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All Inclusive Cooking Vacations
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
Welcome To Your Italian Family! Click Above to view a video highlighting our 2009 cooking holidays ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
Our Cooking Vacation Itineraries
Category: Italy Vacations/Schedules and Itineraries
Wine & Cooking Under the Tuscan & Umbrian Sun 8 Days, 7 Nights All-Inclusive Cooking Vacation focusing on wineries & sights in Tuscany & Umbria $3,395.00 per ...Tuesday, 17 November 2009 -
2010 Tour Calendar
Category: Italy Vacations/Schedules and Itineraries
Complete 2010 Calendar Our vacations sell out quickly. We strongly urge you not to hesitate blocking your space if you have decided to join us. We do not hold space under any circumstances until ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
Guided Tours of Italy
Category: Italy Guided Tours/Guided Coach Tours of Italy
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see. - G. K. Chesterton We Organize Tours for Travelers, Not Tourists The above quote is at the ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
Explore Our Vacations
Category: Italy Vacations/Schedules and Itineraries
(not your typical) Escorted Tours of Italy • Click Here to read more about our Escorted Vacations • Click Here to view our Escorted Tour Itineraries When we design a tour of Italy, we start by ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
About Michael and Paola
Category: About Us/About
The Founders of CultureDiscovery Vacations Michael & Paola (in Soriano) Villa Eddarella Alyssa (at The Amalfi Coast) Andrei ...Monday, 16 November 2009 -
Imagine a day as our guest
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
Imagine a different kind of vacation. One where you don’t just see the sites, but you live the life that surrounds those sites. You don’t just watch the people go about their business from ...Sunday, 15 November 2009 -
Video Gallery
Category: Galleries/Videos
We hope you enjoy our video collection. We have compiled all of these to give you the best possible idea of what it is like to be our guest. We hope you watch them all and enjoy watching them as ...Thursday, 03 December 2009 -
Our Location
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
Our cooking vacations are all based in Soriano nel Cimino, which is right at the border between Lazio, Umbria and Tuscany. We are also within 15 minutes of Italy's major rail lines and ...Sunday, 15 November 2009 -
Olive Harvest & Cooking in Rome, Florence & Tuscany
Category: Italy Guided Tours/Guided Coach Tours of Italy
Vacation Type: Harvest & Cooking Vacation Length: 8 Days, 7 Nights Group Size: Less ...Wednesday, 18 November 2009 -
Where is Soriano nel Cimino?
Category: About Soriano nel Cimino/Soriano nel Cimino Info
The town of Soriano nel Cimino is located in the province of Viterbo. It is 8 miles from Italy's primary expressway (The A1) that connects Rome and Florence, at about 37 miles north ...Tuesday, 01 December 2009 -
It's All About Family
Category: About Us/About
Picture yourself as a visiting relative... Dinner in Tuscany Meeting Leonardo & Serena Brian & Andrea Marco & Kathy ...Monday, 23 November 2009 -
Custom Tours & Destination Management in Italy
Category: Italy Custom Tours/Customized Tours of Italy
If you are putting together a group, what can be better than the magic of Italy? We put the same effort and care into our destination management services as we do on our scheduled itineraries. ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
The Four-Day Cooking & Tuscany Wine Getaway
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
Vacation Type: All-Inclusive Cooking Vacation Length: 4 Days, 3 Nights Group Size: ...Saturday, 16 January 2010 -
Our Guided Tours
Category: Italy Vacations/Schedules and Itineraries
La Bellissima Italian Experience 16 Days, 15 Nights A Comprehensive Italian Cultural & Culinary Vacation $6,895.00 per person An exclusive first-class escorted tour, ...Friday, 20 November 2009 -
Where is Discover Soriano?
