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

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Making fresh pasta is an awesome hands-on experience that includes everyone in the culinary process Getting everyone involved during our Umbrian cooking classes makes the fresh pasta that much better One of our night during Norcia cooking week we will enjoy a party night with some local friends Making the own cioccolatino one of the main experience of our foodie vacation in Norcia. The Experential week in Norcia and Umbria includes local town market and local shops where buy food before cooking class Experience local family run farms. Pig farmer, lentis farmes, cheese and sheppard in Umbria Experantial vacation in Umbria includes one day about Chocolate, a class where you will make your own "cioccolatino A foodie week in Norcia cannot miss a visit to a local free range pigs farm We use the special Norcia black truffles we find ourselves later on in our hands-on cooking classes We love the appreciation our guests show us and we love discover the hidden gems of Italy with our groups Umbria, like the rest of Italy, has no shortage of breathtaking views and unique beauty During harvest season we like to pick, press and pour our own olive oil during the Norcia vacation we host in Umbria Norcia is home to what is known all around Italy as some of the best salami in the world Walking in Norcia in Umbria you can experience a lot of butcher shops selling traditional salami, prosciutto, sausages Experential holidays in Umbria in touch with locals. Visit to a small family run olive mill to enjoy a good Bruschetta Our guests learn how to make tagliatelle from scratch during our Norcia cooking classes 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 Our Norcia vacation in Umbria features a tour of a wine cellar famous for its Sagrantino wine Pizza Experience making pizza with a local masterchef or mkaing the traditional umbria pizza in a loca pastry shop We love giving our guests the chance to learn about and explore the diversity of Italian wine Sagrantino grapes it is use to make the Umbrian Sagrantino wine, one of the most famous of the region, rich in Tannin Experience a truffle hunting in Umbria. With a local hunter and his dog we will walk in the forest Our day-trip to Assisi provides beautiful views of the Umbrian landscape and scenery Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill Castelluccio is an undiscovered gem of Italy that we love to highlight on our Umbria vacation We will meet local friends for a BBQ night that will be an unforgettable Umbria Experience. Our Norcia vacation features a trip to beautiful Assisi to explore its well-known basilica Sometime happen that during a truffle hunting in our experential holiday in Umbria we found a lot of truffle During harvest season in Umbria, we take our guests to a local farm to pick and press their own olives Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill Norcia it is a small village in Umbria, in the national park of sibillini mountains, base of our experential and cooking Cooking class and Chocolate experience in Umbria 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 Class chocolate it is one of the highlights of experential vacation in Umbria The hands-on chocolate class at the Perugina factory are highly customizable and always come out delicious Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill Walking in Norcia in Umbria you can experience a lot of butcher shops selling traditional salami, prosciutto, sausages Cooking classes with locals in Umbria. Our week includes classes with michelin star chef and local "mamma" or Our Norcia vacation features making fresh pecorino and ricotta cheese from scratch, taught by a local shepherd Shops like a local and experience Umbria visiting local small fruit and butcher shops before cooking with your chef