Day 1 - Arrive and Relax
You’re picked up in Rome or Pescara and we whisk you to your villa in Abruzzo. Relax, explore the town, dinner and a trip review.
Day 2 - Wine and Olive Tasting
Today, we visit the town of Bucchianico and a centuries old olive oil press. Your host Francesca will explain the finer points of extra virgin olive oil production then delight your taste buds with her oil and wine and samples of traditional Abruzzese cuisine. Later, you take a walking tour of the beautiful town of Pretoro. 6 hours. Comfortable shoes. Moderate mobility.
Day 3 - Peligna Valley Tour
In the morning, we take a drive through our wine region with stops at a couple small villages to see the sites. Lunch at a small family run winery and a private tasting in our cantina with a local winemaker before dinner.
Day 4 - Food and wine walking tour of Pescara
Today we head to the city of Pescara on the Adriatic Coast to sample regional specialties in the morning. After, we take a drive down the Adriatic Coast and stop for a glass of bubbly in a beach town.
Day 5 - Local Market
Attend a local market with our chef in the morning and pick out the things you would like to cook and eat that night. Lunch on the food trucks and visit a winery for a tasting on the way home.
Day 6 - Serena's Farm Tour
Spend the day with our wonderful guide Serena and her family in her village of Pietranico. See their houses and farms. Learn how to make ricotta cheese and traditional pasta with chickpea soup.. After lunch, see the ancient and mysterious wine rocks scattered around the village. 7 hours. Easy mobility.
Day 7 - A winery and a giant picnic
Today we visit a winery in the morning and then drive into the mountains for a beautiful picnic beside a gorgeous mountain lake. Home early for a rest for your good-bye dinner in our wine cellar.
Day 8 - Ciao amici!
After a good-bye dinner in our wine cellar the night before, we whisk you to Rome or Pescara for your getaway.