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Food Lovers' Adventure Tour in Italy's Gastronomic
Paradise:
The Countryside Around Bologna
cooking lesson in a country town near Bologna, Italy
Food
Lovers Adventure Tour
Cook with Italian Restaurant Chefs
Market Tour in Bologna, Italy
Byzantine and Modern Art
Accommodation
Cooking Tour Dates & Prices no single supplement
Cooking
Tour Itinerary 4 or 6 night progam
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Terms & Conditions
More pictures of Emilia-Romagna
Cooking
Tour At A Glance: Brief Description
Marcello and Raffaella, Bologna cooking tour hosts
With
Marcello and Raffaella, you'll feel like an Italian for a week,
like your local Italian friends are taking you to their favourite
places and people---many where other tourists never go! A genuine,
Italian experience full of good friends around tables and simple
joys of life.
Italy's Gastronomic Paradise
Bologna,
Italy, is about half way between Florence and Venice and in
the middle of Emilia-Romagna. This Italian region of pretty
hills, valleys, and plains is renowned throughout the world
as Italy's gastronomic paradise: tortellini and other
pastas, Parmesan cheese, traditional balsamic vinegar and
prosciutto and more recently a light olive oil and a variety
of good wines.
You'll
visit balsamic vinegar and parmesan producers to
see first hand where and how these famous Italian food products
are made. Refine your tastebuds as you taste everything fresh
right on the spot!
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visiting Parmesan cheese warehouse near Modena, Italy |
Cook
with a Wonderful Variety of Italian Restaurant Chefs & Great
Home Cooks
You'll enjoy three Italian cooking lessons on many kinds of pasta, piadina (local thin pancake with fillings), herb dishes, desserts and more with a local chef in Bologna, Italy, at a country home with an pasta making expert, and with the chef and owner of a hill town restaurant famous for its dishes with herbs.
Enjoy Outstanding Italian Cuisine
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From
tortellini in good meat broth, tortelli stuffed with squash
flavoured with amaretto biscuits, to garganelli pasta with
arugola and prosciutto, to classic Bolognese meat ragu, to
Robespierre steak smothered in fresh herbs, to ice cream with
drizzles of 25 year old balsamic vinegar, to pannacotta with
wild forest fruit sauce. And of course, melt in your mouth
prosciutto, and wonderful young and aged parmesan.
Your
gala Italian farewell dinner takes place in the elegant San
Domenico restaurant in Imola, Italy, rated in guides as one
of Europe's top restaurants. An incredible variety of
delicious plates for you to savour! |
Dessert at San Domenico Restaurant in Imola, Italy |
Explore
Bologna & Market
You meet Marcello
in the historic centre of Bologna, Italy, for a market tour of the
maze of street stalls and heavenly Italian gastronomic shops, stuffed
to the ceilings, with beautiful food displays--a paradise for foodies
and photographers! A food gift shopper's dream come true!
Admire
Byzantine Architecture and Art
In Ravenna, Italy,
on the Adriatic with our informative local guide, you'll stroll
through Ravenna's world famous Byzantine churches and gaze in awe
at the glittering mosaics covering walls and ceilings.
Mosaics in Byzantine church in Ravenna, Italy
Your Charming, Historic
Hotel in Riolo Terme
Cinzia and Domenico
welcome you to their quiet, charming, three star Liberty style hotel
in Riolo Terme, Italy, a town in the pretty hills east of Bologna.
You can unwind in your tastefully decorated room with private bathroom,
bathtub, shower, safe, colour TV, mini-bar and direct dial phone.
You can enjoy leisurely strolls along pleasant streets with cafes,
shops and promenades, or just hang out as you sip a cappuccino and
watch local Italian life go by. Accommodation pictures
4 or 6 night Cooking Tour Itinerary
Street in food market in Bologna's medieval centre
Sunday (day one for the four or six night program)
Transfer from Bologna to hotel in Riolo Terme, Italy. Free time to relax. Dinner at a typical Italian trattoria in the hills, filled with local families for dinner enjoying traditional dishes of the area.
Monday
Morning excursion to a herb garden in the Romagna countryside where the owner will show her garden and explain the use of all the herbs. Light lunch at her house.
Visit a small factory where they make traditional stamped table cloths and table linens of the area.
Italian cooking lesson and dinner at a restaurant with a special menu of dishes featuring local herbs with owner and chef.
Tuesday
Early morning departure to visit a family factory where we will watch the men go through all the stages to make Parmigiano Reggiano, learn all about parmesan and have a cheese tasting. Arrive before 9:00 to see the whole process.
Transfer to Modena, Italy, to visit a family producer of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena with the owner, see where and how balsamic vinegar is made and taste 25 year old traditional balsamic vinegar.
Lunch in a nearby restaurant, where you enjoy plates featuring parmesan and balsamic vinegar.
Afternoon free.
Dinner at a local restaurant.
Wednesday
Drive to Brisighella to taste one of the best extra virgin olive oils in Italy. Light lunch.
Drive to the countryside for a 3 hour hands on cooking lesson with a great family chef who is an expert on hand made pasta. You learn how to make the best tagliatelle with ragu alla bolognese, cappelletti in broth, tortelli with ricotta and herb filling. Dinner at her 150 year old farmhouse among the olive trees.
Thursday
For those on the 4 night program, transfer to the Bologna airport or train station.
Drive to Bologna, visit the central market area stuffed with colourful, irresistible Italian food shops, stands and delis. Free time for shopping or just strolling in Bologna centre. Light lunch in Bologna's centre. Afternoon guided tour of Bologna, Italy.
Late afternoon cooking lesson on some of the regional specialities.
Dinner of your creations.
Friday
Leave for Ravenna, Italy, famous for its Byzantine mosaics and architecture. Walking tour with a local guide to see marvellous mosaics. Free time to stroll, admire the fabulous art and shop at mosaic and other stores. Lunch in Ravenna at a famous enoteca.
After lunch leave for Faenza, Italy, to visit a ceramic laboratory. Return to the hotel to prepare yourself for...
Leave 7:30 Gala dinner at San Domenico Restaurant in Imola, cited in many Italian restaurant guides as one of the best in Italy. Aperitif in the cellars housing 20,000 bottles, including bottles from Napoleon's time.
Saturday
Departure for Bologna after breakfast at the hotel.
2007 Dates and Prices:
4 night tour dates |
6 night tour dates |
March 18-22
April 22-26
July 1-5
Sep 2-6
Oct 7-11 |
March 18-24
April 22-28
July 1-7
Sep 2-8
Oct 7-13 |
2007
Cooking Tour Prices: For 2 to 10 people.
4 night program
1780
Euros (approx $2350 US; $2617 CAD) per person double occupancy.
Single supplement: none
Includes:
4 nights accommodation with private bath, 2 Italian cooking lessons,
all meals, all excursions in itinerary, local wine with meals, very
attentive guide/tour director, private transport throughout, transfers
to/from Bologna, Italy.
6 night program
2540 Euros (approx $3353 US; $3733 CAD) per person double occupancy, all inclusive, land only.
Single supplement: none
Includes: 6 nights accommodation with private bath, 3 Italian cooking lessons, all meals, all excursions in itinerary, local wine with meals, very attentive guide/tour director, private transport throughout, transfers to/from Bologna, Italy.
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