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Join us  for a 4 Night Cooking Vacations Getaway On The Amalfi Coast!!!

Tie on your aprons for a 4 Night Cooking Vacations Getaway on the Amalfi Coast!  Join our Chefs’, Filomena, Fortunata, and Raffael in our kitchen using seasonal ingredients to prepare regional recipes based on the healthy Mediterranean diet. Learn how to make antipasto, fresh pasta, local fish and meat or pizza with wine included in the heart of Positano. Join us on a culinary tour of the famed Amalfi Coast while discovering local cuisine and touring beautiful landmarks.

Neapolitan Cooking Classes

We welcome you to our professional Mediterranean kitchen for authentic hands-on cooking classes where you will create traditional recipes, learn cooking techniques from true Italian chefs.  You will prepare antipasto, a fresh pasta and sauce,  course and dessert.  Following each cooking class, everyone enjoys the food that was made in the cooking class with wine included.

You can also opt to learn how to make Neapolitan pizza making with our award-winning pizzaiolo, pizza-maker, who learned to make la vera pizza Neapolitana, real Neapolitan pizza, in Naples. This authentic pizza making class shares the secret recipe for mixing, kneading and stretching delicate pizza dough and baking it at a high temperature in a wood-burning oven for a perfect crispy crust.

If pasta is your favorite, you can choose to make fresh, hand-made pasta with seasonal sauces. Fresh pasta making is an art in Italy, and in Positano you will learn to make it step-by-step! Believe it or not, Italy boasts over 1,000 different types of pasta, including gnocchi, Positano Pizza, Ravello Pizza, ravioli, tortellini, cannelloni, orecchiette, casarecci, and garganelli, to name but a few.

Positano

John Steinbeck lived in Positano in 1953 and wrote, “Positano bites deep, it’s a dream place, that isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone.”

Over time, Positano has attracted artists, writers, and photographers who came to capture its magic. Positano’s small winding streets are filled with tiny cafés, terraces, and artisan shops selling ceramics, limoncello and antiques. Take a walk along the stone pathway, the one little street that leads to the beach. The green and yellow majolica dome, Positano’s landmark, is that of the Chiesa Madre, or the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta. It was built on the site of a former Benedictine Abbey of Saint Vito, a 13th-century Romanesque structure, and was almost completely rebuilt in 1700. At the altar, is a 13th-century Byzantine painting on wood with the Madonna and Child. Legend claims that the painting was once stolen by Saracen pirates, who, when fleeing during a raging storm, heard a voice from the heavens, say: “Posa, posa!” “Put it down, put it down.” When they placed the statue on the beach near the church the storm calmed, as did the Saracens. Positano was saved, and the town’s name was established. Others claim the town is named after the god Poseidon.  Another tradition is the August 15 celebration of the e town’s feast day of the Assumption  locals carry the statue along the beach with a parade of musicians. A spectacular firework display follows.

Positano Accommodations, B&B Villa, 3, 4 or 5 Star

Choose from our B&B, 3-Star or 4-star or 5 star accommodation located in the center of town with private bathroom and in each room. Additional amenities include: hairdryer, safe, refrigerator and air conditioning. Breakfast is served each morning and daily maid service is provided for your convenience. Click the link below to view accommodations options & photos.

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Day 1: Check In and Welcome Dinner with Chef’s Tasting Dinner

• Pick-up and transfer from Naples airport or train station to the property.
• Arrival and check-in.
• Enjoy your Cooking Vacations Welcome Bag with Prosecco.
• In the evening, enjoy your Welcome Dinner featuring a full course Chef’s Tasting Dinner including an antipasto, fresh pasta with sauce, main course and dessert.

Day 2: Cooking Class 1

• Breakfast is served.
• Tie on your aprons for your first hands-on cooking class and prepare antipasto, fresh pasta with sauce, main course and dessert or chose the pizza making or pasta cooking class.  Lunch or dinner follows including the food that was prepared in the cooking class with wine included.
• Later in the afternoon, enjoy free time on your own.
• In the evening, dinner is on  your own with suggestions provided.

Day 3:  Experience The Amalfi Coast – Amalfi and Ravello with Food Lover’s Tour

• Breakfast is served. Drive along the famed Amalfi Coast headed to Amalfi and the hilltop village of Ravello. Along the way, stop to visit our artisan ceramic maker. You will see old-world ceramics such as table tops made of volcanic rock and hand-painted in soft colors with seascapes, grapes, and lemons, romantic angels and Mediterranean scenes. This family-owned producer of ceramics also ships worldwide.
  

  Amalfi

  The town of Amalfi is rich in culture and history. The small town, perched on the coastline, is dominated by Amalfi’s Cathedral, and its main streets are lined with small shops and elegant bars. Merchants display their wares outside and nothing could be more pleasant than browsing through stalls of herbs and spices, artisan jewelry, shoes, beautiful handmade Amalfi paper, and local lemon specialties such as lemon soap and lemon liqueurs. Suggested is a stop in at one of the oldest and most famous pastry makers in southern Italy – dating back to the 1800’s. A look inside reveals a sweet showcase of chocolate eggplant flavored with pine nuts, liqueur, and orange; fragrant ricotta pear tarts; candied lemon and orange dragged in dark chocolate; or festive pastries of the day! Whatever you decide to order, take a seat outside in the piazza at one of the small café tables that overlook the greatest people-watching site on the Coast.