Category: About Us/About
DiscoverSoriano has changed its name to Culture Discovery Vacations Why The New Name? In 2006, our company was born with one very simple goal: To help people discover the true Italian culture. ...Wednesday, 02 December 2009 -
Accommodations
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
Beautifiul Private Accommodations for our Guests Most of our guests stay in beautifully restored medieval village homes that surround the castle in the village ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
Compare to Other Cooking Vacations
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
There is no shortage of websites advertising cooking vacations in Italy, and they certainly all look wonderful. How to choose? This guide will help you decide if ours is the best for you. ...Tuesday, 17 November 2009 -
Video Testing
Category: Galleries/Videos
Monday, 28 December 2009 -
The Five-Day Cooking & Tuscany Wine Getaway
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
Vacation Type: All-Inclusive Cooking Vacation Length: 5 Days, 4 Nights Group Size: ...Friday, 05 February 2010 -
Our Cooking School
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
Villa Eddarella All of our cooking classes are held in our beautiful teaching kitchen at our private villa in the countryside near Soriano. Here is a little about ...Sunday, 27 September 2009 -
Prices in different currencies
Category: Italy Vacations/Schedules and Itineraries
Many of our guests come from The United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. Since our payment processing is based in US Dollars, paying in US Dollars may cause the actual price of the tour you reserve ...Monday, 30 November 2009 -
Recession-proof your vacation with Culture Discovery Vacations
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
With so much uncertainty ahead with the economy, skyrocketing fuel prices, and the drastic drop of the Dollar against the Euro over the past couple years; many people have been concerned about planning ...Tuesday, 07 October 2008 -
Cooking & Touring Tuscany, Umbria & Lazio in 2008, a look back
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
7 months, 17 tours, 56 cooking classes, 144 guests and over 35,000 miles of Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio are behind us. That was the 2008 season for us at Culture Discovery. As with last year, ...Tuesday, 25 November 2008 -
Olive Garden cooking school in Tuscany?
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Tuscany
Olive Garden is one of those places that really sets my blood to boil. Every time I hear the word 'Hospitaliano' I begin to cringe and twitch. When I hear them say 'When you're here, you're family', I ...Saturday, 26 May 2007 -
How to avoid getting ripped off as a tourist in Italy
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
When you are traveling, sometimes you can just feel it. You go to pay for something, and you just know that if you were a local, you would have paid a much lower price. You are an ‘unsuspecting ...Monday, 02 October 2006 -
Discovering the True Italian life when vacationing in Italy
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Lazio
Some people travel to Italy, see the sights, eat the food, and go home thinking they experienced Italian culture. In reality, the vast majority of these people only experienced a tiny fraction ...Tuesday, 03 October 2006 -
Finding Italy through London Fog this XMas
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
... Teenage daughter and a 7-year-old son, we were all troopers and laughed all the way. Oddly, it is a wonderful memory, and I am sure that I will look back at this as one of the best Christmas Holidays ...Thursday, 28 December 2006 -
Heading back to Italy for the holidays
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Personal
... time we have been there for the holidays in 12 years. On this trip, Paola and the kids will be coming, and this will be Andrei’s first Christmas in Italy. Besides spending Christmas wtith ...Thursday, 23 November 2006 -
Is Soriano in Tuscany or Umbria?
Category: Tour FAQs/Cooking Vacation FAQ
To Italians, Tuscany and Umbria are regions that define political boundaries. You might consider them the way we consider counties. To foreigners, the names Tuscany and Umbria represent a picture we ...Friday, 27 November 2009 -
September Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... This Time of Year Nature: It's Harvest Season! early in the month you will find hazelnuts, followed by the wine late in the month. Dry grounds are beginning to sprout green again. Holidays/Festivals: ...Tuesday, 01 December 2009 -
Imagine - Cooking Vacations & Culinary Tours in Tuscany and Umbria Italy with Culture Discovery Vacations
Category: podcast/Culture Discovery Vacations - Tuscany and Umbria I
... italy,tuscany,culinary vacations,tuscany cooking class,cooking tours,Tuscany Vacation,Tuscany cooking vacation,gourmet travel,cookery holidays,food tours,gourmet tours,italy tour,wine ...Saturday, 16 January 2010 -
October Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... fallen chestnuts with autumn leaves falling on deep-red chestnut covered roads. Holidays/Festivals: Sagra delle Castagne: For the first two weekends of the month, our home-base of Soriano nel ...Tuesday, 01 December 2009 -
May Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... will see countless fields of poppies that are breathtaking beyond words. The rolling hills of these areas are sprouting green, and the air is crisp and clean. Holidays/Festivals: Labor Day: Italian ...Monday, 30 November 2009 -
What other tourists will I find in Soriano?
