no “professional chef” on this holiday – you are learning from housewives, mothers, fathers, brothers, farmers and fisherman, as well as wine makers, olive producers. Pretty much everyone in the community and what you’ll learn, see and experience are not taught it in schools but refined and passed down through the generations.
Set in the central region of Abruzzo, which boasts the Adriatic sea to the east and a lush mountainous landscape to the west, this unique Italian cooking holiday will prove to be a culinary adventure through your host Fabrizio’s home region. Based in his hometown of Vasto, a charming seafront town, you are perfectly placed to experience the tastes, culture and people of the area, where you will learn to cook in local kitchens or farms during the day, and have the nights to explore the city.
Nearest airports:
Roma Fiumicino Airport (around 3.5 hours away)
Return airport transfers:
Free airport transfers to and from Roma Fiumicino are included in the price, and is planned at 2:30 pm on your arrival day.
For the drop-off to Rome, you’ll leave the hotel in Vasto after breakfast, at around 09:00 am so that you arrive at Rome Fiumicino airport at maximum 01:30 pm (if there is traffic,
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