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All Inclusive Cooking Vacations
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
... group All-Inclusive Tuscany Cooking and Wine Vacations offer you the magical experience of Italian culture like nothing else can. You will live among the locals, shop with the villagers, tour like an Italian, ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
Our Cooking Vacation Itineraries
Category: Italy Vacations/Schedules and Itineraries
... Read More... Or click here to view our Escorted Tours... ...Tuesday, 17 November 2009 -
2010 Tour Calendar
Category: Italy Vacations/Schedules and Itineraries
... & Tuscany 8 / 7 $3,495.00 24 Book Now or Get Info 2011 Tour Calendar Click here for information about our 2011 calendar The above prices are ...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
... They brought in enough tourism to cause the town to offer basic services for tourists. As I would hang out in the Piazza (main square), I would often meet the guests and help them with the language ...Monday, 16 November 2009 -
Imagine a day as our guest
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
... that was once the summer residence of the Pope. You realize that all of your neighbors are local villagers, not other tourists. As you leave your home this morning, you recognize your neighbors who smile ...Sunday, 15 November 2009 -
Video Gallery
Category: Galleries/Videos
... classes and tours through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio View the Video... Smile for Me - A compilation from our 2008 vacations ...Thursday, 03 December 2009 -
La Bellissima Italian Experience
Category: Italy Guided Tours/Guided Coach Tours of Italy
Vacation Type: Escorted Tour with Cultural & Culinary Focus Length: 16 Days, 15 Nights Group Size: ...Wednesday, 18 November 2009 -
Our Mission
Category: About Us/About
... travel time and rest time to assure the best possible experience, and never sacrifice quality of experience for cost. Everything we offer is included in our base tour price, so our guests are never pressured ...Monday, 23 November 2009 -
Our Location
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
... one of those few remaining places in central Italy that is still unspoiled by the ravages of mass tourism. Looking at Soriano, you can see its history expanding outward from the castle. At the center, ...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
... spending their days as Italians, not tourists. And as each of our guests would leave, each one did so in tears. Those that had been to Italy before were always in awe over what they had ...Monday, 23 November 2009 -
Custom Tours & Destination Management in Italy
Category: Italy Custom Tours/Customized Tours of Italy
... Each itinerary is completely customized based on your group's style, size. and budget. Whether you are putting together an incentive group, a religious pilgrimage, a wedding, or other group tour, we specialize ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
Make a Reservation
Category: About Us/About
... to get your reservation started. Once we have received it, we will process your reservation manually and contact you with a confirmation. TourReservation ...Sunday, 22 November 2009 -
Travel Agents
Category: About Us/About
Welcome Travel Professionals DiscoverSoriano.com, LLC, CultureDiscovery Vacations' parent company is proud to be a Tour Operator member of ASTA ...Sunday, 22 November 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
... 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 -
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
... every meal is included, every guided tour, every entrance fee, all transportation, etc. Of course, if you would rather venture out on your own one day, you are free to, but if you want to go on an ...Tuesday, 17 November 2009 -
Video Testing
Category: Galleries/Videos
Monday, 28 December 2009 -
History of Soriano
Category: About Soriano nel Cimino/Soriano nel Cimino Info
... security prison until the mid 1980's. Today, the base areas of the castle is a University, while the main towers are open to public tours and offered for parties and wedding receptions. ...Tuesday, 01 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 -
Lisa - Columbia, Maryland - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... and cute cities. I truly enjoyed the tours of the wineries. It felt like I was experiencing things less as a tourist and more as a true Italian. Your home is beautiful and I felt priviledged to be able ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
Is This For You?
