About the location: The town of Minori has been well renowned for pasta making since medieval times and since the 17th-century invention of the ngegni, a device which made mass pasta production possible. This turned every available public and private space in Minori, even the sea-front promenades, into an outdoor display of fresh-made pasta drying in the sun: macaroni, 'ndunderi, cocce, cannarocini, vermicelli, and tagliarelli. This gastronomically oriented town, set in a beautiful inlet, is the perfect base from which to explore the gorgeous Amalfi Coast. It is also the perfect place for an Amalfi culinary vacation. You will not only visit Minori's treasures such as the ruins of the 1st-century Villa Romana, but also explore the Coast's best offerings: Pompeii, the excavation of a town buried by a volcanic eruption 2000 years ago; Ravello, the most poetic cliff-top town of romantic gardens; and Amalfi, the charming, cobble stoned, seaside town with a magnificent cathedral.

The Hotel Villa Romana, named after the ancient ruins, is a modest, unassuming hotel, which will accommodate you in comfort while delighting your palate with masterfully concocted Mediterranean cuisine. This cuisine will also be the subject of your Amalfi cooking classes. The Hotel is surrounded by a lemon garden and terraces with a sunny pool overlooking the tiered hills of the Amalfi coastline.

About the cooking lessons: Your Amalfi cooking classes with Hotel Villa Romana's Executive Chef, Giovanni Cioffi, will initiate you in the Mediterranean cooking style as well as in Minori's pasta tradition in three or four lessons throughout your culinary vacation on the Amalfi Coast. Chef Cioffi has worked at a number of the best hotels and restaurants throughout the Amalfi Coast and has a specialized degree in Mediterranean cuisine and Neapolitan gastronomy.
 

• Six nights accommodations
• Six dinners (four in the hotel, two out)
• Water, coffee, and local wines (including DOC wines) with all meals
• Roundtrip transfers at Salerno train station, or Naples airport or train station
• All transportation related to the itinerary
• Four cooking lessons with an Italian chef, assisted by a gastronome
• Breakfast daily
• English-speaking escort during excursions and lessons
• All entrance fees

• Four nights accommodations
• Four dinners at the hotel
• Water, coffee, and local wines (including DOC wines) with all meals
• Roundtrip transfers at Salerno train station, or Naples airport or train station
• All transportation related to the itinerary
• Three cooking lessons with an Italian chef, assisted by a gastronome
• Breakfast daily
• English-speaking escort during excursions and lessons
• All entrance fees