Market Tour & Southern Italian Cooking Class near Agropoli

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4 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 1 more

Enjoy a private market tour and authentic cooking class in a local home in Santa Maria di Castellabate with your host Nicola. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. During the market tour, you will explore a vegetable, meat, cheese grocer and purchase a few ingredients for your cooking class. You will walk through the different shops and explore with Nicola some local and regional produce sold by his favored vendors.Your cooking class will take place in a local home where Nicola will teach you to make a traditional Italian meal including homemade pasta. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together in his parent's home.

• Market tour and cooking lesson in a local home
• Introduction to Italy's culture and cuisine
• 100% private activity
• Experience Southern-Italian hospitality in a residential Santa Maria di Castellabate neighborhood
• Vegetarian and vegan options available

Example Menu

Main

Cilento pizza

Main

Handmade pasta with ragu

Main

Eggplant parmigiana or stuffed peppers

Dessert

Fresh fruit

Dessert

Limoncello

What's Included

Local wine
Round-trip transfers are included if you live within 15kms of Santa Maria di Castellabate
Private market tour and cooking class with host Nicola

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Your host Nicola will meet you at the concierge desk of your hotel listed when making your reservation. If you are staying in the towns of Santa Maria di Castellabate, Agropoli or Acciaroli, your host Nicola will pick you up from the concierge desk of your hotel or B&B and drop you off at the end of your culinary experience. He will drive you to his home located in Santa Maria. If you’re staying more than 15 kms away from Santa Maria, Nicola does not offer pick-up, please meet him at his home.

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Meeting point

Please meet your host Nicola at his home in the neighborhood of Santa Maria di Castellabate. Exact address can be found in your ticket upon booking confirmation.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Your host Nicola will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to a few local shops for your market tour where you will purchase ingredients for your cooking class. Walk through the different shops and explore with your host local and regional produce sold by his favored vendors. Your market tour will last about 30 minutes. Then, join your host Nicola at his parent’s home to learn to cook an authentic Italian meal from recipes that have been passed down through generations of his family. Your hands-on southern Italian cooking class involves learning to make 3 dishes made from scratch from Nicola’s mother Lia and will last about 2 hours. Start by learning to make Cilento pizza or fusilli in the Cilento style accompanied by a meat sauce and a vegetable dish. Nicola will act as your translator as his mother Lia does not speak English. Enjoy learning about the tips and techniques involved in Southern Italian cooking and culture before you sit down at the kitchen dining table to share the meal you helped prepare with host Nicola and his parents.

Additional info

  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Supplied by Traveling Spoon

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Cooking Classes
Food & Drink
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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