3 Days program at Villa Ida
This itinerary will put together the experience of cooking with a local family typical Neapolitan recipes and enjoying good homemade wine… visitingalso beauties of the Sorrento area and Amalfi Coast.
At end you will have unforgettable memories…
1st day
Arriving at Naples airport and welcome by an English speaking driver for a private transfer to Villa Ida, an amazing setting in private grounds with beautifully manicured gardens, orange and lemon trees, swimming pool, typical “Pergolato” and ceramic decorations, for a briefing about the weekly program. You will discuss the menus with family for your cooking vacation adventure with particular emphasis on Neapolitan recipes. Check-in in a bed & breakfast ( or hotel) located close to Villa Ida and evening on your own.
2nd day
After breakfast, we will start with a first cooking class at Villa Ida, last 3 hours, during which you will take a break to visit the wine cellar and taste some excellent homemade wine.
At the end your lesson, you will enjoy a beautiful meal of your own cooking by the pool or under a “ Pergolato” or in a nice winter garden by a warm fire.
After lunch, departure by private car to an half day visit of Pompeii with professional English speaking guide (entrance fees to the ruins included).
Back to the B&B (or hotel) and evening on your own.
3rd day
After breakfast, we will continue with the second cooking lesson at Villa Ida. After lunch, you will enjoy by private car and with English speaking driver the unique and super Amalfi Coast stopping in the beautiful villages of Positano, Amalfi and Ravello. Back to Sorrento and evening on your own.
4th day
After breakfast, luggage ready for departure always by private car to Naples airport. End of our services.
7 Days program at Villa Ida
This itinerary will put together the experience of cooking with a local family typical Neapolitan recipes and enjoying good homemade wine… visitingalso beauties of the Sorrento area and Amalfi Coast.
At end you will have unforgettable memories…
1st day
Arriving at Naples airport and welcome by an English speaking driver for a private transfer to Villa Ida, an amazing setting in private grounds with beautifully manicured gardens, orange and lemon trees, swimming pool, typical “Pergolato” and ceramic decorations, for a briefing about the weekly program (An interpreter / hostess will assist guests during the cooking lesson and will serve lunch at the end of the class. You will discuss the menus with your chef “Zia Angela” for your cooking vacation adventure with particular emphasis on Neapolitan recipes. Check-in in a bed & breakfast located close to Villa Ida and evening on your own.
2nd day
After breakfast, we will start with a first cooking class at Villa Ida, last 3 hours, during which you will take a break to visit the wine cellar and taste some excellent homemade wine.
At the end your lesson, you will enjoy a beautiful meal of your own cooking by the pool or under a “ Pergolato” or in a nice winter garden by a warm fire.
After lunch, departure by private car to an half day visit of Pompeii with professional English speaking guide (entrance fees to the ruins included).
Back to the B&B and evening on your own.
3rd day
After breakfast, departure always by private car to an unforgettable experience at the oldest cheese factory on the Sorrentine peninsula. It will be very interesting to see a demonstration of how they create “mozzarella” from the simple cow’s milk. You will explore the heart of the factory, the “cella frigorifera”, when they season and dry over at thousand “caciocavallo” at once. At the end, you will enjoy a specialities tasting: mozzarella, caciocavallo, provolone del Monaco and caciotta with tomatoes salad and bread (red wine and water included).
Then, you will proceed to for the unique and super Amalfi Coast stopping in the villages of Positano , Amalfi and Ravello. Free time to enjoy and back to Sorrento in the afternoon .
4th day
After breakfast, meeting point at the B&B and go shopping to the local organic food market with chef “Zia Angela” to choose ingredients for your daily cooking class. Stop in one of the best bakery to taste a typical cake of the Sorrentine peninsula with Neapolitan coffee or cappuccino. Back to Villa Ida for your second cooking class. Lunch by the pool or under “the Pergolato” and, in the afternoon, visit one of the famous inlaid wood work display of Sorrento and free time for shopping. Evening on your own.
5th day
Meeting point at the B&B with the English speaking driver for an excursion that takes you back in time to one of the oldest, unspoilt villages in the Sannio region; a real open-air museum with its paved streets, ancient buildings and picturesque courtyards rich in works of art. The Sannio region is renowned for the quality of its wine and there will be an opportunity to visit a traditional wine cellar, excavated in the rocks forming the foundation of a family home. Lunch will be served in a nearby, old established restaurant where the food is personally expertly prepared and cooked by the owner.
Back to Sorrento and evening on your own.
6th day
After breakfast, we will continue with the third cooking lesson at Villa Ida. Lunch and afternoon at leisure.
7th day
After breakfast, half day walking tour of Sorrento visiting its main monuments and enjoying a good gelato. In the afternoon, last cooking lesson at Villa Ida with final candlelight dinner. Overnight at the B&B.
8th day
After breakfast, luggage ready for departure always by private car to Naples airport. End of our services.