TIME OF G
OLDEN
O IL
THE
MOST EXCITING MOMENT IN THE YEAR: THE
OLIVE HARVEST IN NOVEMBER
Program
of the special week
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November,
2 - 8
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November,
9 - 15
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November,
16 - 21
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Day 1
Arrive at International Airport of Rome (Roma Fiumicino) where you will be met and taken by car or minibus to
Tuscania. Dinner at Casa Caponetti.
After dinner a night tour of Tuscania, with a caffè and gelati stop.
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 Day
2
Morning: olive picking (*). Lunch.
After lunch a walk around the Casa Caponetti estate to visit the private etruscan
necropolis, through the olive grove and the meadows During the walk, gathering of wild
herbs, fruits and vegetables in season. Cooking lesson
focused on the use of olive oil followed by dinner.
After dinner talk about the history and tradition of Olive oil in Italy: from the Etruscans and Romans to
nowadays.
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 Day
3
Morning: olive picking (*). Lunch.
Afternoon: visit to the oil mills in Tuscania and Marta by the Lake of Bolsena.
Dinner in a tipical "trattoria"
One
of the afternoons will be spent to take the harvested olives to the mill
in Bagnoregio - one of the best in the area - to process the olives and
get the freshly made olive oil. |
Day 4
Morning: olive picking (*). Lunch at Casa Caponetti including tasting local
cheeses, hams, sausages and particularly "ricotta".
Afternoon: visit to the "Cantina di Montefiascone" and tasting
of the Est Est Est wine. Dinner with a talk about wine and olive oil. |
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 Day
5
Morning:
olive picking (*). Late morning: relaxing visit to the thermal spa of the Terme dei Papi, to swim in the wonderful pool where once the Romans and the Popes used to
bathe. On to
Viterbo, via an ancient Etruscan road carved in the tufa rock, and to its medieval town
center. Lunch in a typical restaurant.
Siesta at home followed by cooking class and dinner.
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Day 6
Morning: shopping in an open market and visit to the
pottery in Tuscania. Quick cooking lesson followed by lunch.
Afternoon: a two-hour cooking lesson to preserve olives to take
home.
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Day 7
Morning dedicated to recipe gathering. Farewell lunch.
Afternoon: departure to Rome.
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...and
you go back home with this 5
liters drum full of golden new olive oil
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100% stainless
steel |
a
nice decoration for your kitchen |
hermetic
cap
precision
tap
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...and
with this
handmade jar for the
olives!
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Price of the week, all included: US$
1690
Included:
transfers from/to the airport; all the meals and beverages (also wines);
sightseeings; 5 litres of extra virgin organic just made olive oil, in the
stainless steel drum; the terra cotta handmade jar.
(*)
olive
picking takes up a couple of hours a day. No problem giving up if you are
tired!
Click
& Book !
CASA CAPONETTI
Tenuta del Guado Antico
01017 Tuscania VT - Italia
Tel +39 0761 435792 - Fax +39 0761 444247
DISCOVER THE
FAMILY TASTE OF ITALY!
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