Mediterranean Food and Art Tours in Tuscany!

Five Day Cooking and Sightseeing Vacation in Bella Tuscany!

This wonderful Tuscan food and art trip offers its guests the unique experience of learning how to create authentic gourmet Italian food, tour beautiful art sites and medieval walled towns, relax in the luxurious garden or just simply breathing the fresh Tuscan air on a lounge chair by the pool at the villa.

If you have ever been to Tuscany, you know that this is where the silence speaks to your soul and the sweet scent of Tuscan rosemary & oregano lifts the spirit and flavor the palette.

And it goes without saying, your non-cooking friends and family are also more than welcome to join you on a tour and relaxation program - so grab your companions and book your trip before they sell-out for the year!

Five Day Cooking Program and Art Tour

For a Seven Day Trip, including a full day in Florence

please click here

ULTIMATE ALL INCLUSIVE!

• 4 Nights & 5 days in single/double room with private washrooms
• All meals and wine included
• Personalized Menus
• Robust Tuscan Table Wine - Chianti (Red) & Vernaccia (White)
• 3 Cooking Classes
• 3 Half Day Excursions including transportation and restaurant meals, (Calci, Certaldo, Volterra, or San Gimignano)
• Transportation & Transfers from/to Pontedera Train Station or Pisa/Florence Airport
• Daily Room Cleaning
• Outdoor Swimming Pool
• Hiking Trails
• Laundry Facilities
• All Meals are Provided with personalized menus
• Local, organic produce Authentic Tuscan cuisine
• Extensive vegetarian, heart-healthy options available
• Hands-on cooking classes
• Personalized course materials provided
• Traditional family recipes like you've never seen before!
• Interactive, encouraging instruction, spiced-with-passion and humor

Short Cooking Course and Art Tours

Your Week at a Glance

Sunday

Lunch: Asparagus and fritatta

Bruschetta with artichoke cream mixed salad and fresh fruit

8 PM Dinner: Tuscan Soup, Veal (or other meat, if veal does not suit your palette)

Fresh Breads, Mixed salad, Salame, Cioccolato

Monday

8:30/9:30 Breakfast

9:30 - Half day visit to San Gimignano

Visit to the winery of San Donato and enjoy lunch

4:30 - Cooking class: a Mediterranean dinner - Tagliatelle with sweet tomato sauce, Sweet and sour peppers - Stuffed baked zucchini, Brutti e Buoni

Tuesday

8:30 - 9:30 Breakfast

9:30 - Visit to Certaldo

1:30 PM Lunch: Assorted local cheeses with honey and fruit mixed salad

4:30 - Cooking class: (sample menu) Fall dinner Risotto with pumpkin and mushrooms Chicken alla toscan Tuscan salad Crostata with Figs and Rosemary

Wednesday

8:30 - 9:30 Breakfast

9:30 - Visit to the Baroque monastery in Calci

1PM - Lunch - Salad with Savoy cabbage and beans Bruschetta with scamorza and fennel seeds, fruit

4:30 PM - Cooking class:(sample menu) A dinner from Piedmont Stew with mushrooms Potato rolls with saffron Bunet (chocolate pudding)

Thursday

8:30/9:30 - Breakfast & Departure

About the Villa

The villa is situated on a rolling hilltop flanked by Tuscan cypress trees on a classic Italian farm.

This destination is where silence speaks to the soul and the sweet scent of Tuscan rosemary & oregano lifts the spirit.

Price

Price 1360 € per person for double occupancy

Add 190 € for single occupancy

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2008 Calendar Dates
APRIL	MAY	JUNE	JULY*
6 - 10	4 - 8	1 - 5	6 - 10
13 - 17	11 - 15	8 - 12	13 - 17
20 - 24	18 - 22	22 - 26	20 - 24
27 - May 1	25 - 29	29 - July 3	27 - 31
AUGUST*	SEPTEMBER	OCTOBER
3 - 7	7 - 11	5 - 9
10 - 14	14 - 18	12 - 16
17 - 21	21 - 25	19 - 23
24 - 28	28 - October 2	26 - 30
31 - Sept 4
* During July and August  the cooking courses are open for a min. of 4 people only

Note: this package is also available in March for a minimum of four people per group.

For a Seven Day Trip, including a full day in Florence,
please click here

Also available:

New Years Eve in Tuscany, Olive Harvest or
One Day Cooking Lesson & Dinner

Please inquire at laura@ciaolaura.com for more information.

BOOKING AND CANCELLATION POLICY

Booking deposit is 25% of the total per person (non-refundable)

Reservations made 60 (or less) days before the arrival date requires the payment of the full rate

Balance due in full - 60 prior days to the date of your visit. For payments made with credit cards the client grants us permission to process the balance 60 days prior to the date of the visit.

CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS

Deposits are non-refundable. 0 to 59 days before arrival date 50% Refund; Within 30 days of arrival date - sorry, but no refund is available; the school reserves the right to alter its program