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A. Lots of cooking lessons? How many lessons are in the itinerary? [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
C. Lots of stimulating food visits? What kind? Cheese and olive oil producers? Truffle hunting? Make sure the itinerary has visits that make YOUR mouth water.
A cooking holiday in Italy can add up to a big investment of time and money.
How to choose an Italian cooking school tour that gives you the joy and value you expect? How to protect your investment in your trip?
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5. When do I want to travel in Italy?
Are you keen on the wine harvest? Food lovers swarm to Italy for the wine harvest in September and October when you have a large number of cooking tour choices so reserve early.
Ask yourself these 10 questions.
Maybe you've been dreaming for years about a cooking school tour in Italy. Maybe it's a special trip to celebrate a 40th, 50, 60th birthday or a big anniversary with family and friends you love.
What kind of Italian cultural experiences delight you? Meeting an artist in his ceramic studio? Cooking in a family's home and dining with the family? Are these events in your tour?
This article tells you how to sift through the overwhelming choice of Italian cooking tours and find the right one for you, so you experience a feast for your senses [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], heart, mind and soul [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a trip of a lifetime and avoid disappointments.
4. What kind of excursions do I want?
Is this your first time in this particular region so you prefer sightseeing? Are you a foodie hungering for gastronomic adventures or a wine lover thirsting for winery tours? If you’d like a bit of it all, how much sightseeing and how many food and wine visits do you want?
Cooking school tours in Italy and around the world have multiplied like zucchinis in a summer garden.
Others want beautiful, four star hotels or country properties with magnificent views and rooms oozing with historical charm and designer decor. Is this you?
3. What kind of accommodation is best for me?
Some people are happy in simple, clean rooms in B & Bs with minimal decor because they're hardly ever in the room. They prefer to put their money towards special food and wine experiences. Is this you?
More expensive tours give you exclusive gastronomic visits where you watch artisan producers making cheese or tour wineries with owners who tell you all you ever wanted to know about their wines and give you special tastings.
Would you like a quieter time when chefs and winery owners can give you more personal attention? You'll find a good choice of cooking tours in May and June.
1. What is important to me in my Italian cooking tour?
In steaming mid August most Italian businesses shut for annual summer holidays. Cities empty out. Masses flock to the mountains or beaches, leaving cities like F
List what's important to you in your cooking tour. Read tour itineraries critically with the mind of a detective. If an itinerary seems vague, ask the tour operator detailed questions.
Here are some examples of what may be important to you and what to look for in tour itineraries.
Often cheaper tours offer mostly sightseeing where you explore and shop in medieval towns and admire beautiful country panoramas.
D. Immersing yourself in Italian life? How many different local people do you meet and how many different towns or locations do you visit?
Is warm weather important? Generally in most parts of Italy, mid May to mid October are warm to hot. July and August in some parts of Italy may be too hot for you.
B. Lots of wine visits? How many winery visits and wine tastings are in the itinerary? Where do they take place? In wineries with the producer? In wine shops with a knowledgeable staff member?
2. What is my budget?
Prices for a six day Italian cooking tour package vary from about $2000 to 5100 Cdn or $1900 to $4800 U.S. Four day tours go from about $1200 to 3400 Cdn or $1100 to $3200 U.S. at current exchange rates.
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