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
... a week living Italian village life. You will have the experience of your life as long as you don't have false expectations. We are away from the major tourist areas, so you won't find an American coffee. ...Monday, 26 October 2009 -
Bruschetta - The truth and a unique recipe
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Recipes
... will get toasted Italian bread with oil and garlic to rubbed on it. What we think of as Bruschetta would be 'Bruschetta con pomodoro', or 'Bruschetta with tomatoes'. This fact may not hold true in touristy ...Monday, 11 May 2009 -
Bomarzo - The Monster Park / Sacred Grove
Category: Destinations in Italy/Lazio
... tour that visits this location. The Bomarzo Monster Park is a frequent stop for many of our tours, since it is extremely close to our home base at Soriano nel Cimino. If you are not coming ...Sunday, 24 January 2010 -
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 -
The FAMILY feeling of our vacations explained
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Personal
Our future guests often ask me what our tours are going to be like, and I try to explain the feeling of ‘family’, and how it is so different than anything else out there. Oddly, it is a ...Friday, 13 March 2009 -
Recession-proof your vacation with Culture Discovery Vacations
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
... travel. In fact, during the 2008 season, most of Europe has seen a sharp drop in tourism for these very reasons. We at Culture Discovery haven’t felt the negative impact. To the contrary, ...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 -
Spoleto, Italy - A Quick Peek
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Umbria
I tried to shoot a good amount of video this year to give me a bunch of material for the blog, so I will have quite a few of the various cities we visited on our tours. Spoleto was a place that we visited ...Tuesday, 25 November 2008 -
Kathy and Marco - Cleveland, Ohio - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... As you know, we've come to Italy several times before with larger, organized bus tours. This time we were looking for a more intimate, personal experience, which is exactly what we got. Thanks for putting ...Friday, 11 December 2009 -
How much money willI need?
Category: Tour FAQs/Cooking Vacation FAQ
Our 'All-Inclusive' cooking tours are really all-inclusive. This means that all accommodations, scheduled meals, transportation, etc. is included in the vacation price. We have had guests that have spent ...Monday, 23 November 2009 -
Mary and Erica - USA
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
... a vacation, as we sit here trying to seclude 12 lbs. of (fragrant Italian formaggio), 6 bottles of wine, dried "tourist pasta" (according to Spartico) and various other treasures ...Friday, 11 December 2009 -
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 -
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 -
The Flag Throwers ( Sbandieratori ) of Soriano nel Cimino
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Culture
... folks in Soriano's tourism office were kind enough to issue me an all-access press pass for all of the events, so I have tons of content (both video and photo) from the last few weeks that will take form ...Monday, 15 October 2007 -
Cattle Call in Rome versus an Italian country sunrise
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Personal
... been to Italy and it is less than an hour away from our house. It’s late October… we are pressing hard on low season here, but Rome was flooded with tourists. As we walked down ...Friday, 20 October 2006 -
How to avoid getting ripped off as a tourist in Italy
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
... tourist’, and they will take you for what you’ve got. Here is a link to a New York Times article on this subject so that you really get the point. So how can you avoid this? Here are some ...Monday, 02 October 2006 -
Having a craving for Grilled Flesh
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Culture
... translated menu. The problem is that the rush of english-speaking tourists is new to them, and they haven't quite gotten their act together yet. Every menu in town is poorly translated. For example, ...Tuesday, 03 October 2006 -
Discovering the True Italian life when vacationing in Italy
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Lazio
... of the amazing culture that Italy offers. You cannot experience the true Italy from a traditional tour, or by visiting the standard tourist destinations like Rome, Tuscany, Venice, etc. ...Tuesday, 03 October 2006 -
The hidden ruins of a 13th century Olive Mill
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Culture
... state. Such was my morning visit to what I now know of as ‘Fosso Mulino’. You won’t find it in any tour books, and you won’t find any ‘professional’ guides that ...Saturday, 20 October 2007 -
You can travel to Italy without worrying about the weak Dollar
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
... a way to be almost completely unaffected by this with CultureDiscovery.com. Culture Discovery is an American company that operates tours in Italy. We own our own homes, we guide our own tours, and ...Wednesday, 26 September 2007 -
40th Annual Chestnut Festival (Sagra delle Castagne) Schedule - 2007
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Lazio
... tours of the castle Sept 30 10:00 AM Castle Guided tours of the castle Oct 5 7:00 PM Main Piazza Opening of the festival with blessing of the cavaliers and archers of the 4 contrade (districts): ...Wednesday, 12 September 2007 -
Your second trip to Italy may be your first
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
... month or twenty in Italy. All of the postcard sights are engulfed in and surrounded by a multi-billion dollar tourist industry that consumes their surroundings, having long since snuffed out the ‘Tuscan ...Sunday, 09 September 2007
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