7-day Italy culinary tour for $1,399

Save 65% on an Italian cooking tour!

Learning how to cook Italian food in Italy is a bucket list item for many! Take a cooking holiday in southern Italy to learn the recipes of traditional Italian and Abruzzese cuisine, from homemade pasta and gnocchi to desserts. Your days will be filled with gourmet meals with wine (all included) and hands-on cooking classes, and guided sightseeing excursions throughout the Italian countryside. The Abruzzo region is in the foothills of the Apennine mountains and about a 2-hour drive east of Rome.

The brochure price is $3,998 per person, but purchase a Groupon voucher to take this culinary adventure for $1,399 per person, based on two staying together — a savings of $2,599 — a 65% discount!

The 7-day/6-night tour from Epitourean includes accommodations in a renovated historical residence perched on the town’s highest hilltop and the following:

• 17 meals: 6 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 6 Dinners
• Round-trip Rome airport transfers
• Olive Mill Tour & Pasta Cooking Class
• Sommelier’s Wine Pairing Class
• Vasto Tour & Trabocco Fishing Houses
• Peasant Food & Biscotti Baking Class
• Visit to Agnone and the Bell Foundry (one of two in the world)
• Cheese Making and Porchetta
• Pizza Making Farewell Dinner Class

Tours are offered Sunday to Saturday from March 1 to June 30 or November 1 to 30. Rates are $200 more per person from July 1 to 31 and September 1 to October 31. Airfare is additional. At Groupon, click beneath the $1,399 price to choose an available travel window.

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