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A Taste of Cooking, Food & Culture with a Family in Sorrento
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 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.
Includes:
- 3 cooking classes
- 4 dinners at home
- 2 lunches
- 4 nights accommodation & breakfast
- excursions listed in itinerary
- Transfer to/from Naples airport or train station
Not Included:
- 2 lunches
- wine with meals
4 Night Itinerary
Day 1
Transfer from Naples airport or train station via private transport to your B & B just outside Sorrento, an hour south. With a friendly Italian host family looking after you, you’ll soon feel at home in this B&B. Please arrive by 11 am.
At lunch time, join your group for a welcome meal of fresh, authentic Italian cuisine on the patio.
After a siesta, drive to picturesque Positano with its spectacular beach, array of shops and multi-colored houses set on terraces. After an afternoon of swimming or exploring, return to your B&B for sumptuous dinner.
Day 2
After breakfast, visit the oldest olive oil producing family 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 tours you through a garden of lemon trees, vegetables and flowers. Taste his wines as he explains the origins and different qualities of Campania wines. Light lunch at the estate.
In the afternoon, take a cooking class with the lively Chef Biagio or his chef assistants at your B&B to make delicacies like preserved artichokes and eggplant in olive oil. Learn to make a fast, easy Neapolitan dinner like fresh pasta, chicken cacciatore and a delicate lemon tart.
Day 3
After breakfast, head to the oldest cheese factory in the Sorrento area. The cheese maker shows you how they make the renowned treccia Sorrentina and the Caciovallo cheeses.
Enjoy lunch at your leisure on your own.
In the late afternoon, return home for a cooking class “alla Caprese” and “alla Sorrentina” as well as local seafood dishes.
Day 4
After breakfast, enjoy a day tour of sensual Naples with its myriad of historical and artistic treasures, food shops, narrow, winding streets, and outgoing people.
Return to your B & B for a final cooking class and farewell dinner with your new friends.
Day 5
Private transfer to the Naples airport or train station where you say arrivederci to your new friends and the amazing coastline you’ve explored. You’ve sipped and dined with many Neapolitans and captured their zest for life in this gorgeous region.
Note: Itinerary is subject to minor changes. We will do our best to keep them to a minimum.
