New Adventures for 2010: Vegetarian Half Term | Taste + Textiles | Italian Countryside Tour

Other personalized packages: Cheese + Honey | Pork + Porcini | Olive Oil, Chestnuts + Polenta |
Gastronomic Adventures for Familes | Bare Oil in Tuscany | Cooking Lessons and Courses

Courses: Advanced Salumi Course: Salami, Sausages and Salted Loin

Personalized packages:
Bare Oil in Tuscany

Any weekend from end of October to early December

Find out everything you’ve ever wanted to know about extra-virgin olive oil on an olive estate in Lucca — famous for its olive oil since Roman times. Pick olives, take them to the olive press and go home with your very own oil. Choose from a variety of activities including olive oil massage, sightseeing in Lucca, wine tasting, cooking lesson and special olive oil menus at local restaurants. Accommodation is at an agriturismo (with a private gym) on the organic olive oil estate in a small village 6 km south of Lucca.

5 nights (Thursday night to Tuesday morning)

Price for 2 people in shared room: approximately €1260 each depending on your selected activities.

3 nights (Friday night to Monday afternoon)

Price for 2 people in shared room: approximately €900 each depending on your selected activities.

Included: accommodation, internal transfers, most meals, cooking lesson, massage, wine tasting (5-night itinerary), 5 litres of olive oil, services of Sapori e Saperi guide. Not included: international travel.

Notes

Meeting points
Pisa International Airport (Galileo Galilei)
or the following train stations:
Pisa Centrale
Lucca

International travel advice
For more information on flights to Pisa International Airport, please click here. For information on arriving by train The Man in Seat Sixty-One gives much good advice.