Photos - Wine, Cooking, Truffles & Chocolate: A Foodie's Paradise in Umbria and Tuscany

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We will drive up to Castelluccio in the National Park of Sibillini to enjoy poppies field during the end of June We get many ingredients for our hands on cooking classes from the specialty butcher shops of Norcia Butchers in Norcia originated many of the current day practices used today for making Italian cured meats We will make tagliatelle with truffle from scratch during our cooking classes in Norcia and Umbria. Class chocolate it is one of the highlights of experential vacation in Umbria Pizza Experience making pizza with a local masterchef or mkaing the traditional umbria pizza in a loca pastry shop The Experential week in Norcia and Umbria includes local town market and local shops where buy food before cooking class During harvest season we like to pick, press and pour our own olive oil during the Norcia vacation we host in Umbria The valley of Castelluccio blooms with poppies in June, creating amazing photo opportunities for our Umbria guests Our Norcia cooking classes feature a diverse menu of both land and sea culinary specialties Our week in Norcia features a visit to a free range pig farm to see the special pigs that can only be found in this area Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill One of the best experience we offer in Umbria and Norcia it is make the traditional Umbria Pizza, torta al testo During our Norcia vacation, we discover Castelluccio in the National Park of Sibillini Mountains Our Norcia vacation in Umbria features a tour of a wine cellar famous for its Sagrantino wine Our Norcia vacation features three full hands on cooking classes where we learn culinary specialties of Umbria Cooking class of handmade pasta in Umbria, making ravioli with ricotta from scratch Fresh pasta during our Norcia cooking class it's made only of flavour and local eggs. The traditional recipe One of the calss of our Norcia and Umbria Vacation will be at Perugina Factory. A chocolate Master will be our instructo Experantial vacation in Umbria includes one day about Chocolate, a class where you will make your own "cioccolatino During harvest season in Umbria, we take our guests to a local farm to pick and press their own olives We like to do our own shopping for our hands-on cooking classes any chance we can. It is a great time to meet the locals Hunt Truffle it is a team work of hunter and his dog. Experience the most famous and traditional umbrian food In Norcia, we have the opportunity to hunt for black truffles with locals. This is a unique activity to Umbria Enjoying the largely undiscovered beauty that is the Umbria region During our Cheese Experience we will make pecorino and ricotta chesse using the traditional recipe Experential holidays in Umbria in touch with locals. Visit to a small family run olive mill to enjoy a good Bruschetta Fun cooking classes in Umbria. Great food, good company and great wine are the good ingredients for  your vacation Our Norcia vacation features a trip to beautiful Assisi to explore its well-known basilica Make new friends during our vacation it is one of the experience we want to guarantee during our week in Norcia Walking in Norcia in Umbria you can experience a lot of butcher shops selling traditional salami, prosciutto, sausages Getting everyone involved during our Umbrian cooking classes makes the fresh pasta that much better The Michelin star dinner we are treated to in Norcia is a wonderful culinary experience Our Norcia vacation is a great opportunity to discover some of the rare untouched beauty of Italy Making fresh pasta is an awesome hands-on experience that includes everyone in the culinary process Our cooking and experential vacations in Italy often include a pizza class with a pizza masterchef.. A master chocolatier guides us through the process of making perfect chocolates during our Umbria vacation Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill Our Norcia vacation features a visit to a Sagrantino winery for a tasting and tour of the intimate location Castelluccio is an undiscovered gem of Italy that we love to highlight on our Umbria vacation Our Norcia vacation features making fresh pecorino and ricotta cheese from scratch, taught by a local shepherd