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All Inclusive Cooking Vacations
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
... or click here to view the video in High Definition or click here to view our 2008 Tuscany Cooking Vacation Video Join Us for the Experience of a Lifetime ...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
... Umbrian Sun(Discover Spring in Tuscany) 8 / 7 $3,395.00 Sold Out Get on the Wait List May 15 – May 22 Wine, Cooking & The Roads Less Traveled (Discover ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
Guided Tours of Italy
Category: Italy Guided Tours/Guided Coach Tours of Italy
... area between Tuscany and Venice is not just a long stretch of freeway, but it is where one discovers some of Italy's most incredible contributions to the world, such as Parmesan cheese, Ferrari & Lamborghini, ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
Explore Our Vacations
Category: Italy Vacations/Schedules and Itineraries
... as you will discover Italy in a way other tours don't. We'll be like family for 16 days, and tour Italy like Italians! All-Inclusive Tuscany & Umbria Cooking Vacations • Click Here to ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
About Michael and Paola
Category: About Us/About
... (in Pienza, Tuscany) Paola (at Villa Eddarella) Michael (at a Village Grocer) Sara (in the Teaching Kitchen) Hi! We are Michael ...Monday, 16 November 2009 -
Imagine a day as our guest
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
... Imagine walking into the 350 year old country villa in the rolling hills of the Tiber valley. As you walk toward the villa you gaze at the hills of Umbria and Tuscany, littered with olive ...Sunday, 15 November 2009 -
Video Gallery
Category: Galleries/Videos
... it Compilation Videos from our Vacations Imagine - A Video Montage from our 2009 Tuscany Cooking Vacations A video highlighting our 2009 season of cooking ...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
... of the Tuscany border. This map is interactive. You can pan, zoom, and overlay satellite imagery. • Soriano is marked in RED • The regions of Tuscany, Umbria and Latium are marked in GREEN ...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
... in designing unique 'out of the box' experiences from group cooking competitions in the hills of Tuscany, to wine-making and olive harvests. From weddings in majestic castles to unique archeological digs. ...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
... track, visits to outlets, and much more. Read More... Olive Harvest & Cooking in Rome, Florence & Tuscany 8 Days, 7 Nights All-Inclusive that includes harvesting ...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
... with a queen and a bathroom. The location is breathtaking with an amazing view of Soriano, the Tiber Valley and onward toward Umbria and Tuscany. While the rooms are extremely beautiful and comfortable, ...Friday, 23 October 2009 -
Compare to Other Cooking Vacations
Category: Italy Wine and Cooking Vacations/Tuscany and Umbria Cooking Vacations
... the various regions in Italy, but they know certain buzzwords like 'Tuscany' or 'Umbria'. People often tell us they want to go to Tuscany and Florence. That is like hearing someone say they want ...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
... it would get much better use as a kitchen. So we designed what we felt would be the ultimate kitchen to teach and learn in... naturally respecting the beauty of Tuscany and Umbria! In July of 2008 ...Sunday, 27 September 2009 -
Janet and Jessica - Berkhamsted - United Kingdom
Category: Testimonials/Letters form our guests
"The hospitality and warmth has been beyond words." - Janet & Jessica - Berkhamsted - United Kingdom To Michael and Paola and all of the team. This apartment ...Saturday, 12 December 2009 -
Prices in different currencies
Category: Italy Vacations/Schedules and Itineraries
... & Cooking in Rome, Florence & Tuscany 8 / 7 $3,495.00 €2,595.00 £2,395.00 $3,995.00 $4,095.00 La Belissima Italian Experience ...Monday, 30 November 2009 -
Recession-proof your vacation with Culture Discovery Vacations
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
... border area between Rome, Tuscany and Umbria… extremely close to all of it, but not specifically in any of those places. Our area is not as touristy as many of the places we go to on excursions, ...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
... know your name, let alone consider you family? Do we actually buy into this stuff? OK, marketing marketing marketing. But now their commercials focus on their 'Culinary Institute' in Tuscany? They imply ...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 -
How to avoid getting ripped off as a tourist in Italy
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
... tourists in Rome or Tuscany get ’special’ menus with inflated prices, and I have seen tourists in Soriano nel Cimino get special menus with lower prices than the locals get! Food: It is ...Monday, 02 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 -
Finding Italy through London Fog this XMas
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
On Tuesday, December 19th at around 4:30 PM we sat at the departure gate in Los Angeles waiting to board our flight. It had already been a very long day for us, and we were looking forward to a 10 ...Thursday, 28 December 2006 -
Living Mangers in Italy
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Travel Tips
A tradition in Italy during Christmas time is the living manger. Many towns go way beyond a simple manger scene, and produce a full scale reproduction of Bethlehem. What makes it so ...Tuesday, 26 December 2006 -
What does a typical day look like on a cooking holiday?
