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Cooking Class and Lunch in the Grounds of the Pope’s Organic Farm plus Visit of the Apostolic Palace and Gardens | Private
Remiscent of Tuscany’s fabled landscape, the Alban hills are 20 km from central Rome, and where Romans escape to the coutryside. Castel Gandolfo is the finest of the hilltop towns, benifiting from an exsqusite spot overlooking the fantastically blue volcanic lake.
Emperor Domitian built a summer villa here, the ruins of which are within the estate of the Pontifical Villas. We invite you to enjoy this splendid part of the Roman countryside as Popes have been doing since the 16th century.
This day convenes in Rome where transport has been arranged for you to reach the Papal estate. Begin with a visit to the the Papal Palace, home to an exhibition of curated artefacts and stories of the Pope’s who resided here. A golf cart or minivan has then been arranged for you to explore the meticulously kept grounds including the roman amphitheatre, the antiquarium and the crypto portico and sculpted Barberini gardens, one of the finest examples of landscaped gardens in Italy.
You will arrive at the Pope’s Farm where your culinary adventure begins. The organic farm covers 50 acres and is home to cows, free range chickens, bees, and a sprawling vegetable garden. The farm also produces its own olive oil and dairy products. Here you meet your professional chef with whom you will practice the traditional method of making authentic fresh pasta by hand, as well as a dessert from scratch, using all the fresh ingredients from the Pope’s farm itself. Lunch is then served with the food you have prepared, a perfect Italian feast, complete with local wine.
To conclude the day you will have time to explore and shop in the historic village. We suggest finding a table in the piazza and ordering a final gelato and taking a moment to savour the memories of this truly unforgettable experience.
There is also the option for this tour to be elevated intro a full Papal experience including super early access to the Sistine Chapel at 7:30am.
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Phantastic guide helps to discover ancient Rome Once you are in this arena, you can imagine how 70.000 people must have been amazed.
This is fully "transported" by Salvatore from Walks Inside Rome. Great. Simply Great.

Lovely cooking class with great people Really enjoyed this class, as first you go to a local food market to get the ingredients you cook with - so you feel a bit like a local too!... read moreReally enjoyed this class, as first you go to a local food market to get the ingredients you cook with - so you feel a bit like a local too! The location of the class is in a beautiful old building and the equipment and work surfaces are great for teaching people to cook things. The main chef and the assistants were so welcoming and explained everything well. I've been wanting to learn how to prepare and cook artichokes for ages and we got to do that in our class, which was great. You make a variety of different dishes, so learn different techniques and get an understanding of how Italians make traditional dishes. Everything you make, you get to eat and it was all delicious! read less

AMAZING! Hello!
Myself and my partner visited you this time last year and we're reminiscing about our wonderful experience with you!
I was hoping that I hope get the ingredients & cooking... read moreHello!
Myself and my partner visited you this time last year and we're reminiscing about our wonderful experience with you!
I was hoping that I hope get the ingredients & cooking method of the Pizza and Gelato please!.
Thought it would be something fun to do during self isolation in England
Kind regards,
Daniel read less
