THE MEDIEVAL UMBRIA TOURS: 4 days cooking vacation during the festival "The Mercato delle Gaite" from 20th to 24th June 2012
Welcome to Umbria! Bevagna is a small town in Umbria. It's a charming and picturesque walled town, that was an important place in ancient Roman days, situated along the Via Flaminia.
It's also home to a festival called Mercato Delle Gaite. For a few days each spring, the town is time-warped back to the middle ages. If you visit during this time, you'll find quite a different place than normal! The townspeople are all dressed in medieval garb, and the locals are very much into the spirit of the event. As you wander through the streets, you'll find all sorts of unusual activities underway, from falconry, to blacksmithing, to paper making. The town is historically divided into four quarters, "Le Gaite". These neighborhoods compete against each other in different events as part of the festival, and there's a real rivalry between them.
Reservations are on request for a minimum of two people.
DAY BY DAY ITINERARY OF THE TOUR
Wednesday 20th june - Arrive in Perugia
Arrival at the country farm "La volpe e l'uva" (Perugia, Central Italy, Umbria, near Tuscany). Check-in your apartment at 4:00pm.
Thursday 21th June - Chocolate and Deruta ceramic
Hands-on cooking class starts around 10:00am. You will prepare a four course lunch that you will eat at the end of the class, accompanied by our wines.
At first you will visit the Perugia’s chocolate factory and the Chocolate Museum to learn about chocolate production. The "House of Chocolate" includes a chance to see the Perugina chocolate factory in operation, as well as a visit to the Museo Storico (Historic Museum). The museum explains the process of converting cocoa into chocolate, and introduces the history of the Perugina chocolate company.
Than you will visit a ceramic laboratory in Deruta where the majolicas are completely handmade. Deruta ceramics are a milestone in the history of Italian pottery. They gained worldwide fame during the Renaissance thanks to their creative and qualitative excellence. Their high quality producs keeps the tradition alive and evokes the classic decorations of the various periods of Deruta. The production cycle is completely carried-out within the company and rigorously worked by hand in all its phases.
Friday 22th June - Wine Tour Montefalco and Bevagna
Hands-on cooking class starts around 10:00am. You will prepare a four course lunch that you will eat at the end of the class, accompanied by our wines.
The wine tour take place from 16.00 to 19.00. It is a wine tour in winery that produces Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCGS. You will have a guided tour of the vineyard, cellars finishing up with a test of local Umbrian specialties and the wines. You will also visit the medieval cities of Montefalco. Professional guide in the tour. You will have dinner in Bevagna in the Medieval stands opened during the "Mercato delle gaite" where you can taste dishes prepared according to the antique Umbrian recipes.
Saturday 23th June - Bevagna
Hands-on cooking class starts around 10:00am. You will prepare a four course lunch that you will eat at the end of the class, accompanied by our wines.
The excursion take place from 16.30: you will visit the city of Bevagna and the marked of Gaite. Along the most suggestive streets and corners of the city, the population involves itself in the organization of handicraft shops, of typical markets of antique times .Inspired by the habits described in antique medieval documents, Bevagna proposes the same intense atmosphere of the handicraft activities with noises and gestures forgotten by our times. In the small shops of "canapai", potters, dyers and strikers; capable handicraft maestro realize exclusive objects using the arts and the techniques of the Middle Ages. Professional guide in the excursion
Sunday 24th June - Departure
DETAIL OF THE COOKING MEDIEVAL TOUR June 2012
4 DAYS IN THE MEDIEVAL UMBRIA (ITALY) |
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Trip lenght |
4 days | ||
Departure Dates: |
Any day! Contact us for details. | ||
Destinations |
Italy, Umbria (Assisi, Montefalco, Bevagna) |
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Activities |
Culinary, Cultural exploration | ||
Included in the price: |
Accomodation, 4 breakfasts, 3 cooking classes, 3 lunches from cooking classes, 3 half day excursions with car and driver , professional guides in the excursions | ||
| No included in the price | dinners | ||
| PRICES 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| 950 EURO per person, double occupancy, based on two people travelling together. 780 EURO per person, triple occupancy, based on three people travelling together. |
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| GROUP 4/6 People | |||||||||||||||
Inclusions: Group discount No cooking guests |
If you are interested in a culinary holidays without tours (only accommodation and cooking classes) please visit the page Cooking vacations
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