60 days out for “cooking class”

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Full-day cooking class in the countryside at Tivoli

A hands-on day with Chef Davide at Tivoli: making fresh pasta, tasting local wine and eating what has been cooked.

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Hands-on Roman cooking class above Lake Albano

Guests are welcomed with a glass of prosecco, then split into groups that take turns preparing dishes chosen by the hotel's chef.

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Cooking class: making fregnaccia pasta in the Sabina

A hands-on class making the fregnaccia, the local hand-rolled pasta, at a farm in Torri in Sabina, ending with lunch.

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Wild herb walk and cooking class

A walk to gather wild herbs on a farm at Collevecchio, followed by a class on how to cook them and a tasting of the dishes.

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Roman cooking class in a Sabina village

A cooking class at Montasola on the classic Roman dishes: amatriciana, cacio e pepe and saltimbocca.

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Farm-to-table cooking class in a Frascati vineyard

Fifteen minutes by train from Rome: a walk through the vineyard with a local guide, then a hands-on class where you cook traditional Frascati dishes and the local wine cookies w…

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Truffle hunting, then cooking what you found

A truffle hunt in the estate's own woods with the dogs, followed by a cellar tour, a cooking class and a meal in the tasting room using what was dug up.

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Four-hour class on the four Roman pasta sauces

A four-hour practical class on gricia, amatriciana, carbonara and cacio e pepe, taught step by step with the participants doing every stage from preparing the ingredients to pla…

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Fresh pasta class at a Piglio wine estate

A cookery lesson at a wine estate in Piglio in which participants learn to make pasta dough from stone-ground soft wheat flour.

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Vineyard visit and Roman cooking at a Frascati wine resort

The estate offers a visit that covers the vineyards, the production philosophy and the winemaking, and can be combined with the secrets of Roman cooking.

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Handmade pasta class in English, an hour north of Rome

Egg dough kneaded by hand, the sheet rolled thin with a rolling pin and no machine, then the classic cuts — tagliatelle, fettuccine, maltagliati and Viterbo's own lombrichelli.

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Organic Frascati estate that pairs the cellar with Roman cooking

An organic estate on the hills at Frascati working the native Frascati DOCG grapes — Malvasia del Lazio, Greco Bianco, Bombino.

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Foraging for wild greens in the Alban hills, and cooking them

Where to look, what to pick and how, first in theory and then out in the field; how to clean and keep wild greens and what to do with them in the kitchen.

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Scheduled cookery courses in Viterbo: fresh pasta, sourdough, Lazio classics

The Italian-language side of the same school: eleven courses on a published calendar, from fresh egg pasta and water-and-flour lombrichelli to sourdough, spoon desserts and a La…

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Pasta making in the countryside, with a winery tour

Make the pasta at a Frascati winery: 22 minutes by train, picked up at the station.

€109 per person

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Six-hour tour around Ponza with pasta cooked on board

The boat leaves Le Forna at about 10:45 and follows the coast past the Grotte di Pilato, Chiaia di Luna, Capo Bianco, Lucia Rosa and Cala Feola, with four swimming stops.

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Make fresh pasta by hand in the Tivoli countryside

They collect you at your Rome hotel; you come back having made lunch by hand.

€250 per person

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Fresh pasta workshop in Subiaco

A hands-on workshop in Subiaco on making the local fresh pasta, the strozzapreti, run by the same guide company that handles the town's tours.

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Making pasta, bread and pizza with ancient grains

A hands-on workshop making pasta, pizza and bread from ancient grain flours at a farmhouse in Roccantica, run by the farm's agrichef.

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Cook Umbrian food in a winery kitchen, twelve people maximum

A hands-on Umbrian cooking class held at the Decugnano dei Barbi estate outside Orvieto, capped at twelve people so everyone actually cooks.

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Carbonara, cacio e pepe and acquacotta, cooked with a chef in Viterbo

The wider class of the same school: choose handmade pasta, the four Roman classics done properly with guanciale and Pecorino Romano, or Tuscia dishes like suppli' al telefono an…

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Identify, pick and cook wild edible greens

A short course on recognising, gathering and cooking wild edible plants, held at the Le Erbe della Luna farm by Lake Nemi.

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Organic winery with vineyard picnics and dinners

Organic winery near Le Ferriere with an indoor and outdoor tasting space, offering guided tastings, picnics and dinners in the vineyard, matching the wines with local cooking.

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Wine tasting at a historic Cori cooperative

Tasting of three wines from the native Nero Buono and Bellone grapes, served with bruschetta, cheeses and cured meats, at the cooperative founded in Cori in 1947.

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Guided olive-oil tasting at Frantoio Cerrosughero, Canino

A visit to a Canino mill producing organic Canino DOP extra virgin olive oil, with a guided tasting of four oils served on bruschetta.

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Evening aperitivo among the vines

An evening slot from 17:00 to 20:00 with three cru wines - Meta Classico Brut, Verdeluce and Sorelle - served with cured meats, cheese and seasonal local dishes.

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Private vineyard visit and tasting with a sommelier

A private visit that starts in the vineyard and ends in the eighteenth-century rooms of the estate, led by a dedicated sommelier or by the owners.

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Half-day Frascati wine tour with lunch, from the train station

A driver meets you at Frascati station, takes you to a sixteenth-century family vineyard for a tasting of three boutique wines with snacks, then a guided walk through Frascati a…

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Beekeeper for a day at Monte Livata

Putting on a beekeeper's suit and working a real hive: about three hours that start with a welcome breakfast of honey products and then move into the work of the apiary.

