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Course of Italian Cooking lessons
You will be staying at Villa Giulia for an exlusive seven
days trip to Naples with Italian cooking lessons and various excursions.
The owner of the Villa will be in charge of the lessons which will be held
in English.
The theme of this course will be the authentic Italian Neapolitan cuisine
with the use of fresh ingredients.
Details of the seven days trip
Saturday.
At your arrival in Naples you will be met and driven to Villa Giulia.
In the evening, before dinner, we will begin to discuss the primary notions
of good Italian cooking.
Dinner wil be served.
Sunday.
In the morning you will be visiting the Archeological sites of Cuma, former
Greek and then Roman colony. There will be an English speaking guide. The
afternoon is yours. The hotel owner will be pleased to advise you on either
tourist sites or sports. The hotel shuttle will take you and pick you up at
a meeting point.
The second cooking lesson will take place from 17:30 to 19:30 followed by
dinner.
Monday.
Guided tour of Naples. You will be visiting the Castle del Ovo, the Royal
Palace, Piazza Plebiscito, Piazza del Gesù and the church of Santa Chiara in
the old part of the City.
We then invite you for lunch in one of the most famous Pizzeria in Naples.
The afternoon is free for you to go shopping or site seing. The hotel
shuttle will take you back to the Hotel. Dinner will be served.
Tuesday.
This day is free for you to do as you wish. The hotel shuttle can take you
either to the hydrofoils to Capri or Ischia, or to the train station in
Pozzuoli from where you can reach Pompei or other places. The hotel shuttle
will bring you back in the evening. Cooking lesson will be held at the same
time. Dinner.
Wednesday.
Departing from Pozzuoli in the morning by hydrofoil, we will be visiting the
Island of Ischia. Both Ischia and Capri are world famous islands for their
beautifull bays, breath taking panoramic views and elegant shops. Ischia is
also famous for it's thermal cures. We will make a tour around the island
and then spend the day in the Giardini Poseidon, the most famous thermal
complex of Ischia with more than twenty different pools. In the Grotta del
Vino you can taste locally produced wines. We will be back at Villa Giulia
in the evening. Dinner will be served. During the winter we will offer a
different program of equal quality.
Thursday
In the morning we shall visit the Archeological Museum in Naples. In the
afrternoon the fourth cooking lesson will take place followed by dinner.
Friday
The morning is free for you to relax. In the afternoon we will talk of the
origin of the Neapolitan Pizza and then we will be making our own Pizza with
various recepies in our own wood lit oven, followed by dinner.
Saturday
You will be accompanied to the airport for your return flight.
Breakfast is served every the morning.
Sports, excursions
There are plenty of opportunities for you to spend the free time contained
in this program. Here are just a number of suggestions. Detaliled
informations are available at the Hotel.
Villa Giulia has a large outdoor swimming pool where in season drinks and a
light lunch may be served.
Sports:
at approximately twenty minutes from the Hotel you will find a nine holes
golf course with its own club house: green fees run from € 21 p.p. on week
days to € 24 on holidays, for 18 holes € 33 and € 41 respectivelly. At five
minutes driving from the Hotel you will find a sport club where you can play
tennis, € 10 per hour previous booking.
Seightseeing
For those guests who are keen on history, Pompei is obviously a must. You
can reach Pompei by train . Entrance fee is € 17 p.p. There are, both in or
outside, Naples many museums worth visiting. We just mention a few: the
National Museum of Capodimonte, built in 1738 which hosts the famous Farnese
collection and the Castle of Sant'Elmo built in 1329. Very particular is
also a visit to the vulcanic crater La Solfatara in Pozzuoli, entrance fee €
5 p.p.
Notes
* Maximum
number of participants per week is 10 or 12.
* The
package price is € 1100 per person per week for the rooms Arancia,
Priscilla, Iris and Gelsomina and € 950 per person per week for the rooms
Demetra and Giacinto. This price is based on stay in double bedroom and
includes the breakfast, the entire program as described previously including
tranfers to and from the airport, five cooking lessons followed by dinner,
inclusive of all ingredients and wine, one lunch in Naples and one in Ischia
all mentioned excursions and entrance fees, service, swimming pool and car
park. The package price is exclusive of additional Hotel services at Villa
Giulia such as drinks, lunches and dinners in so far as they are not
mentioned in the program, additional excursions and / or sports, personal
expenditures, tips etc.
* Villa
Giulia reserves the right to change the programs, if reasons to do so exist.
The organization of the trip will ensure that any replacement in the program
will not be deteriorating the overall quality of the program.
* The
courses will take place from the 7th. to the 14th. of every month from
October to May.
* On
request we may consider other dates. |
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