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Your 5, 3, or 1 Day Gourmet Experience at a Private Villa
Imagine spending a week with your friends and family at a medieval castle in Italy, enjoying a unique culinary adventure each day surrounded by the food, wine and beauty that make this region famous.
Luxury Retreats is now offering a gourmet culinary package like no other at one of our favorite villas in Umbria, letting guests experience all the highlights of the cooking traditions, wines and products of one of the country's most history-rich and unspoiled provinces.
Available in 5, 3, or 1 day packages, your culinary experience will include:
- Truffle hunting and tasting
- Umbrian cooking demonstrations
- Wine tastings and vineyard tours with a master sommelier
- Pasta and risotto-making classes
- Visit of cheese farm and oil mill
More info:
Pascal Hoenig, Guest Services Specialist
Pascal@luxuryretreats.com or 1-514-393-8844 ext.292
Your Culinary Schedule
All cooking classes and demonstrations are led by the owner of Todi Castle Estate. They are also accompanied by locally-produced wines of exceptional quality and are followed by a full lunch or dinner whereby guests enjoy the fruits of their labor!
Monday
Morning / Lunch
Visit the Giuliani cheese farm where you will be shown how to make pecorino, ricotta and mozzarella cheese. Toasted bread with different cheeses and wine will be served. Also includes a guided tour of the farm to see animals and a pic-nic
Afternoon / Dinner
Cooking class at the Castle – how to prepare risotto – a true Italian experience!
Tuesday
Morning / Lunch
Visit to a local wine producer, vineyards and the caves.
Lunch
Wine tasting at the cellar with finger food. The tasting is held by a master sommelier.
Dinner
Homemade pasta cooking class. Fettuccine, lasagna, cannelloni and other delicious pasta specialties will be prepared with different seasonal dressings.
Wednesday
Morning / Lunch
Truffle hunting! Presentation on different types of truffles followed by demonstrations and hunting - how to find and pick truffles with the help of dog.*
Lunch
Truffle tasting with finger foods and local wines. Learn how to fully understand and appreciate the perfume and taste of this delicacy.
Dinner
Dinner in the Medieval Banquet room at the Castle.
Thursday
Morning / Lunch
Visit the local farmers market at Orvieto.
Lunch
Visit a historic hotel of Umbria – lunch at their restaurant.
Dinner
Olive oil tasting. Umbria has probably the best olive oil of Italy. This tasting will also feature food in order to fully appreciate the flavour of the olive oil.
Friday
Morning / Lunch
Cooking lesson at the nearby village of Collelungo – learn how to prepare the most traditional Italian recipes and appreciate the local farmer’s wine.
Afternoon
Wine tasting at the Castle – we will continue to get acquainted with the most important wines of Umbria. Held by a master sommelier.
Dinner
Pizza party at the Umbria Grill*. Different types of pizza will be prepared and cooked in the wood oven.
* = great for kids!
The preceding represents activities planned on a 5-day package, subject to availability, for Saturday to Saturday or Sunday to Sunday stays. Guests who choose the 3-day package will enjoy activities listed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Guests who choose the 1-day package can select their preferred day.
The Setting
This one-of-a-kind Culinary Experience is available with the rental of any of four private villas found on the sprawling Todi Castle Estate, with room for up to 33 total guests near the medieval town of Todi. You may rent the entire estate or any of the individual villas and still enjoy the culinary package. Each villa enjoys the use of its own private swimming pool and the whole estate is surrounded by 250 rolling acres of vineyards, olive groves, fruit trees and cypresses.
Todi Castle
The medieval castle and main home on the estate. Offers 5 bedrooms for up to 11 guests. View Villa
Campo Rinaldo
A lovely updated villa offering 3 bedrooms for up to 6 guests. View Villa
Villa Cipresso
Charming former olive mill with 3 bedrooms, for up to 6 guests. View Villa
Pianesante
17th-century farmhouse with an additional 5 bedrooms, for up to 10 guests. View Villa
Pricing & Notes
- 5-Day Package (Monday to Friday): 719 euros per person (approximately $970 US).
- 3-Day Package (Monday / Wednesday / Friday): 379 euros per person (approximately $510 US).
- 1-Day Package: 219 euros per person (approximately $295 US).
INCLUDED in the rate listed:
All lessons, food and meals, wine for every meal and during tastings, plus transportation to and from outside activities.
- The culinary package must be purchased by at least 3 guests.
- Children under the age of 6 do not pay, but please advise of any children prior to travel.
- In the event of an activity being cancelled due to bad weather or another circumstance, the activity will be replaced with one discussed and agreed upon between owner and guests.
Contact
For more information on this unique culinary experience, please contact our Guest Services Specialist: