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All Inclusive Cooking Vacations
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
... Our guests discover the true Italy that so few fully experience. They live the passion for Italian country cooking and wine that is at the heart of life in Tuscany and Umbria, Italy.. Our small ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
Guided Tours of Italy
Category: Italy Guided Tours/Guided Coach Tours of Italy
... core of what we are all about, and it is what makes us different than virtually every other tour company. Here is what it means: See Italy Like an Italian Seeing Rome, for example, isn't just about ...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 -
Contact Us
Category: About Us/About
... 32940 USA Phone (USA) +1 (321) 441-3551 Phone (Italy) +39 081 009 26 77 Fax: +1 (818) 670-7874 ...Sunday, 22 November 2009 -
About Michael and Paola
Category: About Us/About
... Who are we? I (Michael) am a Los Angeles native. I grew up in the 'Valley'. In 1984, when I was 18, I took a trip to Italy, and during my travels I went to visit a friend of my mother's who had ...Monday, 16 November 2009 -
Imagine a day as our guest
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
... Italy. You feel like a little wine, so you walk over to the rack and select an Umbrian red, uncork it and share it with your new friends in the class. As class finishes, we all sit down and share the ...Sunday, 15 November 2009 -
Video Gallery
Category: Galleries/Videos
... A video highlighting our 2008 season of cooking classes and tours through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, Italy - 7 months, 17 tours, 56 cooking classes, 144 guests and over 35,000 miles full of wonderful ...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 -
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 -
The CultureDiscovery Webcam
Category: Galleries/Videos
... from Villa Eddarella in Soriano nel Cimino, Italy. When we have a cooking class in progress, the video feed shows the kitchen so our guests can direct their friends and family to watch. When we don't have ...Monday, 07 December 2009 -
It's All About Family
Category: About Us/About
... It was really the result of a little epiphany we had years ago. Many friends and family members would come visit us at our villa in Italy during our summers there, and each time we would be good ...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 -
Our Guided Tours
Category: Italy Vacations/Schedules and Itineraries
... without all the crowds. Read More... Or click here to view our Italy Cooking Vacations... ...Friday, 20 November 2009 -
Where is Discover Soriano?
Category: About Us/About
... We had a villa in the small town of Soriano nel Cimino, Italy (usually simply called Soriano for short) near the Tuscany and Umbria border. It was a place that had not yet been ravaged by mass tourism. ...Wednesday, 02 December 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 -
Our Cooking School
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
... from Corsica to Italy. At the time, one of Paola's ancestors, who was a doctor, had delivered twins for a countess in Soriano. As payment, the doctor was granted thousands of acres of land beneath the ...Sunday, 27 September 2009 -
Lindsay - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... absolutely everything. I am already looking forward to visiting Italy again! - Lindsay de Flesco USA Click image to view actual letter: ...Saturday, 12 December 2009 -
Lisa - Columbia, Maryland - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... DiscoverSoriano until November of 2009. In our earlier days all of our vacations were based in the town of Soriano nel Cimino. As we grew, we began to expand throughout Italy, so the name Discover Soriano ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
The People of Soriano
Category: About Soriano nel Cimino/Soriano nel Cimino Info
... most certainly see around the Piazza (town square). Usually you will see them at or around 'Caffe' Centrale', The central bar. For those that don't know, the term 'bar' in Italy does not refer to a bar ...Tuesday, 01 December 2009 -
Is This For You?
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
... customer/host relationship, and simply all be friends, we have the most amazing experience you can imagine! Are there physical limitations? Italy is full of hills and cobblestone streets. The ancient ...Monday, 26 October 2009 -
Food in Soriano
Category: About Soriano nel Cimino/Soriano nel Cimino Info
When eating in Italy, you may wonder why the Italian food is so much better in Italy than anything you have had back home. Besides the obvious answers, it is important to understand how important ...Tuesday, 01 December 2009 -
The Italian Beat - When Italy was covering all of our music
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Culture
I was searching for Italian covers of popular International songs for the fun of it, and I couldn't believe what I found. In the 60's and early 70's there was a huge trend for covers. Some are absolutely ...Sunday, 20 December 2009 -
Your Hosts
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
Your Hosts Michael and Paola Kovnick, the founders of CultureDiscovery, split their time between Italy and The United States (read their story here). ...Monday, 16 November 2009 -
Janet and Jessica - Berkhamsted - United Kingdom
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... As we grew, we began to expand throughout Italy, so the name Discover Soriano was no longer appropriate. We are still the same company with the same people... and most importantly, the same commitment ...Saturday, 12 December 2009 -
Bomarzo - The Monster Park / Sacred Grove
Category: Destinations in Italy/Lazio
... Umbria Description A must-see in this area. It is known throughout Italy as one of the country's best kept treasures. Description In the 1500's, ...Sunday, 24 January 2010 -
Bruschetta - The truth and a unique recipe
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Recipes
... What you put on top of it from that point forward is completely up to you. A little Bruschetta History They say it originates in our area -- Central Italy. But in all honesty, it is just that name ...Monday, 11 May 2009 -
Rotolo Rose Recipe
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Recipes
Rotolo Rose An amazing rolled pasta with cheese, Besciamelle and prosciutto dish my mother-in-law in Italy used to make on Sundays every once in a while. When we knew Rotolo Rose was ...Monday, 27 April 2009 -
