1 / 12

INTERNATIONAL CULINARY TOUR PROJECT ITALY

INTERNATIONAL CULINARY TOUR PROJECT ITALY. JUSTIN GRACIA. Tuscany Itinerary Day 1 . Day 1 : Rome

tress
Download Presentation

INTERNATIONAL CULINARY TOUR PROJECT ITALY

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. INTERNATIONAL CULINARY TOUR PROJECTITALY JUSTIN GRACIA

  2. Tuscany Itinerary Day 1 • Day 1 : Rome • Start your tour with an airport transfer from Rome Fiumicino Airport or Rome Ciampino Airport to your Rome hotel. Alternatively, if you are already in Rome, you can check into your hotel in the afternoon and then spend the rest of your day at leisure. Perhaps take a leisurely walk to Villa Borghese, Rome's tranquil park, or explore the city's vibrant neighborhoods like Trastevere or Testaccio.

  3. Tuscany Itinerary Day 2 • After breakfast, head out on a 3-hour walking tour with your guide. Starting from Largo di Torre Argentina – a small piazza with Roman temple ruins – your route continues to Campo de Fiori -- Rome’s lively central square. Stroll to Piazza Navona with its Baroque fountains and romantic cafés, and then see unmistakable monuments like the Pantheon. Amble past the Spanish Steps and throw a coin in Trevi Fountain for good luck!

  4. Tuscany Itinerary Day 3 • Continue to Siena, one of Tuscany's most popular towns, and spend your afternoon at leisure. Perhaps stroll through its UNESCO-listed historic center or relax in Piazza del Campo -- the handsome square that featured in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace. Leave Siena in the late afternoon and travel north to Florence. 

  5. Tuscany Itinerary Day 4 • After breakfast, meet your guide for a morning walking tour around the city. Concentrating on Florence’s many Renaissance-era sites, your tour takes in city highlights like Florence Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore), Giotto’s Bell Tower and Santa Croce – a 13th-century Franciscan church that’s home to Cimabue’s famous Crucifixpainting.

  6. Tuscany Itinerary Day 5 • Stroll around the downtown streets and head inside St Anthony’s Basilica – the city’s most celebrated monument. Admire its extravagant high altar, decorated by early-Renaissance painter Donatello, and then admire the Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata (another Donatello masterpiece) from outside.

  7. Tuscany Itinerary Day 6 • Watch a glass-blowing demonstration inside a Murano workshop and see local glassmakers in action. After some free time here to sighsee or to shop for quality Murano glass souvenirs, return to your hotel by boat, enjoy your dinner and then spend your night at leisure.

  8. Tuscany Itinerary Day 7 • Continue to Sirmione at Lake Garda, and explore the little peninsula town with your guide. Admire its colorful streets, Roman ruins and the 13th-century Scaligero Castle – all set against the picturesque backdrop of Italy’s largest lake – and enjoy some free time for lunch (own expense). Later, hop back on board your coach and visit stunning Lake Como in the foothills of the Rhaetain Alps. Walk around one of the lake’s waterfront villages and soak up the relaxed atmosphere of Italian lakeside life.

  9. Foods of Tuscany • Panzanella: Bread salad. A light combination of day-old bread and ripe tomatoes, often with marinated red onions and basil, tossed with vinegar and olive oil. To me, a perfect lunch. To Italians, a good start to a summertime dinner.

  10. Best Places for Food • Dario Cecchini'sAnticaMacelleria, on the edge of the medieval village of Panzano in Chianti, is not your typical butcher's shop: music (Puccini or AC/DC depending on his mood) blares from the sound system while flasks of wine and snacks keep waiting customers happy.  • The setting for this roadside bar isn't very inspiring, but it lies on the edge of Monteriggioni, one of Tuscany's prettiest hilltop villages, and is a useful stop-off on the Florence-Siena superstrada. Open from 5am until midnight seven days a week, it does a roaring trade in panini e merende, or sandwiches and snacks. There is also a menu of hot dishes, but many people come here for the platters laden with cheeses and salumi: pecorino from Pienza, Monte Amiata and the Casentino, and top-notch cold cuts include fennel-flavoured and wild boar salami and the salty local prosciutto.

  11. Foods Specific to Tuscany • Castagnaccio is a traditional cake • the Florentine T-bone steak needs no introduction. Its secret lies in choosing the right meat, the right cut and the right length of cooking time. • Cacciucco is a popular traditional seafood dish made with mixed fish, octopus and squids.

  12. Photos of Tuscany

More Related