COOKING WEEKEND IN A TRADITIONAL FARM SPECIAL PRICE!

4 NIGHTS/5 DAYS TO LEARN THE SECRETS OF THE ITALIAN&UMBRIAN CUISINE IN A TRADITIONAL FARM



Thursday
Arrival in Todi. Meeting with Discovering Umbria staff and settlement in the apartment
Afternoon: Visit to the town of Todi with Discovering Umbria Assistant
Dinner in a typical trattoria in the historical centre (drinks excluded).
Overnight

Friday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment.
Afternoon: transfer to a traditional Umbrian farm situated in a picturesque village 10 km from Todi. Visit to the attached museum dedicated in particular to the “peasant” life of the past centuries. From the many artefacts exhibited and information provided it is possible to glean a real understanding of life as it was for those working the land, tending their animals and working in the kitchen. One room is dedicated to a display of embroidery dating from around the 1900s that includes the tools and implements used by the grandmother of the current owner. Another important area is dedicated to the implements used in the cultivation of the grapes and, due to a recent renovation, now displays a new find dating from the 16th – 17th century in a magnificent “geared-lever press,” the only example of its kind in all of Umbria.
Cooking session: traditional Umbrian legumes soups (with legumes of the season) Ex. spelt salad, cheakpeas and porcini mushrooms soup, lentils soup, pasta e fagioli (beans with maccheroni).
Following tasting of the dishes prepared during the lesson with the chef (wine and water included).
Back to Todi. Return to the accommodation.
Overnight

Saturday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment.
Afternoon: transfer to a traditional Umbrian farm situated in a picturesque village 10 km from Todi.
Cooking session: the folw, the queen of Umbrian tables. Ex. wild boar ragout with hand made tagliatelle, wild boar stew with boiled vegetables or pappardelle with hare ragout, wild boar straccetti (thin slices), paté, radicchio and roast eggplant. Following tasting of the dishes prepared during the lesson with the chef (wine and water included).
Back to the accommodation and overnight

Sunday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment.
Afternoon: transfer to a traditional Umbrian farm situated in a picturesque village 10 km from Todi.
Cooking session: La Pasticceria. The cakes and the desserts in the Italian tradition.
Back to the accommodation and overnight

Monday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment. Departure

Our Chef :
Lucia Tomassi comes from a family of chefs that have filled her with the passion and the love for the typical dishes of her region ever since her childhood. Lucia has worked for various years on yachts cruising the Mediterranean and also as personal chef for private Italian and foreign families both in Umbria and abroad. She is young, dynamic and extremely lovely just as her fantastic desserts. She speaks very good English



STARTING FROM JUST 600 € per person!




The quotation includes:
4 nights in three-room apartment fully equipped and well furnished in good taste with Umbrian style furniture in the historical centre of Todi.
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment
1 dinner in a typical trattoria in the historical centre (drinks excluded)
3 cooking sessions at a traditional kitchen in a farm 10 km from Todi and visit to the farm museum
The cooking programme includes: 3 cooking workshops (around 4 h.) in English and tasting of the dishes (drinks included).
Issue with the recipes of the dishes prepared during the lesson in English.
Apron
Certificate of Attendance.

The quotation excludes: tips/insurance/personal expenses, other services not mentioned in “the quotation includes”.

LONG WEEKEND NATURE&FOOD SPECIAL PRICE!!

4 NIGHTS/5DAYS TO DISCOVER THE AMAZING NATURE AND TO TASTE THE FANTASTIC FOOD OF UMBRIA




LONG WEEKEND – NATURE&FOOD

Thursday
Arrival in Todi. Meeting with Discovering Umbria staff and settlement in the apartment
Afternoon: Visit to the town of Todi with Discovering Umbria Assistant
Dinner in a typical trattoria in the historical centre (drinks excluded).
Overnight

Friday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment.
Departure for a full-day “food&wine” excursion in Sagrantino’s lands. Visit of a home-based oil mill producers of oil, followed by a oil tasting of 3 different olii extravergine DOP Umbria – Colli Martani, blend extravergine e Monocultivar Moraiolo e Leccino and light lunch with legumes soup/vegetables of the season/toasted bread with olive oil (water and wine included). Visit of the oil mill and the olive tree grove with the owner of the farm.
After lunch visit of the Medieval town of Bevagna. On the way back visit of a winery producing Sagrantino and wine tasting of 4 wines (Grechetto, Rosso di Montefalco, Sagrantino secco dry and passito sweet) with cold cuts. Return to the accommodation.
Overnight

Saturday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment.
Departure with DU assistance for Titignano, ancient castle built in 937 A.D., situated on an hill surrounding Corbara Lake. Departure for a half day birdwatching in company with an expert ornithologist (English speaking) to admire the fauna of Corbara Lake and the amazing landscapes.Visit to the ornithological bird ringing station. During the walk it is possible to observe the many birds and mammals dispersed here. Back on foot to the wine estate and traditional Italian lunch at the farm including: Umbrian appetizer, 3 first courses (including pappardelle with wild boar or hare), roast meat with baked potatoes or salad, dessert with Vin Santo or Vendemmia Tardiva wine, fruit and espresso coffee. Local wines and water included. Back to Todi in the afternoon.
Overnight

