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La Torretta
based: Rieti, Italy
website: www.latorrettabandb.com
Superb accommodation in a 15th century palazzo in Casperia, a medieval hilltown
in the Sabine Hills, north of Rome. The beautifully furnished
rooms have stunning views. Breakfast is served on a panoramic terrace and features
delicious local produce. Activities include, walking, climbing, cooking, wine
tasting and tours of cities like Rome, Orvieto and Viterbo.
| walking/trekking/hiking | climbing/scrambling | cookery | wine appreciation/tasting | historical tours | weddings/honeymoons | Italy |
Motus in Sardinia
based: Sardinia, Italy
website: www.motusinsardinia.it
A Sardinia known by few, tours and sojourns designed around traveller's
wishes. Travel ideas also suitable for off-site company events.
Genuine cuisine, charming hotels, history, traditions, art and painting.
High-quality trips in a marvellous landscape, in a land of a unique
culture in the Mediterranean Sardinia.
| sailing (large boat/sail ship) | cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting
| country crafts | painting/drawing | festivals/carnivals |
historical tours | tailor made | ethical/ecotourism | Sardinia
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Nick Nairn Cook School
based: Stirling, Scotland, UK
website: www.nicknairncookschool.com
Cook with celebrity chef Nick Nairn at the Nick Nairn Cook School in the foothills of the Trossachs in Scotland. Offering 1 and 5 day classes with Nick Nairn himself or classes with John Webber, Alan Mathieson or Maxine Clark. Accommodation not included but with a list of personal recommendations available on the site.
| cookery | celebrities/stars | Worldwide |
Organic Tuscany
based: Florence, Italy
website: www.organictuscany.org
Week-long 'farm to table' organic cooking holidays in the Tuscan hills. Includes visits to local organic farms, cooking classes using organic ingredients, olive oil and wine tastings and tours of Siena, Florence and San Gimignano. Two courses a year are 100% vegetarian.
| cookery | gastronomic | weekends/short breaks | vegetarian | ethical/ecotourism | Italy |
Penninghame Foundation
based: Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
website: www.penninghame.org
A stunning estate in SW Scotland which hosts one-week educational courses; the 'Penninghame Health Week' will educate you in how to balance nutrition, health and quality of life. Understand the connection between food, health and sickness; reduce cravings; prevent, relieve and heal symptoms of specific chronic illnesses; learn gourmet modern macrobiotic cooking and more.
| diet/nutrition | detoxification | self development | weight loss | vegetarian | cookery | Scotland | UK|
Pleasure Cookers
based: New Delhi, India
website: www.pleasurecookers.com
A cookery holiday with a difference in Goa, India. Pleasure Cookers have put together the finest ingredients of hospitality and culinary skill, added a touch of spice and all seasonings nice, blended well with leisure and sunshine, steeped in enjoyment and good cheer – voila! They've cooked up the unforgettable taste of India.
| cookery | gastronomic | India |
Responsibletravel.com Featured Site
based: East Sussex, UK
website: Responsibletravel.com
Gastronomic and cookery holidays and courses in worldwide locations. Learn to cook authentic Italian, Thai, Indian or Estonian food; discover organic cookery in Herefordshire; learn about the cooking of Provence; enjoy culinary travel in Crete or food and wine holidays in Spain – something for all wine lovers and foodies.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | tailor made | UK | Europe | Asia | Africa |
Singles in Crete
based: Crete, Greece
website: www.singlesincrete.com
Sociable holidays to Crete for the independent single traveller.
Discover the real Crete tourists never see. Small, family owned
Mistral hotel exclusively for singles. Exclusive personal tours,
wine tasting, Cretan cookery courses, walking holidays, Easter breaks.
Good food nice company and excellent atmosphere. No single supplement.
| singles holidays | wine
appreciation/tasting | cookery | folk/regional dance | riding
| walking/trekking/hiking | aromatherapy | massage | beauty
therapies | Greece | Czech
Republic |
SnowCrazy
based: Tarentaise, France
website: www.snowcrazy.co.uk
Chalet based ski and snowboard holidays, and summer breaks walking, multi-activity, motorcycling and mountain biking. Also 'The Ultimate Chalet Host Cookery Course' – an all encompassing course designed to teach everything needed to run a successful chalet in the Alps with style and minimum fuss. Learn quick, easy recipes, for large numbers at altitude.
| skiing (piste) | snowboarding | cookery | multi-activity | walking/trekking/hiking | mountain biking | motorcycling | gap year | France |
Spain Taste
based: Barcelona, Spain
website: www.spaintaste.com
Cooking holidays and culinary vacations in Catalonia in Spain and Provence in France. With Spain Taste you will discover one of the most important mediterranean cuisines with its Roman and Arabic influence. Enjoy cooking lessons learning Catalan recepies with the greatest chefs, in a familiar atmosphere.
| cookery holidays | gastronomic | wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | Spain |
Swinton
Park
based: North Yorkshire, UK
website: www.swintonpark.com
A luxury castle hotel in North Yorkshire set in 200 acres of parkland with a
wide range of country pursuits including golf, fishing, walking and riding.
