Below are a series of food and tour proposals developed by Happy Cooking who specialize in central Italian cuisine and traditional home cooking from Umbria.
The visits and activities are organized by a licensed tour guide and you can customise your cooking days with some touring as outlined below.
RURAL LIFE - Half day with guide:
- We visit the Rural Museum in Corciano to understand the rural life, a tradition 500 years long
- The olive oil tradition of the area: visit of an oil mill and guided oil tasting
- A walk to visit a sheep dairy, the cheese making, talk to the shepherd, cheese tasting
- A walk in the land and delicious of Della Corgna Family
WALKS - 1. Half day slow tourism
- We follow "the Path of the Springs" and stop for a "Perugia country style brunch"
- Archeowalks to an Etruscan tomb
- Walk to Monte Tezio Natural Area
- Urban Trekking along Medieval Perugia, tasting local delicacies ...
WALKS - 2. Half day slow tourism
- The land of bandits
- Abbeys in the country
- A visit to a Watching Tower between past and present
- Urban Trekking along Medieval Perugia, tasting local delicacies ...
ACTIVE HOLIDAYS IN THE SIBILLINI NATIONAL PARK
- Biking the Old Railway Spoleto-Norcia
- Trekking in Val Castoriana
- Visit Norcia and Castelluccio
- A tour along the Sagrantino Wine Road
- How to be a "Norcino" (Prosciutto-maker) for a day
TOURING AND COOKING AT VILLA RENTALS
- Day tours with guide to the major towns in Umbria, Tuscany, including Florence, Lucca, Siena and Marche with Urbino
- Special dinners and/or cooking lessons at the rental.