Sunday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment.
Departure for a full day “food&culture” excursion to the ancient Roman road Via Flaminia and to Carsulae “The Pompei of Umbria” with DU assistant. Arrival at Carsulae, ancient Roman city situated in the countryside. Visit (entrance included) to the museum and the ruins. Departure for the farm and visit to the attached museum dedicated in particular to the “peasant” life of the past centuries. From the many artefacts exhibited and information provided it is possible to glean a real understanding of life as it was for those working the land, tending their animals and working in the kitchen. One room is dedicated to a display of embroidery dating from around the 1900s that includes the tools and implements used by the grandmother of the current owner. Another important area is dedicated to the implements used in the cultivation of the grapes and, due to a recent renovation, now displays a new find dating from the 16th – 17th century in a magnificent “geared-lever press,” the only example of its kind in all of Umbria. Light lunch with chickpeas soup, lentils patè, bruschette bread with extra virgin olive oil (drinks included).
Following departure for Massa Martana and visit to the extraordinary Fonnaia Bridge (part of an impressive road structure built from large, perfectly squared blocks of travertine marble) and to the ancient church of Santa Maria in Pantano (sec. VII).
Back to Todi.

Monday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment. Departure

STARTING FROM ONLY : 490 € per person


The quotation includes:
4 nights in three-room apartment fully equipped and well furnished in good taste with Umbrian style furniture in the historical centre of Todi.
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment
1 dinner in a typical trattoria in the historical centre (drinks excluded)
Visit of Todi with DU assistance
Full day excursion “On the Sagrantino road” including :light lunch (water and wine included) at the oil mill and oil tasting, wine tasting in a wine estate, visit of Bevagna as described in the programme above.
Half day birdwatching excursion with ornithogist and traditional Italian lunch in a famous wine estate (drinks included)
Full day excursion of the “Via Flaminia” including entrance ticket to the ruins and the Museum, light lunch - tastings (water and wine included) visit to the farm museum, as described in the programme above.

The quotation excludes: tips/insurance/personal expenses, other services not mentioned in “the quotation includes”.

LONG WEEKEND – WINE&FOOD SPECIAL PRICE!!

4 NIGHTS/5 DAYS TO DISCOVER UMBRIAN WINE & FOOD



PROGRAMME
Thursday
Arrival in Todi. Meeting with Discovering Umbria staff and settlement in the apartment
Afternoon: Visit to the town of Todi with Discovering Umbria Assistant
Dinner in a typical trattoria in the historical centre (drinks excluded).
Overnight

Friday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment.
Departure for a full-day “food&wine” excursion in Sagrantino’s lands. Visit of a home-based oil mill producers of oil, followed by a oil tasting of 3 different olii extravergine DOP Umbria – Colli Martani, blend extravergine e Monocultivar Moraiolo e Leccino and light lunch with legumes soup/vegetables of the season/toasted bread with olive oil (water and wine included). Visit of the oil mill and the olive tree grove with the owner of the farm.
After lunch visit of the Medieval town of Bevagna. On the way back visit of a winery producing Sagrantino and wine tasting of 4 wines (Grechetto, Rosso di Montefalco, Sagrantino secco dry and passito sweet) with cold cuts. Return to the accommodation.
Overnight

Saturday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment.
Departure for Orvieto with DU assistance following the road along Corbara Lake and its amazing views.
Arrival at the wine estate near the city of Orvieto and visit to the vineyard and to the cellar to learn the secrets of the vine cultivation and wine production. The visit is conducted by an oenologist and owner of the estate and a sommelier FISAR (Italian Federation of Sommeliers) from Enoteca Regionale di Orvieto (Regional Wine Centre).
Following light lunch with porchetta (roast pork), local cheese, lumachelle from Orvieto (cheese bread), sweets and tasting of 4 wines.
Back to the accommodation. Overnight

Sunday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment.
Departure for a full day “food&culture” excursion to the ancient Roman road Via Flaminia and to Carsulae “The Pompei of Umbria” with DU assistant. Arrival at Carsulae, ancient Roman city situated in the countryside. Visit (entrance included) to the museum and the ruins. Departure for the farm and visit to the attached museum dedicated in particular to the “peasant” life of the past centuries. From the many artefacts exhibited and information provided it is possible to glean a real understanding of life as it was for those working the land, tending their animals and working in the kitchen. One room is dedicated to a display of embroidery dating from around the 1900s that includes the tools and implements used by the grandmother of the current owner. Another important area is dedicated to the implements used in the cultivation of the grapes and, due to a recent renovation, now displays a new find dating from the 16th – 17th century in a magnificent “geared-lever press,” the only example of its kind in all of Umbria. Light lunch with chickpeas soup, lentils patè, bruschette bread with extra virgin olive oil (drinks included).
Following departure for Massa Martana and visit to the extraordinary Fonnaia Bridge (part of an impressive road structure built from large, perfectly squared blocks of travertine marble) and to the ancient church of Santa Maria in Pantano (sec. VII).
Back to the accommodation. Overnight.

Monday
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment. Departure.

STARTING FROM ONLY: 400 € per person


The quotation includes:
4 nights in three-room apartment fully equipped and well furnished in good taste with Umbrian style furniture in the historical centre of Todi.
Italian breakfast at a traditional pastry shop 10 mt. from the apartment
1 dinner in a typical trattoria in the historical centre (drinks excluded)
Visit of Todi with DU assistance
Full day excursion “On the Sagrantino road” including :
light lunch (water and wine included) at the oil mill and oil tasting, wine tasting in a wine estate, visit of Bevagna as described in the programme above.
Full day excursion of the “Via Flaminia” including entrance ticket to the ruins and the Museum, light lunch - tastings (water and wine included) visit to the farm museum, as described in the programme above.

The quotation excludes: tips/insurance/personal expenses, other services not mentioned in “the quotation includes”.