Have you heard about the exciting new Food Network Italy tour? For the first time, Food Network is offering guided vacation in Italy, France and Napa. What can you expect to see on the Food Network Travel Flavors of Italy vacation?
You will visit the iconic sights of Rome such as the Coliseum, the Forum, and St. Peter’s Basilica. Walk in Rachael Ray’s footsteps through Tuscany, including the Piazza del Campo in Siena and the tiny hamlet of Monteriggioni, where you will stay in a renaissance-style villa.
Be invited to a private villa and winery in the hills of Chianti where the owner’s daughter, a chef by profession, will prepare an authentic Tuscan feast served on the garden terrace overlooking Siena. You will also wander through the Sant’ Ambrogio market in Florence, learning how to select the perfect seasonal produce. Under the watchful eye of your local chef you’ll move from market to kitchen to table, sample the finest flavors, and learn the secrets of market shopping and preparation. Stand alongside the locals for a cup of café macchiato, then gather your basket of ingredients and continue to a hillside retreat for an amazing certified cooking class amongst the olive trees. You will learn to make homemade pasta, fillings and sauces, along with wild boar and seasonal vegetables. Savor the fruits of your labor at a great meal paired with delicious Chianti wines.
From Tuscany, continue through the Emilia-Romagna region of Bologna to the archipelago of Venice. Then savor the lavish Belle Epoch beauty of your hotel on Venice’s famed Lido, with its frescos, gardens and wellness center spa. From here, sit back in a private motor launch as it conveys you along the canals to St. Mark’s Square. Your local guide will escort you on a walking tour to the less-frequented and hidden areas of the city.
After experiencing the lively exchange in the colorful Rialto fish market and one of the city’s oldest Murano glass workshops that Giada De Laurentiis explored on Everyday Italian, you may want to follow the guidance of your Food Network Guide Booklet to savor a Bellini at Harry’s bar before a traditional hosted dinner.
Join us on this Food Network Guided Vacation operated by Trafalgar Tours. It will truly be an unforgettable culinary experience.
