Photos - Wine, Cooking, Truffles & Chocolate: A Foodie's Paradise in Umbria and Tuscany

Photos - Wine, Cooking, Truffles & Chocolate: A Foodie's Paradise in Umbria and Tuscany

Following is a collection of random photos from this itinerary. To see more full-size photos, visit our photo galleries.

Umbria, like the rest of Italy, has no shortage of breathtaking views and unique beauty Sagrantino grapes it is use to make the Umbrian Sagrantino wine, one of the most famous of the region, rich in Tannin Our Norcia vacation features three full hands on cooking classes where we learn culinary specialties of Umbria Experience a truffle hunting in Umbria. With a local hunter and his dog we will walk in the forest One of the calss of our Norcia and Umbria Vacation will be at Perugina Factory. A chocolate Master will be our instructo Make new friends during our vacation it is one of the experience we want to guarantee during our week in Norcia Sometime happen that during a truffle hunting in our experential holiday in Umbria we found a lot of truffle Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill The Perugina chocolate is the perfect time for everyone to let loose and be silly The hands-on chocolate class at the Perugina factory are highly customizable and always come out delicious In June, the lentil fields of Castelluccio bloom with beautiful flowers and create amazing photo opportunities The Experential week in Norcia and Umbria includes local town market and local shops where buy food before cooking class Tagliatelle with balck truffle of Norcia are a must in Umbria cusine...and we will not miss them During harvest season in Umbria, we take our guests to a local farm to pick and press their own olives We make fresh ricotta and pecorino cheese with a local shepherd in our Norcia and Umbria cooking vacation Experential holidays in Umbria in touch with locals. Visit to a small family run olive mill to enjoy a good Bruschetta Hunt Truffle it is a team work of hunter and his dog. Experience the most famous and traditional umbrian food Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill The Michelin star dinner we are treated to in Norcia is a wonderful culinary experience Our cooking and experential vacations in Italy often include a pizza class with a pizza masterchef.. One of our night during Norcia cooking week we will enjoy a party night with some local friends Walking in Norcia in Umbria you can experience a lot of butcher shops selling traditional salami, prosciutto, sausages Harvesting olive it is one of the experience we offer in our Umbrian Vacation. Spend a day harvesting and press olives We will meet local friends for a BBQ night that will be an unforgettable Umbria Experience. Our Umbria olive harvest vacation features an excellent in-depth look into Italian lifestyle and culture Castelluccio is an undiscovered gem of Italy that we love to highlight on our Umbria vacation One of the best experience we offer in Umbria and Norcia it is make the traditional Umbria Pizza, torta al testo Shops like a local and experience Umbria visiting local small fruit and butcher shops before cooking with your chef Our Norcia vacation features a visit to a Sagrantino winery for a tasting and tour of the intimate location Norcia is home to what is known all around Italy as some of the best salami in the world Pizza Experience making pizza with a local masterchef or mkaing the traditional umbria pizza in a loca pastry shop Butchers in Norcia originated many of the current day practices used today for making Italian cured meats Prosciutto of Norcia is known as one of the most delicious and sought after meats all over Italy We will make tagliatelle with truffle from scratch during our cooking classes in Norcia and Umbria. Our Norcia cooking classes feature a diverse menu of both land and sea culinary specialties Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill In Norcia, we have the opportunity to hunt for black truffles with locals. This is a unique activity to Umbria Making the own cioccolatino one of the main experience of our foodie vacation in Norcia. Fresh pasta during our Norcia cooking class it's made only of flavour and local eggs. The traditional recipe Cooking class and Chocolate experience in Umbria Experience local family run farms. Pig farmer, lentis farmes, cheese and sheppard in Umbria