Retreat

7 Day Italian Cooking, Tour and Yoga Holiday in Puglia, Italy

This Italian cooking class and yoga retreat is immersed in nature, a few kilometers from the sea in the south of Italy, in the heart of Apulia. During your cooking holiday in Italy, you will become competent in many other dishes made with vegetables and Mediterranean spices. This Italian cooking class in Southern Italy, in Apulia, is done with expert village women who will reveal the secrets of delicious Mediterranean cuisine!

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Highlights

  • Italian cooking classes
  • Daily morning Hatha yoga lessons
  • Daily breakfast, lunch (from cooking class), and dinner
  • Visit Polignano a Mare
  • Culinary tour, cultural, and nature tour
  • 6 nights of accommodation
  • Learn how to make fresh pasta like Cavatelli and Orecchiette

DATE

All Year round

PRICE

From $1,080

LOCATION

Conversano

Nights

6 Days, 7 Nights

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Program

At the Italian cooking class, Vedaguru Centre will make together a wide range of Mediterranean appetizers and typical Apulian dishes. In this Italian cookery course, you will prepare different types of fresh pasta like Cavatelli and Orecchiette in an authentic way with typical sauces. You will acquire knowledge of how to make focaccia bases with different stone ground flour. All participants of the Italian cooking classes will receive a cookbook including recipes of all the dishes made during their stay.

Vedaguru Centre has chosen dishes that can easily be made at home, using ingredients that you can find in the market wherever you live.

Before each day, you will have daily morning Hatha yoga lessons before breakfast from Tuesday to Saturday.

Daily Schedule

Day 1:

  • Arrival

Day 2:

  • Morning: starters, fresh pasta like Orecchiette and Cavatelli
  • Focaccia Barese and salad
  • 17:00 Visit the historical center of Conversano

Day 3

  • Tiella Barese (rice, potatoes, and mussels) baked mussels, mackerel in Mediterranean style (with olives, capers, and tomatoes), homemade liquors (preparation of Limoncello)

Day 4

  • Morning: Vegetarian risotto, octopus or veg meals, intorchiate (almonds sweet)

Day 5

  • Morning: Pastatelle (typically sweet) Parmigiana
  • Apulian salty biscuits (Taralli)
  • Afternoon: Extra tour: visit Monopoli, Castellana Caves, or a winery

Day 6

  • Free day to relax or an extra tour

Day 7

  • Breakfast and departure

The program is flexible according to group, dates, and weather.

Included excursions

During this retreat, you’ll enjoy an excursion to Conversano’s historic center that is a delightful network of narrow stone streets, home to the impressive castle, the cathedral, and charming historic cafés. A walk through the old town offers a true taste of local history, culture, and southern Italian atmosphere.

Timetable

  • 08:00 Hatha yoga
  • 09:15 – 10:00 Breakfast
  • 10:00 Cooking class
  • 13:00 Lunch
  • 15:00 – 16:00 Afternoon tour
  • 19:30 Dinner
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