WALKING THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES AND THE VINEYARDS

ENOGASTRONOMY IN LIGURIA

3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS

1^st DAY: GENOVA

You'll arrive in Genova and after a short free time to visit the chief town on your own lunch in a restaurant with the following menu:

“Porto Antico” Starter (dried salted cod croquettes, “frisceau”, “panissa” vegetable cakes, thinly sliced octopus with a dressing, Santa Margherita's prawn in batter)

Portofino's Lasagnette or Mandilli de Sae with Pesto Sauce

“Uccelletto” Veal or Fish fresh in the day in the Ligurian way

Home made cake

1 bottle of wine every 4 people – Mineral Water – Espresso

After lunch, free time to do one's shopping. Dinner at your expense. Free transfer to the hotel, accommodation in the room, overnight stay.

2^nd DAY: THE CINQUE TERRE NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer at your expense to “Groppo di Manarola” where you will be visiting the “Cinque Terre Wine Growers' Cooperative”. During the guided tour (about one hour) you will be looking at the different vineyard growing and wine production phases. Tasting of three local wines and of a glass of “Schiacchetrà liqueur”, real enological pearl among the Ligurian wines. You will also be able to taste the renowned Monterosso's Anchovies (food under the protection of Slow Food) . You will then be walking through the vineyards to Manarola, guided visit of the village and walking on to Riomaggiore along the celebrated Lovers' Pathway (Via dell'Amore). Steamer transfer to Vernazza and lunch in a restaurant with the following menu:

Seafood Salad or White Anchovies

Trenette with Pesto Sauce or Spaghetti with Mussel Sauce

Stuffed Mussels or Mixed Fried Fish or BaKed Anchovies

Ciambella with Sciacchetrà Liqueur

¼ Wine - ½ Mineral Water – Espresso

After lunch, tour of the village. The steamer will then take you to Monterosso and after the tour of the medieval village free transfer to the hotel, accommodation in the room dinner at your expense and overnight stay.

4^th DAY: THE WINE ROUTE

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer with your own car to “Palvotrisia” for a visit of the Bosoni's wine-producing firm that is famous all over the world for the production of some wines belonging to the “Colli di Luni DOC” (registered designation of origin). You will be visiting the museum, the winery and have a wine tasting ( 4 DOC and IGT wines and 1 liqueur). Length of the visit: about two hours. At the end of the tour, lunch in a restaurant in Lerici with the following menu:

“Golfo dei Poeti” Risotto

Pennette with Little Lobsters Sauce

Grilled Fish with Potatoes

Home Soft Ice-Cream

¼ Wine - ½ Mineral Water – Espresso

Departure.

Price per person based on 2 paying participants € 465,00

Price per person based on 4 paying participants € 440,00

The fee includes:

1 overnight stay in a 3/4 star hotel in Genova

1 overnight stay in a 3/4 star hotel in Monterosso

accommodation in double rooms with private bathrooms

Treatment of B&B

All lunches in restaurant as described in the programme

Tasting at the “Cinque Terre Wine Growers' Cooperative”

Steamer tickets: Vernazza - Monterosso

“Cinque Terre Card” including admission to the Cinque Terre National Park, access to pathways, and train transfers in the park

Admission ticket, guided tour and wine tasting at Bosoni's wine-producing firm

Insurance

The fee does not include:

Car transport from and to departure place and all car transfers in the programme

All dinners

Extra drinks at meals

All admission tickets to churches, museums... (except where specified)

Tips and other personal expenses

What is not included in the paragraph “The fee includes”