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Cultural, Patron Saint Celebrations & Grape Harvest Experience in Abruzzo

7 days
Start and end in Rome
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Food & Culinary
Savor the world one bite at a time
Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Low Intensity
Travelers can expect some light physical activities
Guided in English
Group Size 2 - 12
Ages 14+
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Itinerary

  1. Day 1

    Rome to Vasto

    Start point
    Roma, Roma, Italy (Airport pick up, 14:30)
    Meals
    Dinner (Welcome group dinner at traditional restaurant in the heart of Vasto)

    Included Activities

    • Welcome group dinner at traditional restaurant
    Landmarks
    Rome Fiumicino Airport
    Abruzzo Mountains
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  2. Day 2

    Vasto

    Meals
    Breakfast (Leisurely traditional breakfast made of freshly baked bread, whole fruit country-style preserves, cake, pastries, coffee, tea and freshly squeezed juice), Lunch (Lunch with prepared dishes from cooking class including Bread with meat sauce, Pasta alla chitarra with meat sauce and polpette (meatballs), Cavatelli with vegetables and Tarallucci (typical Abruzzo biscuits) - depending on seasonal availability)

    Included Activities

    • Visit Vasto's colorful market
    • Exclusive cooking class with Fabrizio's family - fresh pasta and Abruzzo sauces
    • Lunch with prepared dishes
    • Explore Vasto historic center including Loggia Amblingh, medieval Castle, Cathedral, and Piazza Rossetti
    • Meet local artisans and artists

    Optional Activities

    • Dinner on own - simple aperitif, gelato, or pizza at local restaurants suggested by Fabrizio
    Landmarks
    Vasto Market
    Loggia Amblingh
    Vasto Medieval Castle
    Vasto Cathedral
    Piazza Rossetti
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  3. Day 3

    Trabocchi Coast

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Exclusive lunch of fresh fish from the Adriatic Sea prepared on the trabocco), Dinner (Group dinner at traditional restaurant in heart of Vasto)

    Included Activities

    • Walk inside Punta Aderci Nature Reserve
    • Visit traditional trabocco fishing platform
    • Learn about fishing techniques and history from host Rinaldo
    • Exclusive lunch with fresh Adriatic fish
    • Visit San Giovanni in Venere Abbey
    • Group dinner at traditional restaurant

    Optional Activities

    • Relax or take photographs in the afternoon
    Landmarks
    Punta Aderci Nature Reserve
    Trabocco
    San Giovanni in Venere Abbey
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  4. Day 4

    Award-Winning Winery

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Traditional picnic lunch in vineyards with wine tasting and pairings from local cheeses, salami and other specialties)

    Included Activities

    • Visit award-winning winery
    • Meet winemakers and learn about Abruzzo wines
    • Visit wine cellars
    • Grape harvest experience in vineyards
    • Wine tasting
    • Traditional picnic lunch with wine pairings and local cheeses and salami

    Optional Activities

    • Visit Vasto's beaches
    • Visit Vasto's museums and art galleries
    • Additional excursions or activities
    • Shopping at artisans
    • Relax in the piazza
    • Dinner on own at Vasto restaurants
    Landmarks
    Award-Winning Winery
  5. Day 5

    Farmhouse - Roccascalegna

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Delicious traditional farm-to-table lunch with farm-produced wheat flour breads, cookies, fresh pasta, eggs, extra virgin olive oil, wines, cheeses, salami varieties, and vegetables)

    Included Activities

    • Farm activities and slow food experience with Pina and Berardino
    • Milk sheep or cows
    • Learn to make traditional 'pizza scima'
    • Collect organic wine and aperitif with cheeses, salami, and olive oil
    • Learn to prepare ricotta cheese
    • Collect fresh vegetables from farm garden
    • Farm-to-table lunch with farm-produced ingredients
    • Explore Roccascalegna village and castle

    Optional Activities

    • Relax in Abruzzo countryside instead of participating in farm activities
    • Dinner or aperitif on own at Vasto restaurants and wine bars
    Landmarks
    Farmhouse
    Roccascalegna Castle
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  6. Day 6

    Lentella

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Traditional lunch with Ettore and Barbara at Fattoria d'Arte), Dinner (Last dinner together as Italian family with farewell party - Abruzzo wines and food, making tiramisu and pizzas including Margherita and local varieties with ventricina salami, immersed in Abruzzo countryside)

    Included Activities

    • Visit olive grove and learn about DOP olive oil production
    • Olive oil tasting
    • Art experience at Fattoria d'Arte - create postcard with natural colors
    • Aperitif and traditional lunch with Ettore and Barbara
    • Farewell party with Fabrizio's family with Abruzzo wines and food
    • Make tiramisu and pizzas including Margherita with Mamma Anna Maria

    Optional Activities

    • Free time to relax and pack
    • Last minute shopping
    Landmarks
    Olive Grove
    Lentella
    Fattoria d'Arte
  7. Day 7

    Vasto to Rome

    End point
    Roma, Roma, Italy (Rome)
    Meals
    Breakfast
    Landmarks
    Rome Fiumicino Airport

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