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4 Days Cooking Tour of the Mystic Umbria (Italy)
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- Culinary & Wine Travel
4 Days, from €520* per person. Year-round.
Accommodations: Comfort. Exertion level: 3 (7 is most strenuous)
Overview of 4 Days Cooking Tour of the Mystic Umbria (Italy)
Welcome to Umbria! A journey through the medioeval heart of Italy where art, religion and way of living were strongly tied up and where you can get a true idea of the origin of the italian spirit. Umbria exudes an almost serene sense of spirituality, perhaps as a result of the thousands of pilgrims who, over the centuries, have walked through its green valleys to pay homage to St. Francis of Assisi. Today, Assisi is still an important pilgrimage center. The Tour is for people that like to walk on mystic and religious itineraries in the simplest and most complete way.Operated by Cook Umbria Culinary Vacations.
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Locations visited/nearby
Italy, Europe
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Max group size: 6
Special information
- This is a custom departure, meaning this trip is offered on dates that you arrange privately with the provider. Additionally, you need to form your own private group for this trip. The itinerary and price here is just a sample. Contact the provider for detailed pricing, minimum group size, and scheduling information. For most providers, the larger the group you are traveling with, the lower the per-person cost will be.
Itinerary
Day 1 - Arrive in PerugiaArrival at the country farm "La volpe e l'uva" (Perugia, Central Italy, Umbria, near Tuscany) . Check-in your apartment at 4:00pm. Dinner reservations can be made at a restaurant of your choice
Day 2 - Assisi
Hands-on cooking class starts around 10:00am. You will prepare a four course lunch that you will eat at the end of the class, accompanied by our wines.
The excursion take place from 15.00 to 19.00. You will visit the mystical city of Assisi, a beautiful medieval town based on Mount Subasio, overlooking a peaceful Umbrian landscape. The tour will allow to getto know the main landmarks where st. Francis lived. You can see the st. Francis Basilica whose superior walls were frescoed by Giotto and Cimabue. You will also visit the Eremo delle carceri, one of the oldest Franciscan convents.
Day 3- Orvieto
Hands-on cooking class starts around 10:00am. You will prepare a four course lunch that you will eat at the end of the class, accompanied by our wines.
The excursion take place from 15.00 to 19.00 You will visit the town Orvieto, a this spectacular laid on top of a huge tufa rock. You will visit one of the italian wonders: the mighty cathedral and in there a sample of Renaissance masterpiece, St Brizio Chapel frescoed by Beato Angelico and Luca Signorelli.
Day 4- Valnerina
Hands-on cooking class starts around 10:00am. You will prepare a four course lunch that you will eat at the end of the class, accompanied by our wines.
The excursion take place from 15.00 to 19.00: The Valnerina Valley around Norcia was a main area for retreats, and a centre of spirituality because of the early presence of Syrian monks, who provided the base for the following development of the Benedictine order. Woods, abbeys, landscapes and…truffle flavour are to be experienced along the valley of the river Nera . You will visit the Church of St. Benedetto: built upon the birth place of St. Benedict and his twin sister Scolastica, it preserves a few Roman remains. You will also visit the Romanesque St. Eutizio Abbey, early hermitage for Christian and Oriental anchorites and later a famous Benedictine monastery. In this excursion you will be accomapined by a professional guide.
Day 5 - Departure
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