Happy Cooking, together with local tour operator Altra Umbria, are offering a series of food and territory inspired day trips alongside the regular cooking lessons and culinary classes. We suggest the following:
along the valnerina
From your base at Agriturismo Fonte Antica, a partner of Happy Cooking, you will visit both Norcia and Castelluccio and Sibillini Mountains National Park.
A secluded and gorgeous environment to live, relax, explore, enjoy. Slow life, deep roots in the past, the tour is suitable for families, active travelers, small groups and nature lovers.
The local dish: Lentil soup, sausages, pasta and truffle, ricotta pie.
- food & wine tours to taste Valnerina products truffle, saffron, lentils, cheese ...
- daytour Norcia-Castelluccio brunch and visit at a diary
- Umbrian cooking lesson-meal
local organic market visit
Every Wednesday from March to December.
A morning appointment with our guide at the organic local market to pick up seasonal products followed by a cooking lesson at a private home in Perugia.
A very interesting choice, a colorful openair market where we will meet the locals and experience fresh and organic food.
umbria by train
Altra Umbria and Happy Cooking propose active journeys using the local Umbrian railways to take us to the major towns and villages along the Tiber Valley:
Departures with guide from Perugia, Station “St. Anna”, every Friday-Saturday (on request other dates).
Day tours stops from April-December include:
- Pottery and Medieval Watching towers
- Abbeys and Castles of the Tiber Valley – train and hike
- Città di Castello art and artcrafts of a Community
- Biking tours at the Petrified Forest – train and bike
- The Etruscan trail – train and hike
- The Tiber trail – train and hike
- The Franciscan Route
- Perugia
- Assisi hike and train (or bike and train)
You can lodge at: Hotel Sacro Cuore, a partner of Happy Cooking. Situated very near to Perugia, the capital of Umbria, it is surrounded by a large park, a view over the valley and is very peaceful and relaxed.
Local dishes: ciaramicola in Perugia, la “ciaccia” in Città di Castello, la rocciata in Assisi, la torta di Pasqua
