Recipes for la dolce vita, Culturious style


Think about a vacation to Italy and thoughts of food invariably come to mind. It might be sharing a pizza, hand tossed and delectably topped with vine-ripened tomatoes, in an intimate trattoria in Florence... devouring, with abandon, a plate of pasta fragrantly dressed in aged parmigiano and locally produced olive oil in Tuscany... sampling regional specialties, like frito misto, tortelli lucchese or buccellato in Lucca, well regarded for its Italian cuisine ... or savoring a creamy gelato, melting into nirvana with each taste on the tongue. Add a guided walk to sample the street foods of a Florentine market, a wine and virgin olive oil tasting and a pasta-cooking class in the vine-covered Ligurian Hills... and you’ve just discovered some of the ingredients in our trip to Cinque Terre.


In Venice, Verona and the Veneto, passion and romance are on the menu, along with tastings of grappa, risotto, and polenta, gifts of the good life from this region. Veneto cuisine combines influences from the east and west with elegant simplicity – take home a few recipe secrets from a chef-hosted cooking class at the Albergo al Sole Asolo. Homestyle cooking – and Prosecco – make a local out of you in the Valdobbiadene Valley; a contessa invites you to tea in her private Venetian palazzo and a multi-course dinner paired with wine rewards your culinary “Culturiousity”!


TUSCANY & CINQUE TERRE


8 Days from $3,990 per person double plus air (7 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches & 3 Dinners)


Jun 2, 9, 16, 30 Aug 25 Sep 8


Begins Florence: Apr 14, 28 May 5, 12, 19, 26 / , 15, 17, 22, 24, 29 Oct 1, 6


⁄ = Sold Out! TRIP AT A GLANCE DAY / DESTINATION / HOTEL


1-3 / Arrive Florence / Museum Masterpieces / Market Tastes / Recital Gallery Hotel Art


4-5 / Marble Quarry / Cinque Terre Cruise & Hike / Monterosso Hotel Porto Roca


6-7 / Olive Oil, Wine & Pasta Making & Tastings in Tuscan Lucca Hotel Ilaria


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VENICE, VERONA & THE VENETO


8 Days from $4,290 per person double plus air (7 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches & 4 Dinners)


Begins Verona: May 8, 22 Jun 12, 19 Sep 4, 11, 25 Oct 2


TRIP AT A GLANCE DAY / DESTINATION / HOTEL


1-3 / Arrive Verona / Chess in Marostica / A Taste of Grappa Hotel Gabbia d’Oro


4-5 / Cooking Class in Asolo / Prosecco Tasting Hike / Homestyle Lunch Albergo al Sole Asolo


6-7 / Arcaded Padua / Tea with a Contessa / Multi-course Pairing Dinner Metropole Hotel


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