Itinerary
- Intro
Introduction
- Day 1
Rome to Vasto
Rome to Vasto- Meals
- Dinner (Welcome group dinner at a traditional restaurant in the heart of Vasto)
Included Activities
- Welcome group dinner at a traditional restaurant in Vasto
Landmarks Vasto - Day 2
Vasto
Vasto- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Traditional picnic lunch in the olive grove with olive oil tasting and pairings from local cheeses, salami and other specialties), Dinner (Group dinner at a traditional restaurant in the heart of Vasto)
Included Activities
- Visit to award-winning olive grove with olive picking experience
- Olive oil tasting and traditional picnic lunch in the olive grove
- Visit to olive oil mill and bottling your own extra virgin olive oil
- Exploration of Vasto historic center including Loggia Amblingh, medieval Castle, Cathedral, and Piazza Rossetti
- Meeting with local artisans or artists
- Group dinner at a traditional restaurant in Vasto
Optional Activities
- Relax and enjoy wines instead of olive picking
Landmarks Loggia Amblingh Vasto Medieval Castle Vasto Cathedral Piazza Rossetti - Day 3
Vasto
Vasto- Meals
- Breakfast (Traditional breakfast made of freshly baked bread, whole fruit country-style preserves, cake, pastries, coffee, tea and freshly squeezed juice), Lunch (Lunch with family featuring dishes prepared in the cooking class including Bread with meat sauce, Pasta alla chitarra with meat sauce and polpette, Cavatelli with vegetables and Tarallucci)
Included Activities
- Visit to Vasto's colorful market
- Exclusive cooking class with Fabrizio's family to make fresh pasta and Abruzzo sauces
- Lunch with family featuring prepared dishes
- Walk inside Punta Aderci Nature Reserve
Optional Activities
- Dinner at local restaurants in Vasto
Landmarks Vasto Market Punta Aderci Nature Reserve - Day 4
Vasto
Vasto- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Traditional lunch with Ettore and Barbara at Fattoria d'Arte)
Included Activities
- Artistic experience at Ettore's Fattoria d'Arte creating postcard with natural colors
- Aperitif and traditional lunch with Ettore and Barbara at the Art Farm
Optional Activities
- Visit beaches around Vasto
- Visit Vasto museums and art galleries
- Shopping at local artisan shops
- Extra activities or excursions
- Dinner at local restaurants in Vasto
Landmarks Lentella - Day 5
Vasto
Vasto- Meals
- Breakfast, Aperitif (Aperitif including taste of farm production: cheeses, salami and extra virgin olive oil), Lunch (Farm-to-table lunch featuring items produced at the farm including organic flour breads, cookies, fresh pasta, eggs from hens, organic extra virgin olive oil, wines, liquors, juices, jams, cheeses, salami, meats and vegetables)
Included Activities
- Farm activities including milking sheep or cow
- Learning to make pizza scima (yeast-free pizza)
- Aperitif with cheese, salami and extra virgin olive oil tasting from farm production
- Learning to prepare ricotta cheese
- Collecting fresh vegetables from garden
- Farm-to-table lunch featuring farm-produced ingredients
- Visit to Roccascalegna castle village
Optional Activities
- Relax in the Abruzzo countryside instead of participating in farm activities
- Dinner or aperitif at local restaurants and wine bars in Vasto
Landmarks Roccascalegna - Day 6
Vasto
Vasto- Meals
- Breakfast, Aperitif (Seafood aperitif at the trabocco), Lunch (Lunch at winery with wine pairings and local cheeses and salami), Dinner (Last dinner together as an Italian family with Fabrizio's family immersed in the Abruzzo countryside)
Included Activities
- Visit to trabocco fishing platform with demonstration of traditional fishing methods
- Seafood aperitif at the trabocco
- Visit to award-winning winery with wine tasting
- Lunch at winery with local cheese and salami pairings
- Tour of vineyard and cellars
- Farewell party with Fabrizio's family making tiramisu and pizza
- Final group dinner in Abruzzo countryside
Landmarks Trabocchi Coast - Day 7
Vasto to Rome
Vasto to Rome- Meals
- Breakfast
