about me
accommodation
our menu
recipes
testimonials
where we are
contact

Day 1- Arrive

Arrival at the country farm "La volpe e l'uva" (Central Italy, Umbria, near Tuscany) . Check-in your apartment at 4:00pm. Dinner reservations can be made at a restaurant of your choice

Day 2 - Cooking class - Tour in Corciano

Hands-on cooking lesson starts around 10:00 am.
You will prepare a four course lunch. For lunch you will eat your creations accompanied by our wines. In the afternoon you will visit the cities of Corcianoaccompanied by a professional guide.
Corciano is a classic central Italian medieval town. It sits on a hill, is surrounded by a city wall (two in fact) and is full of priceless works of art and architecture. 'Presepe a Corciano' takes place over the Christmas period. The streets of the whole town feature scenes from the Nativity with life size models of shepherds, children, animals etc. The event also coincides with the "Mercato dei sapori di qualità" where visitors can taste typical Umbrian food and wine products.

Day 3 - Cooking class and Tour in Assisi

Hands-on cooking lesson starts around 10:00 am.
You will prepare a four course lunch. For lunch you will eat your creations accompanied by our wines.
The excursion takes place from 15.00.
You will visit the mystical city of Assisi, a beautiful medieval town based on Mount Subasio, overlooking a peaceful Umbrian landscape. Assisi is essentially known for the fact that it’s the place of birth of St. Francis in and that of Santa Chiara.
You will visit the city and the famous churches like the St. Francis Church filled with spectacular frescoes by Giotto, and also the Eremo delle Carceri (a peacefully isolated church and monastery in the wooded slopes just outside Assisi's walls, this was the first monastic home of St. Francis' and his followers) and the St. Damiano church (A church and monastery outside the city walls is where the crucifix spoke to St. Francis, prompting him to repair it and begin his ministry. Later, St. Clare died here). Professional guide in the tour.
You can decide to have dinner in a restaurant of Assisi or come back in the country farm.

Day 4 - Cooking class and Gubbio: the biggest Christmas tree in the world!

Hands-on cooking lesson starts around 10:00 am.
You will prepare a four course lunch. For lunch you will eat your creations accompanied by our wines.
The excursion takes place from 15.00. You will visit Gubbio with a professional guide. Lying on the slopes of Monte Ingino, it is one of the most ancient towns of Umbria, extremely well preserved during centuries and rich of monuments testifying its glorious past.
Here in the Christmas time you can see the Christmas tree which every year in the evening on 7 December, Immaculate Conception eve, lights along the slopes of Monte Ingino. It is the biggest tree in the world, by now a real symbol of Gubbio.
It rises from the last stone houses of Gubbio up to the basilica of S. Ubaldo, the patron saint of the town, close to the place where, till 10 January, shines the star of Bethlehem which completes the tree. Professional guide in the tour.

Day 5 -

Departure.

Type of accommodation /price in euro per person

2 people in 1 apartment: 950.00 euro
3 people in 1 apartment: 800.00 euro

3 people in 2 apartments: 850.00 euro
4 people in 2 apartments: 700.00 euro
5 people in 3 apartments: 600.00 euro
6 people in 3 apartments: 570.00 euro

Cooking lessons - Cooking holidays -Christmas cooking- Perugia - Umbria - near Tuscany - Italy
Resources: Food Links -Travel guides - Accommodations - Travel sites - Directories - Other resources - Exchange link with us
Phone: +39 0755899951 - Mobile:+39 3406461480 - info@cookinumbria.com info@agriturismovolpeuva.it - skype: volpeuva.pg

Cooking class in italy | Cooking holiday Italy | Cooking tours Italy | Wine Tours Italy | Single day cooking lesson | Truffle hunting | Olive harvest | cooking vacations italy | Italian lessons | Italian language courses | small group Tour Italy | solo traveller holiday Italy | Gastronomic tours | Italy student trips|Site map