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Free Airport Pick-up and Welcome Dinner

We will meet you at the airport in Rome or Pescara (preferably) and drive you in our own van across the beautiful Central Apennine mountains directly to Palazzo Tour D'Eau in Carunchio, where you will be staying. In the evening you'll attend a multi-course welcome feast and we'll all get acquainted and settled in.

Carunchio Old-Town, Quick and Healthy Mediterranean Dishes, Local Salame Maker's, Bakery

After a short morning stroll around the old-town, we get started on our lunch. We'll explore the basic ingredients of traditional Abruzzo cuisine and make some of the best seasonal sauces for pasta dishes. The theme for this lunch will be "quick and healthy homemade meals". You'll see how delicious, easy, and healthy Mediterranean cuisine can be. We'll lunch on our tasty creations in traditional Italian style, slowly and in good company!

 

After our leisurely lunch, you'll rest up for the afternoon activities. We will visit a local salami production plant and learn how this incredible product is made, and what distinguishes Abruzzo's salami from the rest. Next, we will visit an artisan bakery, where the local baker will show us the traditional ways of making bread.

Homemade Pasta Extravaganza, Agnone, Cheese Plant, Bell Foundry

Learn how much fun and utterly delicious making pasta at home can be, in a variety of colours and shapes. We'll teach you all the tricks so it turns out great every time. You will be amazed by the variety: pasta alla chitarra, gnocchi, lasagna, stuffed pasta and so on.

 

After lunch, we'll take you down to Agnone, in the region of Molise, where you can watch real family production of mozzarella, ricotta cheeses and cacio cavallo. Agnone is famous in the area for its quality cheese. Then we will visit an antique bell foundry which still makes church bells by hand for the Vatican. We will learn about the phases of the manufacturing.

Vasto (Ancient Histonium), Trabocco "fishing house", Shopping, "Taste of the Adriatic" Seafood Dinner

A trip to the Adriatic Coast in Vasto for sunbathing, shopping, and a sightseeing tour of the coast's unique "trabocco" fishing houses. Depending on the weather and the season we can dine on the trabocco, an old fishing house built on the coast, which juts out into the sea. This is a very unique experience. After lunch, we'll take time for shopping in Vasto.

Learn the Art of Preservation and Liqueurs

Learn how to preserve fruits and vegetables in the Italian way. Make fruit preserves and a variety of pickled vegetables, plus learn how to preserve using oil. Taste and discover how these ingredients are a big part of the Abruzzese cuisine. We'll teach you how to make Limoncello and you'll taste a variety of liqueurs created from local ingredients.

The afternoon you'll be free to walk around town and enjoy the peaceful environment.

Desserts, Visit to a winery

Learn how to make mouth watering desserts and pair them with the liqueurs made the previous day. After lunch, we're off to a winery where we'll enjoy a private insider's visit of the production facility and sample their huge variety of wines.

Last day

This is the day we take you back to the airport and make sure you're going home with everything you came for. Last minute shopping, postcards or other special requests can be fit in according to flight schedules.

Excursion Day

If your group chooses this option, we'll take you to Pompei and the Amalfi Coast for a guided tour of the ruins and the coastal views, or to Rome for a guided tour of the major attractions such as the Colosseum, the Trevi fountain, the capital building, the Spanish Square and the Vatican, and time for a little shopping.

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