Tastes and Sights of Rome

Arrive and check-in at your hotel in the city centre. 

Overnight: Rome Hotel

After breakfast you will enjoy a morning tasting tour followed by a pasta making class at a local restaurant. Your knowledgeable guide will walk you through Campo de Fiori, perhaps the most beautiful and ancient market in Rome. Located close to Piazza Navona, you will find a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, cheeses, meats, flowers and other typical products of Rome. Enjoy tasting on the go as you explore the market and local area; taste the most special Italian cold cuts, two types of balsamic vinegar, two types of extra virgin olive oil, two types of pate (the classic pesto and another based on seasonality), and wash it down with two liqueurs (a limoncello and a cream one of your choice). There will be plenty of time to make some purchases on the way, and your guide will keep you informed about the history of the area as you explore. At the end of the tour you can learn some key skills at the pasta making class in a Restaurant in Piazza Navona. Learn how to make the pasta from scratch and choose the pasta sauce you prefer, for example Amatriciana or Carbonara. Enjoy your own pasta for lunch with a good glass of wine. 

The afternoon is free to walk off the excesses of the morning by taking in some of Rome’s many attractions. The centre of Rome is easily explored on foot and there are sure to be delights found around every corner.

Overnight: Rome Hotel

Today you will head out of Rome to the charming city of Frascati with its charming centre, beautiful views and vineyards, historic family-run winery, and fresh local cuisine. Your sense will be stimulated and your spirit rejuvenated as you discover the history of Frascati while tasting local products like slow-roasted pork and Frascati jug wine. Meet local artisans and shop owners who are eager to share their stories. Feel like a local while accompanied by your guide who lives in Frascati and knows everybody in town! Meet the bakers, the butchers, and the farmers selling vegetables from their fields. Their stalls are full of items such as fresh fruit, vegetables, cheeses, cured meats, balsamic vinegar, sun dried tomatoes, olives and many other Italian food specialities to pair with your wine tasting at the beautiful artisanal Frascati Vineyard. Learn about how the artisanal winemaking tradition has been kept alive by a devotion to traditional winemaking techniques, incorporated into the production of modern DOCG wines. You can also explore a deep wine cave which dates back to the times of Ancient Rome.

Taste three wines; Frascati Superiore DOCG, Red Vagnolo IGT and Sweet Cannellino DOCG.

Each wine is described in detail and is accompanied by freshly baked goods picked up from the bakery in the centre of Frascati during the tour of town. You will also enjoy delicious extra virgin olive oil. Sit and relax while sipping your wine in a beautiful setting with amazing views of Rome in the distance. After your time at the vineyard, you will be driven back to the centre of Frascati where lunch will be served in a charming Osteria with your favourite wine from the tasting. After lunch, return transfer to your hotel in Rome.

Overnight: Rome Hotel

Check-out. “Arrivederci Roma!”