Karen - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... until November of 2009. In our earlier days all of our vacations were based in the town of Soriano nel Cimino. As we grew, we began to expand throughout Italy, so the name Discover Soriano ...Friday, 11 December 2009 -
Calcata Italy - A Quick Peek
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Lazio
... An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church's Strangest Relic in Italy's Oddest Town ...Monday, 18 May 2009 -
June and Irv - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... DiscoverSoriano until November of 2009. In our earlier days all of our vacations were based in the town of Soriano nel Cimino. As we grew, we began to expand throughout Italy, so the name Discover ...Thursday, 10 December 2009 -
The FAMILY feeling of our vacations explained
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Personal
... contact with many of our past guests, but have seen them, stayed with them, and partied with them. Here is a rundown: In late summer, while still in Italy, we went on a cruise (we get vacations, too) ...Friday, 13 March 2009 -
Recession-proof your vacation with Culture Discovery Vacations
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
... guarantee that our guests will pay the price they are quoted, no matter what. With that in mind, as our guests experience our little slice of life in Italy, they very often ask us both why and how we ...Tuesday, 07 October 2008 -
Rick and Catherine - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... I think we made some life long friends. Catherine told me I would love Italy. She was right. Love, - Rick & Catherine USA Click image ...Thursday, 10 December 2009 -
Cooking & Touring Tuscany, Umbria & Lazio in 2008, a look back
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
... to be finished in April, but of course, we are in Italy. So in April we had a structure and nothing more. It wasn’t finished until late July, so we had quite a few groups crowd into the old ...Tuesday, 25 November 2008 -
Lynda and Christine - Arizona - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... name DiscoverSoriano until November of 2009. In our earlier days all of our vacations were based in the town of Soriano nel Cimino. As we grew, we began to expand throughout Italy, so the name ...Saturday, 12 December 2009 -
Doris and Lauren - Roanoke, Virginia - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... to expand throughout Italy, so the name Discover Soriano was no longer appropriate. We are still the same company with the same people... and most importantly, the same commitment in every way! We just ...Saturday, 17 October 2009 -
Kathy and Marco - Cleveland, Ohio - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
"Thank you for our best trip to Italy ever!" - Kathy & Marco - Cleveland, Ohio - USA Dear Michael & Paola, Thank you for our best trip to Italy ever! ...Friday, 11 December 2009 -
Spoleto, Italy - A Quick Peek
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Umbria
... in the Perugia Province of Umbria, Italy; about 15 miles north of Terni, or about 75 miles north of Rome. It is about 30 miles north of our home base, Soriano nel Cimino. ...Tuesday, 25 November 2008 -
Chuck and Pat Peterson - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... 2009. In our earlier days all of our vacations were based in the town of Soriano nel Cimino. As we grew, we began to expand throughout Italy, so the name Discover Soriano was no longer appropriate. ...Friday, 11 December 2009 -
Bev & Peter - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Canada
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... expand throughout Italy, so the name Discover Soriano was no longer appropriate. We are still the same company with the same people... and most importantly, the same commitment in every way! We ...Wednesday, 09 December 2009 -
Andrea - London - United Kingdom
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... until November of 2009. In our earlier days all of our vacations were based in the town of Soriano nel Cimino. As we grew, we began to expand throughout Italy, so the name Discover Soriano was no longer ...Friday, 04 December 2009 -
Marci and Debbie - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... Cimino. As we grew, we began to expand throughout Italy, so the name Discover Soriano was no longer appropriate. We are still the same company with the same people... and most importantly, the ...Friday, 11 December 2009 -
Mary and Erica - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
"The past week has been an introduction to family we never knew we had." - Mary & Erica USA When we planned our trip to Italy, we thought we were taking ...Friday, 11 December 2009 -
Jules and Jim - Washington State - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... The chestnut Festival events were entertaining & oh so FUN! Now we are onto another 10 days of discovering more of Italy, knowing we are leaving a little piece of ourselves in Soriano. We look forward ...Friday, 11 December 2009 -
Maka and Sue - Canberra - Australia
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
"You have opened up your town, your home, your friends and your family to us, which has enabled us to experience Italy and Italian life in a way that those on the big bus tours will never ...Saturday, 12 December 2009 -
Olive Garden cooking school in Tuscany?
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Tuscany
... you a sausage and call it a hot dog. Their latest commercial talked about how their chefs came back from Italy with their new recipe, 'Chicken Crostina' . Ummm... sorry folks, no such thing, and I can ...Saturday, 26 May 2007 -
Soccer Fanaticism in Italy – Because they cant feed Christians to the lions anymore
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Culture
I love Football (Go USC!) & Baseball (Go Dodgers!).. I'm an American after all. But I have never been able to sink my heart into Soccer. So having spent all of these years in Italy, I've never ...Monday, 24 September 2007 -
Would you have a second home in Italy?
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
It used to be that when I would come to Italy, for the first few days, people would see me and give me a huge ‘welcome back’. That was then. I would come here once a year in the ...Saturday, 22 September 2007
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