Cooking breaks in an Italian Hill top Village

Provider: La Torretta
Location: Casperia, Lazio, Italy

Participants: 10 or less

Phone: 0765 63202

Holiday / Activity Overview:

Casperia, a perfectly intact medieval village, is located just one hour north of Rome, in the spectacular still virgin territory of the Sabine Hills. Your accommodation is a beautifully restored 15th century palazzetto, La Torretta, located in the historical centre of the village. Rooms have en suite bathrooms and stunning views.
Your hosts, Maureen and Roberto and their daughter Jennifer will share their home, and their love of Italian food and culture, and introduce you, not only to the secrets of local recipes, during your hands on cooking lessons, but also to experts in food preparation and production. A welcome drink will be served on arrival. Accommodation is in double room or double single use and breakfast is served daily. Transfers to local station are included if arriving by train. 3 nights * day 1 arrival / Welcome drink / introduction to area.. /light supper on patio with local products * day 2. hands on cooking lesson at La Torretta followed by 4 course Italian meal lunch or dinner and wines * day 3 Olive oil tour, accompanied by Slow Food expert Johnny Madge, visit producers, including lunch and tastings of prize winning Sabina oil and wines at Johnny's wine bar. 4 nights (a) * day 1 arrival / Welcome drink / introduction to area. light supper on patio with local products and good wines * day 2. hands on cooking lesson at La Torretta followed by 4 course Italian meal ( lunch or dinner and good wines * day 3.hands on cooking lesson at our partners Gusto al Borgo followedby 4 course Italian meal and good wines. * day 4. olive oil tour visiting local producers, accompanied by Johnny Madge slow food expert,including lunch and tastings of prize winning Sabina oils and wines at Johnny's wine bar

Pricing information

There is no single supplemets but limited availability in single rooms.

3 & 4 night cooking holiday breaks in Italy
Costs for 3 nights
Costs for 4 nights

Prices
395 in double occupancy
545 euro double occupancy

Your accommodation:

La Torretta bed and breakfast is one of the Special places to stay in Italy The 15th century building in the heart of medieval CASPERIA is a stunning lofty house with dreamy views and beautiful interior spaces, such as a huge ground floor living room with a stone fire place and original frescoes around the cornice. The upper floor breakfast and dinning room is a stunning vaulted contemporary space with an impressive Carrara marble kitchen,purposely built for cooking activities, skylights give views of the church tower and the Sabine mountains.and a panoramic terrace is a great place to relax and admire the scenery. The guests private lounge on the first floor. In the winter we have a crackling fire to keep it cozy, books, satellite TV, videotapes and CDs galore keep guests happy, as well as Wi Fi internet connection: in summer, the 3 foot thick, five hundred years old walls keep the room cool and inviting, and after an exciting day visiting a historical site, you can admire the 15th century frescoes which we discovered underneath the plaster when renovating.

About the local area:

Casperia and the surrounding Sabina area 60 km north of Rome, lies an undiscovered corner of northern Lazio, Sabina or the Sabine Hills, a fascinating territory, which perhaps more than any other area of central Italy, has preserved its original rural character. From here, the ancient Romans took their brides: ' The rape of the Sabine women'. Casperia a 1000 year old village lies in the heart of this beautiful area, perched on a rocky outcrop and bound by the remains of the original stone walls and towers. For travellers who like the less discovered and off the beaten track itineraries, this area of central Italy on the border of Umbria, will offer splendid scenery, tranquil roads without a single tour bus, rolling olive clad hills dotted with tiny medieval hilltop villages, and small hidden treasures to discover and savour, as well as being in easy driving distance of many of Italys famous art cities, Orvieto Todi Viterbo Spoleto and Assisi. Rome itself is only an hour away, by car or train.

How to Get Here:

From Rome take the A1 motorway in the direction of Florence, and exit at Ponzano Soratte. You will find yourself crossing the historical river Tiber and leaving the modern world behind, you are in Sabina, where the scenery hasn't much changed in the last 1000 years, the olive clad hills, and medieval stone villages, Abbeys and castles, the total lack of souvenir shops or tour buses, a treat for the frequent traveller.Follow the signs for Poggio Mirteto, then Cantalupo and then Casperia. It is about 20 mins from the main highway.
By train. There are frequent trains from Rome Fiumicino airport and Rome city to the nearby train station Poggio Mirteto from where there are busses to Casperia. We will also collect you at the train station if requested.