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Italian Cooking Courses
From the luxurious base of Villa Barcarelli, an authentic farm house with 6 sizeable en-suite bedrooms, two sitting rooms, lots of terraces and eating areas as well as a beautiful 14 metre swimming pool ,we are running a series of cooking courses and wine tours .
IDEAL FOR GROUPS OF FRIENDS OR FAMILIES .
Come and join like-minded singles or couples, learn some skills, have lots of fun and enjoy our 100 acre estate. The villa is ideally situated for day trips to Florence, Siena, Lucca and Pisa.
Tuscany is full of delicious fresh produce, some growing wild on the hillsides and others such as olives being carefully cultivated over decades.
At Villa Barcarelli our chefs will guide you through the extensive grounds and the surrounding countryside, picking your own apricots, figs, herbs, olives and porcini mushrooms.
THEN....you use these foods in an authentic way to create the real taste of Tuscany.
OUR COURSES ARE FOR EITHER 3 DAYS over a long weekend but we will be delighted to add 1 or 2 extra days by request. You will arrive on Wednesday and will enjoy a delicious dinner with wine cooked for you by our chef. Departures are after breakfast on Sunday. Late check-outs are also an option.
The itinerary for the 3 day course will be a choice of 3 out of the following 4 days with a wine tuition and tasting every day..
- Day1. VIAREGGIO to buy fresh fish which will be cooked with lemons and herbs accompanied by Tuscan bread with rosemary baked in our original wood fired oven.
- Day2. LUCCA. Pasta making with herb, meat and vegetable sauces.
- Day3. Visit to a chocolate maker and a Chianti vineyard. Desert making using fresh fruits, cheese, chocolate and honey.
- Day4. Visit to a cheese-maker and vineyard. Meat and herb cookery.
The courses allow lots of time to ask questions, relax with a glass of wine, swim in the pool or simply sunbathe. For the more energetic, there is biking or guided hiking in the woods and hills.
The cost of 4 nights accommodation is Euros 1100 per room for single occupancy, or Euros 550 per person for a shared room , including a Continental breakfast plus Euros 125 per person per day for the course.