“Feel the passion of Italian cookery”
5 Day Truffles Forest Tour and Cooking Holiday in Tuscany, Arezzo, Italy
Località Montoncello, 2/b, 52100 Arezzo AR, Italy
Amazing Tuscany Cooking Holidays
This culinary vacation offers you an amazing opportunity to cook with excellent products such as truffles, mushrooms, chestnuts, or honey. During your gastronomic adventure, you will have the chance to try out products of excellence, cook gourmet dishes, and discover glamourous places of historical importance. This is surely a type of vacation that will surely be one of the most memorable and unique experiences of your life at an affordable price!
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Fabrizio
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Highlights
- Cooking classes
- A truffle hunting expedition
- Experienced chefs and guides
- A visit to a Unesco world heritage site
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- 4 nights accommodation
- Train station transfers
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
3 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: Italian
Group size: 2-5 participants
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
13:00
Check-out Time:
10:00
Facilities
- Hot tub / Jacuzzi
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Barbeque facilities
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Meditation garden
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Bicycle rental
- Free bicycle
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Parking lot
- Tour assistance
- Wireless internet
- Outdoor shower
Moonlight Homestay
Moonlight Homestay is located on a hill on the outskirts of the Lignano national park, surrounded by prestigious Chianti and olive grove production wineries with typical Tuscan Apennine landscape, just 2,5 km from the centre of the historic city of Arezzo, easily reachable by taxi, bus or bicycle.
It has 1 private apartment with 3 separate double bedrooms with en suite bathroom for maximum privacy. It is also equipped with eat-in kitchen with exit to a panoramic terrace, outdoor garden with tables, deckchairs and gazebo. Fully aircon room with smart TV.
The facilities at guests' disposal include a fenced park of 6 hectares, heated Jacuzzi pool, and relaxation area with loungers, sofa and solar outdoor shower. The villa has a refreshment point with a large professional kitchen, where all courses and catering services will be held.
Program
Day 1: Introduction and first cooking lesson
- Meet at the Arezzo train station, where you will be picked up and taken to the villa.
- Enjoy a welcome aperitif buffet with Prosecco wine tasting.
- In the late afternoon, little rest before a fantastic dinner prepared by you with the help of professional chef
- Meal plan: aperitif buffet - dinner
Day 2: City break tour and cookery lesson
- Enjoy breakfast, then head out with your guide to tour the most picturesque locations in Arezzo. Your guide will give you background history to every location and give you ample time to take photos.
- Lunch in a historic Tuscan trattoria (drinks included).
- In the afternoon participate in your second cooking lesson.
- Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 3: Second cooking lesson and free time
- After breakfast, take your 3rd cooking class.
- Learn more elaborate techniques using the products of the forest to prepare a delicious lunch.
- Free afternoon to relax by the pool or walk in the magnificent scenery around the villa, through vineyards, olive groves and woodland.
- dinner served for you
- Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 4: A truffle tour and history tour
- After breakfast, take a cultural excursion (places of great historical importance) of the Tiberina Valley.
- Lunch and 1 drink included at a local restaurant.
- In the afternoon, hiking tour in the woods searching for precious truffles with the help of experienced guides and dogs.
- dinner : Savour the typical calzone-pizza MENU prepared for you.
- Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 5: A warm arrivederci
After breakfast and some time to relax, you'll be taken back to Arezzo central station.
All holiday packages can be customized according to your requirement and experience. The program may change slightly based on seasonality and availability of the cellars and tours.
Included excursions
truffle-hunting trip and on a historical guided tour.
Arezzo city escape tour
Instructors
Fabrizio Merli
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Chef Fabrizio grew up in a family with strong Italian culinary traditions, foundations of the traditional Tuscan cuisine, and the Mediterranean diet. After a long experience in the UK as a chef, then he moved to various countries and worked with important chefs, who have taught him new techniques and exotic touches. While favoring the traditional cuisine, using methods of the past and highest quality ingredients, Fabrizio can delight with aromas giving them a contemporary twist.
Location
Your cooking holiday will take place on the outskirts of the historic city of Arezzo city; origins are lost in the very ancient past. As the settlement grew, it eventually became an important Etruscan city and was later part of Rome. Already in the 4th century, Arezzo had become a Bishopric. It was occupied by the Lombards at the end of the 6th century and was strongly conditioned by their influence.
In the Middle Ages, Arezzo was a free and powerful commune, often ruled by its bishops who were counts of the Holy Roman Empire. The city was frequently at war, with Siena certainly, but above all with Florence and, in 1384, it was finally subjugated to Florentine rule. From then onwards, with the exception of two widespread rebellions in 1502 and 1529-30, Arezzo's history runs parallel to the history of Florence and, later on, to the fortunes of Tuscany.
