1/2 Week Vacation also available - days 1-4 &
4-7 as stated on the full week itinerary
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DAY 1 Arrive at International Airport of Rome (Roma Fiumicino – Leonardo Da Vinci) where you will be met and taken by car or minibus to Tuscania. Dinner at Casa Caponetti. After dinner, you will go on a leisurely a night tour of Tuscania, with a caffè (coffee) and gelati (ice cream) stop. |
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DAY 2 Morning shopping in town to see the market and choose food for today’s cooking course. Cooking lesson followed by lunch. After lunch, a short walk around the Casa Caponetti estate to see the private etruscan necropolis, while strolling through the meadows and through the olive grove. During the walk, you will gather wild herbs, fruits and vegetables that grow in the current season. Another cooking lesson followed by dinner. After dinner, an in depth talk about the history and tradition of Italian cooking: from the Etruscans and the Romans to today. What has changed and what has not. |
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DAY 3 Morning: visit to the Isola Bisentina (a beautiful private island with architecture from the XVI century) and its garden. Lunch by the lakeside in a typical Italian "trattoria". Afternoon: a three-hour cooking lesson followed by dinner. After dinner, a talk about local dishes and traditions or do your own thing. |
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DAY 4 Morning tour of Tuscania to visit the two Romanesque Basilicas and the archaeological Museum. Food shopping for the finest and freshest ingredients. Lunch at Casa Caponetti including a tasting of local cheeses, hams, sausages and particularly "ricotta”. Afternoon: the dinner-cooking lesson. Dinner with an extensive talk about wine and olive oil. |
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DAY 5 This morning will be relaxing with a visit to the thermal spa of the Terme dei Papi, to swim in the wonderful pool where the Romans and the Popes once used to bathe. Then, on to Viterbo, via an ancient Etruscan road carved out of the tufa rock, and to its medieval town center. Lunch in a typical authentic restaurant. Afternoon: a three-hour cooking lesson followed by dinner. |
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DAY 6 Morning: shopping in an outdoor food market. Quick cooking lesson followed by lunch. Afternoon: a two-hour cooking lesson preparing preserves to take home with you. Late afternoon: trip to Tarquinia and dinner at the seaside at a mouthwatering fish restaurant that specializes in seafood. After, we head back home with a stop at a marvelous ice-cream maker in Tuscania to enjoy the ice-cream and simply chat. |
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DAY 7 Morning dedicated to recipe gathering. Farewell lunch. Afternoon: departure to Rome. |
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