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OLIVE OIL: THE TUSCAN GOLD: FOOD & ART IN THE HEART OF TUSCANY

 

Mediterranean & Vegetarian Kitchen with Tuscany Art Excursions & Fun

Cooking School Course Price

  • 1840 €    (US$2,500)  (1376 GBP) pp double occupancy
  • Add 225 €  (US$300)  (168 GBP)   for single occupancy
  • Deduct 80 €  (US$100) (60 GBP) pp   for a group min. of 4 people

ULTIMATE ALL INCLUSIVE!

6 nights & 7 Days in single/double Bedrooms with private washrooms
*All Meals ­ Personalized Menus
Robust Tuscan Table Wine ­ Chianti (Red) & Vernaccia (White)
**3 Cooking Classes
3 Half Days Excursions , including transportation & restaurant meals, (art towns, medieval villages, traditional art workshops, wineries, open markets)
1 Full Day Guided Excursion to Florence
1 day of olive picking and experience of olive oil making with an expert. Dinner by the local oil mill. 2 bottles of fresh made extra virgin olive oil.
1 class of extra virgin olive oil tasting
Transportation & Transfers from/to Pontedera Train Station or Pisa/Florence Airport (service available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for early and late transfers we'll provide a taxi service at your charge)
Daily Room Cleaning
Outdoor Swimming Pool
Hiking Trails
Laundry Facilities

*  All Meals are Provided 

  • Personalized menus
  • Local, organic produce
  • Authentic Tuscan cuisine
  • Extensive vegetarian, heart-healthy options available

**   Cooking Classes

  • Hands on
  • Personalized course materials provided
  • Traditional family recipes like you've never seen before!
  • Interactive, encouraging instruction, spiced-with-passion and humour
Olive Oil, Tuscan Gold 2008 Calendar Dates
NOVEMBER (Olive harvest)
2 - 8
9 - 15
 

Sample Schedule for Olive Oil: The Tuscan Gold

Sunday
Monday
Lunch:
Spaghetti with tomato sauce
Bresaola with rucola
mixed salad
Fruit
20:00 - Dinner:
Beans soup
Polpette
Mixed salad
Salame di cioccolato

 

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:30 - Excursion to Certaldo
13:30 - Lunch
Mixed local cheeses with honey and fruit
Mixed Salad
16:30 - Cooking Class - Antipasti Dinner
  • Potato pie with parmesan cheese
  • Stuffed and baked zucchini
  • Sweet and sour peppers salad
  • Eggplant rolls
  • Brutti e buoni with limoncello
Tuesday
Wednesday
8:00 - 8:45- Breakfast
9:00 - Visit to Calci
13:00 - Lunch
Tomato and Mozzarella
Mixed Salad

16:30 - Cooking class - A Piedmont Dinner:

  • Brasato al Chianti
  • Potato spumini with saffron
  • Green beans with cinnamon and onions
  • Bunet (chocolate pudding)

 

8:00 - 9:30 - Breakfast
9:30 - Olive picking
13:00 - Lunch : Typical Tuscan Lunch at the Olive Mill

15:00 - Olive pressing and class on Extra Virgin Olive oil making and tasting

20:00 - Dinner
Minestrone freddo "alla genovese'
Zucchini bundles
Mixed salad
Tiramisù
Thursday
Friday
8:00 - 9:00 - Breakfast
9:30 - Guided Florence Art Excursion
13:00 - Lunch in Town
 
20:00 - Dinner
Ziti sul sugo dell'orto
Sauté green peppers with pecorino cheese
Mixed Salad
Fruits and chocolate tasting

 

8:00 - 9:00 - Breakfast
9:30 - Visit to San Gimignano (lunch in town)

16:30 - Cooking Class - A Tuscan Dinner

  • Chicken with herbs and olives in Vernaccia sauce
  • Tuscan Salad
  • Cantuccini &Vin Santo
Saturday
 
8:30/9:30 - breakfast departure

 

 
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