Today, the ancient center of the city retains all the fascination of its illustrious past. The principal buildings and monuments possess a wealth of Medieval and Renaissance art created by artists such as Cimabue, Michelangelo, Piero della Francesa, Andrea della Robbia, and Giorgio Vasari, etc. Arezzo was the birthplace of the great poet Petrarch, the inventor of the Italian language; and it became internationally famous as the backdrop to a widely acclaimed movie when some of the most beautiful corners of the city’s monumental center formed the setting for scenes in Roberto Benigni’s film Life is Beautiful, three-time Oscar winner.
This is Arezzo, the modern, hard-working, artistic city rooted in the past but renewing itself in the architecture of the present and in exhibitions of contemporary art, whose citizens, with their ingenuity and creativity, still find expression in the aromas and tastes of an ancient culinary tradition, in handicrafts of renowned quality, in a genuine sense of hospitality to tourists, and in such jewelry-making expertise that Arezzo is known worldwide as the “city of gold”.
Arezzo is a gem set amidst the gentle Tuscan hills, the birthplace of so many illustrious personages that the distinguished poet Josue Carducci exclaimed that the territory of Arezzo alone is sufficient to give glory to Italy!
Distances
- Perugia airport, 80 kilometers – 1,5 hours
- Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR), 80 kilometers - 1.5 hour
- Leonardo da Vinci - Fiumicino Airport (FCO), 250 kilometers - 2-3 hours
- Pisa International Airport (PSA), 150 kilometers - 2 hours
- San Francesco d'Assisi Airport (PEG), 80 kilometers - 1 hour 30 minutes
- Siena downtown, 60 kilometers
- Florence downtown, 60 kilometers
- Cortona, 30 kilometers
Features
Activities
- Cooking classes
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
General
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Kitchen
- Picnic area
- Special menu request
- Patio
Services
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry
Food
Daily meals and drinks as per itinerary are included in the price of the package.
Products warranty
When possible, MangiarDivino will provide seasonal organic vegetable from their gardens, organic Chianti wine, and extra virgin olive oil from personal production. The rest of the ingredients you will use during your holiday will be purchased from trusted suppliers to guarantee top quality and freshness. The key point of MangiarDivino's philosophy is good food needs top ingredients.
Food options
Food intolerance are welcome. Please let MangiarDivino know one week before your arrival. Vegetarian and vegan options are also available.
Skill level
MangiarDivino accommodates beginners, advanced, and master chef. Please let them know what level you prefer.
Menu
The menu can be customized according to your needs and desire. This will be agreed upon in advance.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
- Soda
- Alcoholic beverages
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Organic
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
- Bike rental
- Extra tours
- Olive oil mil and olive oil tasting tours
- Medieval Saracen tournament (ticket to be booked three months in advance, June - September)
- Museum entry tickets
What's included
- Welcome appetizer and drinks
- All meals with drinks ( igt wines of local production . extra on request)
- 1 truffle hunting excursion
- 2 guided tours and lunch
- 3 cooking classes at the villa (no commuting)
- 4 nights accommodation in a private apartment
- Arezzo train station transfers
- 3- cooking classes with the chef
What's not included
- Airfare ticket
- Museum entrance fee
- Personal expenses
- Tips
- Train fare
- Transfer to from airport (extra price available on request)
- Special or extra drinks requests, to be agreed in advance
How to get there
Driving directions to Le 3 Rose Farmhouse
- Take A1 motorway until the exit to Arezzo
- Follow the signs to Casentino (Bibbiena) until the new roundabout, Ceciliano
- Go on to Antria
- At the first intersection, take the direction towards Tregozzano
- You will see the signs for Le 3 Rose Agriturismo after 1 kilometer
Arrival by airplane
The closest airports to the location are Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR) and San Franceso d'Assisi Airport (PEG). MangiarDivino can pick you up from the airport. The pick-up is not included in the price.
Arrival by train
Please book your train to arrive at Arezzo train station. Complimentary transfer from and to Arezzo train station is provided at your scheduled time. The meeting point is in front of the train station by the taxi stand. Please go to the exit Piazza Della Repubblica. Do not take the direction Campo Di Marte. which lead you to different entrance.
GPS
N 43°30'36.6 - E 11°54'08.7
Distances
- Arezzo downtown, 6 kilometers
- Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ), 150 kilometers - 2 hours 30 minutes by car, 2 hours by train
- Cortona, 30 kilometers
- Florence, 60 kilometers
- Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR), 80 kilometers - 30 minutes by car, 1 hour by train
- Leonardo da Vinci - Fiumicino Airport (FCO), 250 kilometers - 2 hours 30 minutes by car, 2 hours by train
- Pisa International Airport (PSA), 150 kilometers - 2 hours by car, 2 hours by train
- Railway station, 10 kilometers
- Rome, 200 kilometers
- San Franceso d'Assisi Airport (PEG), 80 kilometers - 1 hour 30 minutes by car, 1 hour by train
- Siena, 60 kilometers
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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