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PACKAGE DETAILS
    Included:
  • 4 nights
  • 2 cooking lessons followed by lunch
  • 3 half-day excursions
  • Breakfast each morning
  • Transfers
 
  • Prices based on double occupancy. Package is valid for minimum of 2 people
  • Low Season (Feb.7-April 30 and Oct 1- Dec.28)
    • Classic Double room $1220.00 per person
    • Junior Suite $1522.00 per person
  • High Season ( May 1 – Sept. 30)
    • Classic Double room $1495.00 per person
    • Junior Suite $ 1910.00 per person



Dates
TBD

Itinerary
Day 1
Transfer from Bari or Brindisi airport to Masseria Torre Coccaro resort.  Dinner at the hotel.

Day 2
After breakfast you will visit a local fish and vegetable market in the historic center of Monopoli.  Don’t leave this wonderful area without a taste of the delicious ice cream.  During your first lesson you will learn to make homemade pasta ‘orecchiette’ and fried calzoni, which is an apulian specialty filled with mozzarella, tomato, or meat and vegetables.  Dinner at the hotel.

Day 3
This morning you will visit typical villages in the area. You will also visit Martina Franca, a small village, which is famous for the “baroque” style palaces.  During your tour you will visit a place where they make mozzarella cheese and have a tasting. As you tour the area you will notice the typical conic shaped TRULLI houses, which this area of Italy is known for.  Dinner on your own.

Day 4
Your morning lesson will begin when you select your fresh vegetables that you will pick from the garden.  This lesson is dedicated to typical apulian dishes such as ‘ingrapita” beans, chicories, rice, mussels, potatoes and typical pastries. At the end of the lesson you will be able to taste all that you have cooked together.  In the afternoon you will visit an olive oil museum.  Dinner at the hotel

Day 5
Transfer back to Bari or Brindisi airport.