Category: Tour FAQs/Cooking Vacation FAQ
For a sense of what a typical day is like, please read this article. For more of a description how how a day is technically broken down, read below. Each day you will have a meeting time in the morning. ...Monday, 23 November 2009 -
Heading back to Italy for the holidays
Category: Blogging Tuscany and Umbria Italy/Personal
As if I haven’t been there enough this year, I am on my way back. I’ve barely been back a month, and now we have yet another trip planned for December 19th. This will be the first ...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
... of light rain. Weather in Central (Soriano nel Cimino, Tuscany, Umbria, Florence, Rome, etc.) The average temperatures range between the low 60's to high 70's (17 to 26 C). Expect sunshine, but you ...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
Imagine - Cooking Vacations & Culinary Tours in Tuscany and Umbria Italy with Culture Discovery Vacations ...Saturday, 16 January 2010 -
October Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... some rain while you are there. Weather in Central (Soriano nel Cimino, Tuscany, Umbria, Florence, Rome, etc.) The average temperatures range between the mid 50's to low 70's (13 to 22 C). Expect sunshine ...Tuesday, 01 December 2009 -
What other tourists will I find in Soriano?
Category: Tour FAQs/Cooking Vacation FAQ
... International airport, and right at the Tuscany and Umbria borders. Additionally, Soriano's climate has been a major draw for Italians for ages. For thousands of years, our area has been a destination ...Friday, 27 November 2009 -
March Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... in Central (Soriano nel Cimino, Tuscany, Umbria, Florence, Rome, etc.) The Central part of Italy is a bit warmer than the north, of course. Rome is often quite pleasant, with temperatures ranging between ...Monday, 30 November 2009 -
May Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... Be prepared for chilly nights, but don't discount the possibility of warm days. Weather in Central (Soriano nel Cimino, Tuscany, Umbria, Florence, Rome, etc.) The Central part of Italy is a bit warmer ...Monday, 30 November 2009 -
January Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... on any given day you have a one in three chance of rain. The larger cities have a romantic feel to them as people huddle in warm bars. Weather in Central (Soriano nel Cimino, Tuscany, Umbria, Florence, ...Saturday, 28 November 2009 -
June Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
As Italy slides from Spring into Summer, the weather starts to warm up, but not too much. Early in the month we still have poppies in the fields of Alto Lazio, Umbria and Tuscany, but we have them under ...Monday, 30 November 2009 -
July Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... the North (Venice, Milan, Turin, Cinque Terre, etc.) The temperature range is roughly between the low 60's to low 80's (16 to 28 C). Weather in Central (Soriano nel Cimino, Tuscany, Umbria, Florence, ...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 -
April Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... Weather in Central (Soriano nel Cimino, Tuscany, Umbria, Florence, Rome, etc.) The Central part of Italy is a bit warmer than the north, of course. Rome is often quite pleasant, with temperatures ...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 Venice ...Tuesday, 08 December 2009 -
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 -
February Weather and Holidays
Category: Travel Planning Help/Weather and Holidays in Italy
... nel Cimino, Tuscany, Umbria, Florence, Rome, etc.) The Central part of Italy is a bit warmer than the north, of course. Rome is often quite pleasant, with temperatures hovering between the high 40's ...Saturday, 28 November 2009 -
Hotels and Inns
Category: Travel Planning Help/Travel Resources
... thousands of smaller locations, so if you are looking for a beautiful little bed and breakfast that is located at a winery in the hills of Tuscany, or a charming seaside inn at Cinque Terre, for ...Tuesday, 08 December 2009
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