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Neapolitan Cooking & Cultural Delights with a Family in Sorrento
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)
Experience a cooking school tour adventure in Sorrento, Capri, Naples and the Amalfi Coast, where one of Italy’s most amazing coastal roads winds above spectacularly sheer cliffs overlooking the azure sea. Stay a local family’s B & B in a pretty area of fine hotels and gardens outside Sorrento, an hour south of Naples. The spacious rooms have private bathrooms and air-conditioning. A five minute walk takes you to the beautiful Bay of Naples. Your warm, fun loving family hosts soon feel like old friends.
Enjoy cooking classes at home with the retired professional chef dad and his well trained son who share their regional secrets for making authentic local dishes. At their friendly communal dining tables, chat with people from around the world. On the Amalfi Coast, explore breathtaking Positano with its wide beach and multi-coloured houses set on cliff-side terraces. At a family-run olive oil mill in Sorrento, walk through the olive groves with a family member, eager to tell you how they used a granite wheel to make olive oil and how they make it now. Walk back in time at nearby Pompeii, still well preserved since lava covered it completely in 79 A.D.
Includes:
- 4 cooking classes
- 6 dinners at home
- 6 nights accommodation & breakfast
- excursions listed in the itinerary
- Transfer to/from Naples airport or train station
Not Included:
- 4 lunches
- ferry tickets to Capri
- wine with meals
6 Night Itinerary
Sunday
Transfer from Naples airport or train station via private transport to your B & B just outside Sorrento.
After settling in, explore Sorrento with its narrow alleyways and tempting bakeries and shops, and drink in spectacular views of the Bay of Naples. In the late afternoon, join your group for a welcome on the patio.
In the evening, enjoy a traditional old Neapolitan dinner with your fellow food lovers at a communal table.
Monday
After breakfast, visit the oldest olive oil producer in Sorrento. Walk with its outgoing manager through olive groves as she shares her love of olives and olive oil. Learn how the traditional granite wheel was used to make olive oil, how it is produced today and taste olive oils produced on the farm.
Depart for a great wine tasting near Sorrento. On his estate, the owner takes you on tour of garden of lemon trees, vegetables and flowers. Taste his wines as he explains the origins and different quality Campania wines. Light lunch.
In the evening, eat a light dinner of fresh pasta and fish dishes.
Tuesday
After breakfast, drive along the Amalfi Coast to Positano, a mecca for artists, writers and beautiful people. Decadence is the style here so sit back for a limoncello in a beach front bar while admiring the sea views.
Return to the B & B for your afternoon cooking lesson.
Wednesday
Morning free to explore Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast.
Afternoon cooking class at your B&B. Your friends, Biagio and his chef assistants, will teach you to prepare a fast, easy Neapolitan dinner like fresh pasta, chicken cacciatore and a delicate lemon tart.
Thursday
After breakfast on your own board the fast ferry in Sorrento for the playground isle of Capri. Spend the day sunning yourself on the spectacular white-sand beaches and taking a dip in the sparkling surf to cool off. Browse the elegant stores everyone adores. Enjoy lunch on your own, eating local seafood al fresco in a restaurant putting you in the mood for love and your next cooking class!
Return late afternoon and resume perfecting the art of preparing authentic Neapolitan cuisine in your cooking school.
Friday
After breakfast, for half a day visit Pompeii. Walking through its ancient streets, you’ll still be able to see the original mosaics and frescoes on the walls of houses.
Return home for a cooking class followed by your lively final dinner. Sit around the table, drink local wine and enjoy the fresh night air with your companions.
Saturday
After breakfast, leave via private transfer for Naples. You’ll take away memories of your unforgettable experiences and great times with your warm Neapolitan friends on the Bay of Naples.
Note: Itinerary is subject to minor changes. We will do our best to keep them to a minimum.