Join Rosemary Shrager, the celebrity chef, at her highly acclaimed cookery school.
Residential and day courses, also available for private parties and team building
and ideal for up-market stag or hen weekends.
| cookery | gastronomic | stag/hen
| team building/management courses | garden tours | golf | riding | freshwater
fishing/angling | horse racing | falconry | UK | England |
Three
Choirs Vineyards
based: Gloucestershire, England, UK
website: www.threechoirs.com
Three Choirs Vineyards Estate is England's leading wine producer, the hotel
is set in 100 acres of vineyards and is a wonderful place to relax and enjoy
fine wines from around the world and superb english cooking. They offer wine tastings,
walks around the estate and much more.
| gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | wine making | cookery | weddings/honeymoons | weekends/short breaks | beer/pub tours | England | UK |
Toscana Mia
based: Tuscany, Italy
website: www.welcometuscany.com
Italian cookery, wine and language classes in Tuscany with an Italian family. Cooking with Simonetta and Paola, both really fluent in English, is fun, lively and friendly. They follow traditional family recipes using fresh, natural ingredients, or accompanying you to visit typical italian markets, wineries and food producers.
| cookery | wine tours | Italian language | family/child friendly | singles holidays | tailor made | vegetarian | weekend breaks/short breaks | Italy |
Tourdust
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: www.tourdust.com
Tourdust offers a handpicked collection of inspiring wilderness adventure holidays, cultural tours, safaris, walking holidays and cycling holidays from specialist local tour operators.
| animals/safari | cycle touring | working/volunteer holidays | sea canoeing/sea kayaking | white water rafting | gastronomic | canal/barge cruises | mountain biking | cookery | Worldwide |
Travel
Indochina
based: Oxfordshire, UK
website: www.travelindochina.co.uk
Offers escorted small group journeys (with 16 or fewer travellers) and tailor-made itineraries for couples, families and singles. Destinations include Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Japan, China and India for those seeking a real Asia experience – the cuisine, landscapes, culture and people.
| walking/trekking/hiking | cycle
touring | sightseeing | singles | family/child friendly | cookery | bus/coach holidays | groups | seniors/silver surfers | tailor made | small group motor tours | Asia |
UK Activity Breaks
based: Somerset, UK
website: www.UKActivityBreaks.com
UK Activity Breaks offer a wide selection of activity holidays and short breaks throughout the UK. Choose from cycling, walking, horse riding and sailing holidays, or consider a painting holiday or cookery course. Also offering multi-activity centres where you can try your hand at water sports, climbing, archery or canoeing.
| cycle touring | horse/pony trekking | caving/potholing | canoeing/kayaking | multi-activity | walking/trekking/hiking | painting/drawing | cookery | children's courses/holidays | stag/hen | team buiding/management courses | UK |
Vegetarian
Cookery School (The)
based: Bath, UK
website: www.vegetariancookeryschool.com
Cooking courses to learn how to cook exciting,
uncomplicated and unpretentious vegetarian food. We offer highly
instructive, hands on cookery courses, reasonably priced and held
in the beautiful city of Bath, England. Cooking courses and weekends
for beginners and those with more experience.
| cookery | vegetarian
| UK |
Villa and Culinary School
based: Provence, France
website: www.villaandculinaryschool.com
Where gastronomy meets with fun and luxury, hands-on culinary courses with a team of dedicated and passionate chefs. Improve your culinary skills with the youngest star-rated chef in France and visit some of the best wineries in Provence, while staying in one of the most exclusive properties in Cannes.
| gastronomic | cookery | wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | weekends/short breaks | France |
Warner Leisure Hotels Featured Site
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: Warner Be Inspired
Check out Warner's 'Be Inspired To Try Something New' section and select from: chef's secrets cooking courses or wine apprecation and tasting. Or go to their 'Out & About' section and try a wine tasting and vineyard trip or visits to a brewery and cider mill.
| cookery | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | beer/pub tours | cider tours/making | England | Wales | UK
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agacooking.com
based: North Carolina, USA
website: www.agacooking.com
Cooking breaks for Aga owners, 3 day courses and day breadmaking
course in Asheville, North Carolina.
| cookery | USA |
Ashes
Barn
based: Cumbria, UK
website: www.ashesbarn.co.uk
Hands-on Aga cooking breaks at Ashes Barn B&B with Gillian Wray,
an experienced teacher and Aga cook.
| cookery | England |
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