It includes:
4 breakfasts,*3 cooking lessons of approximately 4 hours;
3 lunches / 1 dinner
4 nights accommodations in the apartments of the farm,
2 half day excursions (with minivan and driver).
* in your apartment you will find coffee, milk, biscuits, jams, butter and sugar.
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OLIVE HARVEST IN ITALY
from 1st November to 15th November 2010
Participate in the Olive Harvest and enjoy the fruits of the Umbria region, near Tuscany (Italy) - cooking and eating local foods, drinking area wines, and soaking up the rural beauty of Umbria while staying in a beautiful farmhouse just five minutes from the historic centre of Perugia.
The olive harvest is a unique opportunity to participate in an autumnal ritual that is essential to Italy's agrarian and culinary interests.
Olive harvest in Italy: Olive oil production, as wine production, has been an important economic resource since Etruscan Times. The region of Umbria and Tuscany with its hills, grounds, and climate allow the olive trees to grow and produce superior quality olives with low acidity.
Olive harvest in Umbria: The extra virgin olive oil from this region suits the simple genuine and delicious Umbrian gastronomy. The olive oil is obtained through a simple process of pressing chilled olives that are found in the foot hills of Umbria (Italy). The picking of these olives is undertaken entirely by hand. This Oil has an intense green colour, a soft olive fragrance and a full rich flavours. A suggested use of this oil is in the seasoning of uncooked breads, soups, vegetables, salads, meat and fish.
I suggest you the standard package including olive harvest, cooking classes and 2 half day excursions and also two options: with only 1 half day excursions and without half day excursions.
Please email me for any question.
Description of the OLIVE HARVEST 4-day package: day by day itinerary
Day 1
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 choiceDay 2
In the morning olive harvest in the farm and lunch with typical products.
Hands-on cooking lesson starts around 5:00pm.
You will prepare a four course dinner.
For dinner you will dine on your creations accompanied by our wines.
Day 3
Hands-on cooking lesson 
starts around 10:00 am. You will prepare a four course lunch. For lunch you will eat on your creations accompanied by our wine.
Half day excursion take place from 15.00 to 19.00. You will visit Trevi and the Frantoio Gaudenzi.
Located on a promontory above the Valle Umbra, Trevi has a strikingly picturesque appearance for those who approach the city from the valley. Thanks to the good quality of olive oil locally produced, Trevi is also known as the capital of olive oil.
Set on the slopes of a hill covered with olive groves and crowned with the Umbrian gem of Trevi, the Frantoio Gaudenzi, a national prize rewarded olive mill, has been producing superior D.O.P extra virgin olive oil for the past sixty years.
Day 4
Hands-on cooking lesson starts around 10:00 am
. You will prepare a four course lunch. For lunch you will eat on your creations accompanied by our wine.
Half day excursion take place from 15.00 to 19.00. You will visit the Abbey of Montelabate and the city of Gubbio.
Located in the gentle Umbrian hills, the monumental Abbey of Montelabate is one of the many witnesses of the benedictine presence in our Region. Even after having been abandoned for years and passed in private property, it still is the seat of a factory producing quality products and keeping the surrounding environment intact. In this way it maintains its original function of managing the territory. By visiting Montelabate you financially help the foundation Istituto di Pediatria Gaslini di Genova with the protection and assistance to infancy.The visit includes: Visit of the Abbey, tasting of the local products, walking tour on the factory grounds.
Gubbio is among Europe's best conserved medieval towns. A walk through its alleys is like going back in time.
Day 5
Departure.Rates 2010: Olive Harvest package 1st- 30th november
Type of accommodation /price in euro per person
2 people in 1 Bilo-apartment: 820.003 people in 1 Bilo-apartment: 600.00
4 people in 1 Bilo-apartment 500.00
Group of 4-6 people/price in euro per person
4 people in 2 Bilo-apartments: 690.005 people in 3 Bilo-apartments: 600.00
6 people in 3 Bilo-apartments: 550.00
Rates 2010: Olive Harvest package with only 1 half-day excursion
Type of accommodation /price in euro per person
2 people in 1 Bilo-apartment: 650.003 people in 1 Bilo-apartment: 400.00
4 people in 1 Bilo-apartment: 350.00
Group of 4-6 people/price in euro per person
4 people in 2 Bilo-apartments: 480.005 people in 3 Bilo-apartments: 400.00
6 people in 3 Bilo-apartments: 290.00
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