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Truffle hunting with a dog

Meet at the station, follow the dog into the wood, dig up what it finds.

€72 per person

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Truffle hunting and eight-course lunch

Metro C to the end of the line, two hours hunting, then a seven-course lunch.

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Buffalo dairy: milking, curd and tasting

Be there for the 8:30 milking and the 9:00 curd: the timetable is the tour.

€15 per person

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Frascati wine tasting in a volcanic grotto with a view over Rome

A guided tour of a Frascati winery built around a 16th-century villa, including the vineyards and the historic volcanic cave used as a cellar, followed by a tasting.

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Beekeeper for a day inside the Castelli Romani park

A beekeeper opens the hives and explains how the colony is organised and how honey is made, in an apiary inside the Parco Regionale dei Castelli Romani.

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Six bookable Frascati Superiore tastings at Villa Simone

Villa Simone at Monte Porzio Catone sells six tastings that can be booked and paid on its own site, from a wine-only flight to wine with food.

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Cesanese tasting with vineyard and cellar visit at Olevano

A visit to the vineyards and cellar at Olevano Romano followed by a tasting of the estate's premium Tenuta al Campo wines with dry savoury snacks, plus its own extra-virgin oliv…

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Cellar walk and tasting of two Ponza wines

A short guided walk that ends inside the cellars of Antiche Cantine Migliaccio, with a tasting of two wines grown on the terraces of the island.

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Buffalo farm visit with a full mozzarella tasting

The farm visit plus a tasting of what the dairy makes that day: ricotta, burrata, smoked and plain ovolina, stracciatella and smoked scamorza, all from buffalo milk.

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Sagrantino at Caprai: vineyards, cellar and a guided tasting

A walk through the vineyards and the cellar of one of the estates that brought Sagrantino back, ending with a guided tasting.

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Six wines and a cellar tour at Antonelli San Marco

An organic estate at Montefalco offering a tasting of six wines with bruschetta made with their own olive oil, and a separate guided tour of the vineyard, the barrel cellar, the…

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Organic wines in an underground cellar between Sovana and Pitigliano

A small organic estate on volcanic soil between Pitigliano, Sovana and Sorano, certified organic since 1994.

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Olive grove, mill and guided oil tasting in the Sabina

A walk among DOP Sabina and IGP Olio di Roma olive trees where a technician explains the native cultivars, then the mill where the extraction is shown step by step, and finally …

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Wine tour with a massage at a Frascati estate

A wine tasting in the cellar which can be combined with a massage.

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Vineyard and cellar tour with food and wine pairing

A guided walk through the vineyards and the cellar followed by a tasting of the estate's wines paired with local food, lasting two hours.

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Be a winegrower for a day at Frascati

The estate sells a day alongside one of its technicians, doing the work of a winegrower.

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Truffle hunt with the dogs and a seven-course truffle lunch

About two hours of truffle hunting in the hills with the truffle dogs, then a seven-course truffle lunch at the host's home with wine from his own production.

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Farm brewery tour and guided beer tasting near Rome

About two hours led by the brewer or one of the partners: a walk through the hop rows and the fields, the brewery itself, and a guided tasting of three beers chosen on the day a…

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Brewery visit at Borgorose

The brewery at Piana di Spedino, Borgorose, has a page for visiting the plant and runs Brew Tours.

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Eat your way through Terracina's old town, glass included

Sorsi e Morsi is a walking food-and-wine crawl through Terracina's upper old town, along the Appian Way.

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An hour in a biodynamic cellar at Arce, tasting straight from the tanks

A member of the estate walks you through the vineyards and the cellar of a biodynamic producer working local native grapes in the medieval centre of Arce, and you taste the wine…

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A fixed Ciociaria menu with four glasses, served in the vineyard when the weather allows

A fixed-menu lunch or dinner of Ciociaria dishes - antipasto, first course, main with a side, fruit and dessert - with four matched glasses of the estate's biodynamic wine, wate…

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Cesanese tasting among the vines at Olevano Romano

An organic Cesanese producer on the Terre del Cesanese road at Olevano Romano, at about 350 m above sea level.

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Cellar and vineyard visit with tasting

A walk through the vineyards and a guided visit of the cellar of an organic estate at Cori, followed by a tasting of three wines paired with local products.

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Terracotta workshop and cellar tasting

A three-hour terracotta workshop in the studio of the artist Martino Antocchi: mixing clay, learning basic modelling, making natural engobe colours and burnishing with olive oil…

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Truffle hunting experience and tasting lunch in Rieti

A truffle hunting outing followed by a tasting lunch, run by a truffle association based in Rieti that also holds technical sessions on truffle cultivation.

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A day eating and drinking in the Castelli, hosted in English

Four day-long outings run in English by a small local company: a street-food stroll through Frascati, Nemi or Ariccia ending in a fraschetta; a private tasting room in one of th…

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Make a cup you take home

Three hours in the museum's workshop; bring four people and leave with a cup.

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Hike and outdoor watercolour session at Fondi di Jenne

A walk from the Livata Cafè through the beech woods of the Simbruini park to the karst basin of Fondi di Jenne, where the group stops for a packed lunch and an open-air painting…

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Cellar visit and Cesanese tasting at Affile

A visit to a winery at Affile, in the upper Aniene valley, with a tasting of Cesanese, the red wine of the area.

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Beekeeping farm tour and honey tasting at Monte Livata

Guided tours of a working beekeeping farm at Monte Livata, following the life cycle of the bees from the gathering of nectar to the finished honey.