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A Taste Of Cooking, Wine & Pampering At A Lovely Villa Near The Amalfi Coast
Get a free private transfer from your arrival Italy airport to your 1st night’s hotel in the same city or its train station when you book this tour for 2012 by May 23. A value of $100-300! (new customers only)
Special Low Season Tour Price for May and June Tours: A total value of 300 Euros approx $405 CAD/USD
Indulge in a dream-come-true cooking, wine and sightseeing adventure in Sorrento, Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast. Stay at a lovely four star boutique villa hotel on 5 ½ acres with park, pool, gardens and vast views over the Bay of Naples. Just 10 a minute walk from Sant’Agata Sui Due Golfi and 25 minutes by bus to Sorrento. Peaceful but close to town.
In the hotel’s state of the art kitchen with individual work stations, cook with joyful teacher, Carmen, passionate about food all her life. At each cooking class dinner, a wine connoisseur guides you through your tastings of Campania’s best wines. Visit a warm, hospitable farm family who make excellent olive oil and mozzarella. Tour their farm and taste their cheeses, olive oil and limoncello. A genuine Italian experience! Explore the magnificent Amalfi Coast with its winding roads hugging the hillside that falls steeply to the azure sea: colourful Positano, lively Amalfi and stunningly beautiful Ravello.
Includes:
- Private pick-up & drop-off at Naples airport or train station between 8:00-20:00 (supplement will be added for early and late arrival and departure)
- 4 nights accommodation with breakfast buffet
- 2 hands-on cooking classes
- 2 wine tastings with 2 cooking class dinners
- Excursion to Amalfi Coast with guide
- Excursion to Capri with guide
- Visit and tastings with farm family
- 1 lunch (including tasting lunch at farm)
- 4 dinners including local wine, water, coffee
Not Included:
- 2 lunches
- beverages consumed outside meal times
4 Night Itinerary
Day One
Private group transport from Naples airport to your villa hotel. Get settled. Relax on the estate or take a short walk into Sant’ Agata, a typical town.
Meet Carmen for your week’s “get to know you” orientation. Savour your welcome dinner in the hotel’s elegant restaurant.
Day Two
Every morning enjoy a delicious breakfast buffet.
Visit a farm owned by a local family, long time producers of excellent olive oil and mozzarella cheese. Tour their farm, sample their fresh mozzarella that the mother makes, taste their olive oil, drink their limoncello and experience a slice of authentic southern Italian life with a friendly, hospital family.
Return to the hotel to relax in your peaceful refuge or explore for the afternoon.
In the evening, your first cooking class with Carmen! Dine on your creations with good local wine.
Day Three
Leave at 9:45 on the public hydrofoil to explore the legendary island of Capri on your own, weather permitting. Lunch on your own in Capri. Return to the hotel about 4:00 p.m.
In the evening, have fun cooking with Carmen in your class and chatting around your dinner table as you eat the dishes you make and drink local wines.
Day Four
At 9:00 your driver takes you to discover the magnificent Amalfi Coast and visit very beautiful Ravello, pretty Amalfi and busy, colourful Positano.
Lunch is on your own.
After a long day, relax back at your villa home.
In the evening, enjoy a wonderful dinner in a top quality restaurant.
Day Five
After breakfast, leave reluctantly via private transport to Naples airport or train station.
