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 a traditional restaurant in the heart of Vasto)
Included Activities
- Airport pickup and transfer to Vasto
- Welcome group dinner at a traditional restaurant
Landmarks Rome Fiumicino Airport Vasto 
- Day 2
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 scrumptious dishes prepared in the morning cooking class - example menu includes Bread with meat sauce, Pasta alla chitarra with meat sauce and polpette, Cavatelli with vegetables and Tarallucci)
Included Activities
- Visit Vasto's traditional market
- Exclusive cooking class with Fabrizio's family - fresh pasta and Abruzzo sauces
- Lunch with prepared dishes
- Explore Vasto historic center - Loggia Amblingh, medieval Castle, Cathedral, Piazza Rossetti
- Meet local artisans and artists
Optional Activities
- Dinner at restaurants in Vasto - simple options like aperitif, gelato, or pizza
Landmarks Vasto Market Loggia Amblingh Vasto Medieval Castle Vasto Cathedral Piazza Rossetti - Day 3
Lentella - Trabocchi Coast
Lentella - Trabocchi Coast- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Traditional lunch with Ettore and his wife Barbara), Snack (Seafood aperitif at trabocco fishing platform)
Included Activities
- Drive to hilltop village of Lentella
- Artistic experience with Ettore - create Christmas gift sculpture or postcard with natural materials
- Aperitif and traditional lunch with Ettore and Barbara
- Drive along Trabocchi coast
- Visit trabocco fishing platform - fishing demonstration
- Learn history and secrets of Abruzzo's unique fishing platforms
- Seafood aperitif at trabocco
Optional Activities
- Dinner at restaurants in Vasto
Landmarks Lentella Trabocchi Coast Trabocco Fishing Platform - Day 4
Vasto
Vasto- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch with prepared traditional Christmas dishes - example menu includes Pallotte casce e ove, Cannelloni with ricotta cheese and spinach, Baccalà, and Scrippelle)
Included Activities
- Cooking class with Fabrizio's family - traditional Christmas dishes
- Lunch with prepared Christmas dishes in family atmosphere
Optional Activities
- Visit Vasto beaches
- Visit Vasto museums and art galleries
- Additional excursions or activities
- Shopping at artisans
- Walk in town plaza
- Dinner at restaurants in Vasto
Landmarks Vasto - Day 5
Roccascalegna
Roccascalegna- Meals
- Breakfast, Snack (Aperitif with tasting of farm production - cheeses, salami and extra virgin olive oil), Lunch (Farm-to-table lunch with mostly farm-produced ingredients - wheat-based breads and pasta, eggs, organic extra virgin olive oil, wines, cheeses, salami, and vegetables)
Included Activities
- Slow food experience at farmhouse - milk sheep or cow
- Learn to make pizza scima - yeast-free pizza
- Aperitif with farm production tasting - cheeses, salami, extra virgin olive oil
- Learn ricotta cheese preparation
- Collect organic vegetables from garden
- Farm-to-table lunch with farm-produced ingredients
- Drive to Roccascalegna hilltop village
- Explore Roccascalegna castle
Optional Activities
- Dinner or aperitif at restaurants and wine bars in Vasto
Landmarks Roccascalegna Roccascalegna Castle 
- Day 6
Vasto
Vasto- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at winery with wine pairings and local cheeses and salami), Dinner (Final family dinner in Abruzzo countryside with Fabrizio's family enjoying Abruzzo wines and food, or participating in tiramisu and pizza preparation)
Included Activities
- Visit olive grove - three generations family business producing DOP oils
- Olive oil tasting
- Visit award-winning winery
- Wine tasting with local cheese and salami pairings
- Tour of vineyard and cellars
- Lunch with wine pairings at winery
- Farewell party with Fabrizio's family
- Learn to make tiramisu and various pizzas including Margherita and local varieties
- Final family dinner in Abruzzo countryside
Landmarks Olive Grove - Giovanni's Family Farm Award-Winning Winery - Day 7
Vasto to Rome
Vasto to Rome- End point
- Roma, Roma, Italy (Rome)
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Transfer to Rome Fiumicino Airport
Landmarks Rome Fiumicino Airport
