La Rogaia Cooking Holidays with Truffle Hunt and Olive Harvest in Umbria, at the border to Tuscany
Contact
Via Campagna 17
06065 Castel Rigone PG
Italy
Highlights
A fabulous experience around Umbrian and Tuscan cuisine, nature and authentic genuine food production.
Hands-on cooking-classes with Mamma Ornella, truffle hunting, wine tasting and olive harvest
Weeks available: from October 12 to October 26, 2024
Description
Tuscany and Umbria are famous for their exquisite cuisine.
La Rogaia cookery school offers cooking lessons for Umbrian and Tuscan specialties, accompanied by wines from Umbrian and Tuscan cellars and first class extra virgin olive oil. Your ideal vacation if you love Italian food and wine.
Enjoy a week of authentic cooking and fun in Italy in October ...
In the cookery lessons you will prepare four complete dinners from the Antipasto to the Dolce, under the guidance of Ornella, a maestra of Umbrian Cucina casalinga. For her simple but delicious cuisine she prefers fresh products directly from farms, markets and the meadows and woods around La Rogaia.
You will enjoy all the meals accompanied by excellent wines from Umbrian or Tuscan cellars.
Get inspired by Ornella’s mediterranean temperament and original recipes!
One day we will accompany a truffle hunter with his dog to witness how these precious delicacies are found.
We will also visit a producer of Vin Santo, the local sweet wine.
And pr course we will taste the freshly pressed olive oil.
You can extend your stay by another week to participate in the olive harvest and take home your own oil!
Rates for the cooking week from Oct 12 to 19, 2024: starting from EUR 1690 per person and week (with lodging in double room with shared bathroom for 3 to 4 people)
Rates for the olive harvest week from Oct 19 to 26, 2024: starting from EUR 640 per person and week (with lodging in double room with shared bathroom for 3 to 4 people)
Special services
By request:
Transfer to Perugia airport
Transfer to one of the following train stations: Passignano sul Trasimeno, Terontola, Perugia
What's included
The price for the cooking week October 12 to 19, 2024 includes:
- 4 cooking lessons with Ornella (starting at about 4 p.m.)
- all cooking ingredients
- selected wines from Umbria and Tuscany
- translation into English
- Ornella‘s personal cookbook and a La Rogaia apron
- 1 welcome dinner at La Rogiaa or at a local restaurant including wine
- 1 truffle hunt and truffle tasting lunch
- 1 guided walking tour with olive oil tasting
- 1 Vina Santo tour and tasting
- lodging for 7 nights
- breakfast for 7 days
The price for the olive harvest week October 19 to 26, 2024 includes:
- introductory lecture on olive cultivation and olive oil production
- participation in the harvest and share of oil
- every day a small picnic ("merenda") in the olive grove with savory and/or sweet foods and wine
- costs for the pressing of the oil
- tin cans for your oil
- farewell dinner ("rinfresco") on the last evening
- lodging for 7 nights
What's not included
Cooking week October 12 to 19, 2024 includes:
- All lunches. There is the possibility for selfcatering either in a spacious common kitchen or in the apartments. There are restaurants and shops at the village of Castel Rigone at 4 km distance from La Rogaia.
- Dinner on 2 evenings.
- Transfer to the truffle hunt. Please use your own vehicles or share rides with other participants.
- Travel arrangement to and from La Rogaia.
- Extra charge for lodging in single room with shared bathroom and kitchen for 2 to 3 persons: EUR 200 per person and week
- Extra charge for lodging in private apartment for 2 persons (with private bathroom, kitchenette and terrace): depending on the size of the apartment from EUR 60 to EUR 200 per person per week (double occupancy)
- Extra charge for lodging in private apartment for 1 person (with private bathroom, kitchenette and terrace): depending on the size of the apartment from EUR 300 to EUR 500 per person per week (single occupancy)
Olive harvest week October 19 to 26, 2024 includes:
- Food (except for the farewell dinner and the icnics in the olive grove). All apartments are fully equipped for selfcatering. There are shops and restaurants in the village of Castel Rigone at 4 km distance from La Rogaia
- Travel arrangement to La Rogaia
- Extra charge for lodging in single room with shared bathroom and kitchen for 2 to 3 persons: EUR 200 per person and week
- Extra charge for lodging in private apartment for 2 persons (with private bathroom, kitchenette and terrace): depending on the size of the apartment from EUR 60 to EUR 200 per person per week (double occupancy)
- Extra charge for lodging in private apartment for 1 person (with private bathroom, kitchenette and terrace): depending on the size of the apartment from EUR 300 to EUR 500 per person per week (single occupancy)
Duration
Cooking class:
One week (8 days / 7 nights) from October 12 to October 19, 2024
Extension week olive harvest
One wekk (8days / 7 nights) from Oct 19 to October 26, 2024