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A gastronomic tour in the Amalfi Coast including excursions to Positano, Ravello and most typical sights of the coast.
Cooking Classes focusing on ‘how to hand make pasta and sauces‘ and ‘Neapolitan Pizza’, as well as visits to ‘Mozzarella’ cheese, ‘Limoncello’ liqueur, and typical wine producers are scheduled in this tour.

Day 1: Naples
Arrive in Naples and transfer airpor to hotel. A welcome cocktail followed by dinner.
Day 2 : Emeraldo Grotto - Positano - Cooking Class
Breakfast. A summer boat excursion to the Emeraldo Grotto (weather permitting). Visit of Positano. Afternoon cooking class: how to hand make pasta and sauces. Dinner.
Day 3: Amalfi - Ravello - Cooking Class
Breakfast. Transfer to Amalfi and visit of the town and its monuments. Drive up the coast to Ravello and visit Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone. On the return, visit of a local wine producer. In the afternoon visit to a limoncello factory and other typical liqueurs. Cooking class: the famous Neapolitan Pizza and the local fish.
Day 4: Agerola - Praiano
Breakfast. Transfer to Agerola and visit a Mozzarella cheese producer, Furore ” the Painted Village” and the ceramic factory in Praiano. Cooking class: local desserts. Gala dinner and graduation ceremony with the chefs.
Day 5: Departure
Breakfast and departure

INCLUSIONS
- welcome cocktail
- 4 nights accommodations in a 3 star hotel
- daily buffet breakfast
- 3 gourmet dinners
- 1 gala dinner
- unlimited local wines at meal
- 3 cooking classes with interpreter
- excursion by boat to the Emeraldo Grotto and Positano (weather permitting)
- guide in Ravello
- transfers by deluxe air conditioned bus
- all travel by luxurious air-conditioned minibus
- fully escorted tour by English speaking hostess

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The Tour of Italy we suggest this week includes visits to most important Sanctuaries of Italy.
Not religious tourism only but a occasion to discover the best of art, history, and traditions of most part of Italy by visiting lands of saints and capitals of Catholic cult.

Visits are planned from to south to north of the country, a few examples: in Umbria to the Sanctuary of Santa Rita (Cascia), Basilica of S.Francesco (Assisi); in Veneto to the St. Anthony Basilica (Padua); to the great Basilica in Loreto ant the home of the Holy Family of Nazareth; in Apulia to the town of the recently beatified Padre Pio da Pietralcina.

The Itinerary
Day 1: ROME
Arrival in Rome, visit of the historical centre: Piazza del Popolo, Piazza di Spagna, Piazza Navona, Fontana di Trevi, Pantheon. Welcome dinner.
Day 2: FERENTILLO - CASCIA - NORCIA – PRECI
Visit of the Mummy Museum and San Pietro in Valle Abbey at Ferentillo. In Cascia visit to the Sanctuary of Santa Rita and Roccaporena. Continuation to Norcia, well known for culinary tradition (truffles and norcini). Taste its typical products. Visit of the medieval burgh of Preci. Dinner in a typical restaurant.
Day 3: SPOLETO – ASSISI
Visit of Spoleto. Tour of Assisi: San Francesco Basilica, the Sanctuary of Santa Maria degli Angeli (more…)

A very comprehensive tour of Italy.

It includes ‘the classic Italy’ with visits to St. Peter’s, Vatican Museums, Colosseo etc… in Rome, Napoli and Amalfi Coast, ‘cooking classes’ in Positano and in Ravello, and ‘Calabria’ (sea and inland).

However peculiarity of this tour is the itinerary showing the best of the culinary tradition of Southern Italy.
Wine and food tasting, with visits to producers of typical food of Southern Italy; below a few examples:
- wine tasting in a typical wine cellar at the Roman Castles,
- visit of a limoncello factory and other typical liqueurs in Amalfi Coast,
- visit of a Mozzarella cheese producer,
- visit of a local farm with cheese tasting in Calabria,
- ice cream “tartufo du Pizzu” tasting in Calabria.

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