  Ravello follows. This quaint town, often called the city between ‘Sea & Sky,’ is suspended high above the coast, with sweeping views that span everything from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the mountains inland.

  Ravello

  Ravello is hailed as the ‘International City of Music’ and is known for its precious panoramic view from the gardens of Villa Cimbrone. The town is perched 350 meters over the rocky spur of the Amalfi Coast, separating the Valle del Dragone from the Valle del Regina. Today, Ravello is world-famous for its outdoor music concerts. Visit Villa Cimbrone, once the residence of Greta Garbo, wander through the lush gardens and the Terrazza Della Rosa, or stroll down the path that leads to the Terrazzo dell’Infinito (Terrace of Infinity). This natural balcony is adorned with imposing marble busts. From this unique vantage point, you can see the distant Cilento Mountains and the Licosa beyond the sparkling sea, the lush Amalfi Coast, its distinctive terraces of colorful lemon trees, and the typical whitewashed houses that cling to the rugged coastline.

  Stroll along the streets and alleyways and discover little gems of churches, chapels, and noblemen’s residences. Also see the Cathedral, Villa Rufolo, San Giovanni del Tauro, and Santa Maria.

  With Guide Included For The Amalfi Food Lover’s Walk and Ravello Landmark Tour

  Along your Amalfi and Ravello tour, enjoy your English-speaking guided tour and local resident, who will take you on an Amalfi Food Walk & Ravello Landmark Tour, learning about the local food, history, and culture.  If you want to see the towns of Amalfi & Ravello like a local, while tasting great foods, add on this tasty food tour.  Stroll to the fish market, cheese artisan, and bread baker.  Also included is a stop at one of Amalfi’s most historic pastry, chocolate, and gelato makers.  Tastings are included.  After Amalfi, your guide continues her tour in Ravello, visiting Villa Rufolo or Villa Cimbrone and the Terrazza dell’Infinito.  (*Entrance fees not included.)  Stroll through Medieval Gardens, piazzas, pathways, and ancient landmarks while learning about the invaders, kings and queens, writers, and movie stars who lived here. End in the piazza with a toast of Prosecco.  A 3-hour tour with English speaking, tastings are included.

  You will visit a famous boutique food shop that showcases local and artisan foods including an assortment of cheeses, salumi, bread, pasta, olives, spices, and wines, tastings included.  Your guide will explain the different foods and how they are used in cooking.  Next stop the limoncello maker with Amalfi Coast sfumato limone with tastings.  We continue through Amalfi and end with a visit to the most famous pastry shop with tastings.  We continue onto Ravello where we tour the gardens and then take a seat in the piazza for a Prosecco.
• Following the tour, return to Positano.
• In the evening, dinner is on  your own with suggestions provided.

Day 4: Cooking Class 2

• Breakfast is served.
• Tie on your aprons for your second hands-on cooking class and prepare antipasto, fresh pasta with sauce, main course and dessert or chose the pizza making or pasta cooking class.  Lunch or dinner follows including the food that was prepared in the cooking class with wine included.
• Later in the afternoon, enjoy free time on your own.
• In the evening, dinner is on  your own with suggestions provided.

Day 5: Check Out and Departure

• Breakfast is served.
• Departure transfer to airport or train station. Ciao e a presto!

*Note: This schedule may vary due to inclement weather, saint days or festivals. All activities, in the event of rescheduling, are always included in the program.  Please note that museum tickets are not included in program price.

2024 Dates: This program is available throughout the year. Rates are subject to change based on currency exchange. Call for updated rates. Airfare not included. Group transfers for any cooking tour or tours that include transfers, are for the group and are not private. Transfers before, after or to another destination outside of your cooking tour are not included in the program price. If you would like to add on a private transfer or transfers, let us know and we will send you pricing.

Positano has many stairs throughout. People who do not like to walk or have health problems are advised to read up on the landscape of Positano and reserve the 3-Star~By The Piazza or 4-Star option. We suggest walking shoes, sun block, and a hat for excursions to Capri and Pompeii.

ROUND TRIP TRANSFERS

ARRIVAL-Arrival transfers from Naples Airport to Positano are 1:00pm and from Naples Train Station at 3:00pm. Group transfers leave promptly at the scheduled time.  If you cannot make the scheduled group transfer time, a special transfer can be reserved for you, please call for pricing.

DEPARTURE-Departure from the property in Positano to Naples Airport or Train Station are at 4am and 10am (in heavy traffic conditions, departures may start 30 minutes prior – you will notified). 10am is the official property check out time on the morning of your departure.  If you would like a private transfer, please call for pricing.  Departures between 2am to 7am have an 85E supplement.