Category: Tour FAQs/Cooking Vacation FAQ
Soriano nel Cimino is a place where tourism is growing, but has not yet exploded. The area of Tuscia, where Soriano is located, is very much on the rise with respect to tourism, and Soriano is without ...Friday, 27 November 2009 -
March Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... you could only go to one city in March, we would suggest Rome. What's Special About This Time of Year Holidays/Festivals: There are no major holidays in March unless Easter falls in March when you ...Monday, 30 November 2009 -
January Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... with lots going on and a very romantic winter vibe. If you could only go to one city in January, we would suggest Rome. What's Special About This Time of Year Holidays/Festivals: January 6th is the ...Saturday, 28 November 2009 -
June Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... and Umbria, you will see countless fields of poppies that are breathtaking beyond words. The rolling hills of these areas are sprouting green, and the air is crisp and clean. Holidays/Festivals: ...Monday, 30 November 2009 -
July Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... beyond words. Holidays/Festivals: Palio di Siena: On July 2nd, the Tuscan city of Siena holds its famous Palio horse race. Tuscia in Jazz: At our home base of Soriano nel Cimino, we have a ...Tuesday, 01 December 2009 -
Montepulciano, Tuscany
Category: Destinations in Italy/Tuscany
Montepulciano, Tuscany Highlights Beautiful hill town, Home of Vino Nobile Wine Region Tuscany (Siena Province) ...Thursday, 28 January 2010 -
Tuscany Wine Harvest 2007 - Making Wine in a small private cellar with Culture Discovery Vacations
Category: podcast/Culture Discovery Vacations - Tuscany and Umbria I
Tuscany Wine Harvest 2007 - Making Wine in a small private cellar with Culture Discovery Vacations ...Friday, 12 February 2010 -
Dances with Mozzarella - Early 2008 Tuscan Cooking Classes
Category: podcast/Culture Discovery Vacations - Tuscany and Umbria I
... Culture Discovery Cookery Holidays in Tuscany Tuscany and Umbria - >A compilation of videos taken during our cooking classes as part of our week-long cooking and culinary tours in Italy during ...Friday, 12 February 2010 -
April Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... new colors beginning to appear. This is the time of year to find farmers working the land in the early mornings as the morning mist disipates through rays of sunlight. Holidays/Festivals: Easter usually ...Monday, 30 November 2009 -
Italy Guide Books
Category: Travel Planning Help/Travel Resources
Following is a list of Guide books to take along with you: Lonely Planet ROME Lonely Planet TUSCANY and UMBRIA Lonely Planet VeniceTuesday, 08 December 2009 -
Hotels and Inns
Category: Travel Planning Help/Travel Resources
As with airfare and car rentals, we will be more than happy to help you secure hotels for the time you will not be with us. Just ask. If you want to do it yourself, there are a few different ...Tuesday, 08 December 2009 -
February Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... he Carnevale celebration. What's Special About This Time of Year Holidays/Festivals: Many towns in Italy celebrate Carnevale (Mardi Gras) , which will usually happen in February (it is 40 days before ...Saturday, 28 November 2009 -
August Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... About This Time of Year Nature: Sunflowers! Sunflowers! Sunflowers! In Northern Lazio, Tuscany and Umbria, you will see countless fields of sunflowers that are breathtaking beyond words. Holidays/Festivals: ...Tuesday, 01 December 2009 -
December Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... Most people find that the big cities are the place to be in the winter, with lots going on during the holidays and a very romantic winter vibe. If you could only go to one city in December, we would ...Tuesday, 01 December 2009 -
November Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... be denied. Autumn leaves making their last fall in November are beautiful. Holidays/Festivals: Truffles: Look for many Truffle fetivals in Umbria and Tuscany. All Saints Day: November 1st is ...Tuesday, 01 December 2009
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