Campania: Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, Capri, Bay of Naples
Sorrento bustles with tourists and makes a great base to explore the Bay of Naples.
The breathtakingly beautiful Amalfi Coast draws crowds to its rugged coast, clear sea and terraces of lemon trees and vineyards. Its white towns on terraces by the sea are connected by a narrow, zigzagging road high above the sea.
Chic Positano bursts with colour: flamboyant clothing shops, street markets, shops selling limoncello or lemon linens, multi-coloured homes on terraces, a wide sandy beach.
In more down to earth Amalfi, the magnificent 10th century cathedral, with a Moorish style façade and gold Baroque interior, dominates the piazza. Browse in the many shops. Stroll along the pretty port for splendid views.
Up the hill from Amalfi, Ravello crowns a plateau with stunning views. Visit historic Villa Cimbrone and Villa Rufolo with terraces overlooking the coast. Buy colourful ceramics in shops just off the lively main piazza.
In Capri, after visiting the jammed main piazza, walk by the five star hotels and designer shops to quiet, pretty streets of elegant homes and lush gardens. Step into the perfume factory to sample Capri perfumes. Admire lovely coast views from public gardens.
Cuisine examples: Sorrentine gnocchi with tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella, baby octopus with tomatoes, garlic and white wine, pizza, iced sponge cake with ricotta, citron, pistachio, chocolate.
Excellent wines from the interior: Greco di Tufo, Fiano d’Avellino, Falanghina Beneventano.
Mama Margaret’s Tours in Sorrento/ Amalfi Coast
Neapolitan Cooking, Culture and Delights Tour With A Family In Sorrento
6 nights
Would you like to cook often with a warm Neapolitan family in a down to earth atmosphere? To experience a good balance of food visits and culture tours? To stay in their well kept B&B with decorative touches and private bathrooms in a nicely renovated, old building?
Almost every day in their well equipped commercial kitchen, you cook a full menu meal with the retired professional chef dad or his well trained son. You dine on your creations around communal tables with fellow cooks and B&B guests from around the world. Lots of fun, interesting company!
You visit a local small mozzarella factory and an olive oil making family. Sightseeing excursions take you to Pompeii and Positano.
Cooking, Wine & Pampering Tour At A Lovely Villa Near The Amalfi Coast
4 or 6 nights
Are you looking for a fun cooking school vacation to celebrate a special milestone or just life in general? At an elegant, four star boutique hotel in a villa on a plateau overlooking the Bay of Naples, you cook with a joyful Neapolitan chef in her kitchen, specially designed for a cooking school.
The thoughtful hotel staff seems to anticipate your every need so you feel pampered.
Excursions take you to Pompeii, to eat with a welcoming local family making mozzarella and olive oil, and the Amalfi Coast. At some dinners a sommelier gives wine tastings.
A wonderful mix of cooking, food, fun, exploring, culture!
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