Day One
Arrival at the country farm "La Volpe e L'uva". Check-in to your apartment for the week. Dinner reservations can be made at a restaurant of your choice.
Day Two
You have the day to yourself to do some sightseeing or just enjoy the peaceful surroundings. An ideal day to make a trip to Perugia and Assisi respectively 4 and 10 km far from the farm.
You can of course stay at the apartment and relax at the pool and dinner reservations can be made at a restaurant of your choice (not included)
Day Three
Today you will enjoy a half day at a local vineyard for a wine tour and tasting at the Benincasa winery. It produces Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCGS. You will have a guided tour of the vineyard and cellars and complete your tour with a lovely tasting of local Umbrian specialties and wines.
Hands-on cooking lesson begins at 5 pm. This evening, you will prepare a four-course dinner and dine on your creations accompanied by wine.
Day Four
You have the morning to yourselves to do some sightseeing or just enjoy the peaceful surroundings. Hands-on cooking lesson, four-course dinner and wine will complete your evening in Umbria.
Day Five
The excursion takes place from 9:30 AM - 3 PM. You will visit the mystical city of Assisi, a beautiful medieval town based on Mount Subasio, overlooking a peaceful Umbrian landscape.
Assisi is famous as the birthplace of St. Francis and Santa Chiara. Today you will visit the city and the famous churches like the St. Francis Church that is filled with spectacular frescoes by Giotto, and also the Eremo delle Carceri (a peacefully isolated church and monastery in the wooded slopes just outside Assisi's walls, this was the first monastic home of St. Francis' and his followers) and the St. Damiano church (A church and monastery outside the city walls is where the crucifix spoke to St. Francis, prompting him to repair it and begin his ministry. Eventually, St. Clare died here).
In the evening you will join your cooking instructor in the kitchen to prepare a four course dinner. For dinner you will dine on your creations accompanied by wine.
Day Six
You have the morning to yourself to do some sightseeing or just enjoy the peaceful surroundings. Your final hands on cooking lesson starts at 5:00 PM
Day Seven
Visit the towns of Todi and Orvieto.
Todi was founded by the Umbrian people in 2700 B.C. Many years later, before the Etrurians and after the Romans held the power of the town, the people of Todi constructed a number of monuments and most of them are still in good form and can still be admired today.
In the XII century, Todi became a free community and its people built marvelous monuments like the Palazzo del Capitano, the Palazzo del Priore and the Palazzo del Popolo, as well as the remarkable Fortunato Church. In 1236 Jacopone da Todi was born here, one of the first poets to write in Italian dialect, rather than in Latin.
The city of Orvieto has long kept the secret of its labyrinth of caves and tunnels that lie beneath the surface. Dug deep into the tufa, volcanic rock, these hidden and secret tunnels are only now open to view through guided tours. Their spectacular nature has also yielded many historical and archeological finds.
The underground city boasts tunnels, galleries, wells, stairs, quarries, cellars, unexpected passageways, cisterns, superimposed rooms with numerous small square niches, detailing its creation over the centuries.
Many of the homes of noble families were equipped with a means of escape from the elevated city during times of siege through secret escape tunnels carved from the soft rock. The tunnels would lead from the city palazzo to emerge at a safe exit point some distance away from city walls.
The Cathedral, dating back to 1263, is the most important architectural landmark of the city, with its splendid Gothic facing and the richness of the ornaments and internal chapels. In the ancient town we also find the St.Patrizio well, built in 1527.
