Itinerary
- Intro
Introduction
- Day 1
Rome to Vasto
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 
- Day 2
Vasto
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 
- Day 3
Trabocchi Coast
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 - Day 4
Award-Winning Winery
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 - Day 5
Farmhouse - Roccascalegna
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 
- Day 6
Lentella
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 - Day 7
Vasto to Rome
Vasto to Rome- End point
- Roma, Roma, Italy (Rome)
- Meals
- Breakfast
Landmarks Rome Fiumicino Airport
