Taste of Amalfi Coast
4 nights & 5 Days
The Amalfi Coast is a sum up of picture-perfect towns full of multi-coloured houses, absolutely fantastic beaches, coastal walks and astonishing views. Those are some of the reasons why, since 1997, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The good climate for almost the entire year makes it a destination perfect for thousands of Italian tourists and foreigners.
Visited by more for its beauty, the Amalfi Coast is a valid target also for gourmets and gourmands. Discover the excellence of the area as the "Colatura di Alici" of Cetara or the Buffalo's Mozzarella of Paestum.
Pasquale Torrente
Chef
Pasquale Torrente was born in Cetara, a quaint village on the Amalfi Coast. Il Convento - the family trattoria opened in 1969 by the parents in a seventeenth-century cloister - is considered one of the best trattorias in Italy and serves unforgettable spaghetti with "Colatura di Alici", Cetara's symbolic product. Pasquale didn't stop there and brought his cuisine all over Italy and around the world: from Rome to Istanbul to Dubai. Extremist and visionary, he defines himself as "homeless", but in his wanderings around the world, he always carries a bottle of "Colatura di Alici", the precious anchovies sauce.
Taste of Amalfi Coast
4 nights & 5 Days
Day 1 - Arrival
Your base to discover this unique area will be the Hotel Santa Caterina of Amalfi, a special place to experience the finest of Italian hospitality. You will be welcomed with an aperitif, and you will enjoy dinner at the hotel Michelin Star restaurant "Glicine" with a spectacular view of the Amalfi bay.
Overnight at Hotel Santa Caterina
Day 2 - Amalfi Coast wines and Ravello
Drive Along the Amalfi Coast through the picturesque villages of Minori and Maiori to reach Tenuta San Francesco Winery in Tramonti. You will have the opportunity to taste the Costa d’Amalfi DOC wines; an unforgettable experience rediscovering the old aromas and flavours of rural land. Once you reach Ravello, on the cliffs above Amalfi, you only have to enjoy the beauty and soaking it in. Beauty in the panoramas, in the luxuriant gardens and the food.
Overnight at Hotel Santa Caterina
Day 3 - Cetara and Amalfi
A day focused on a noble descendant of Garum, which the ancient Romans used as a universal condiment: Colatura di Alici of Cetara. Discover the secret of the production of this speciality and how to use it in the cooking class held at the Restaurant Al Convento di Cetara of Chef Pasquale Torrente. Before going back to the hotel, enjoy a pleasant stroll along the Amalfi alleys.
Overnight at Hotel Santa Caterina
Day 4 - Paestum: Temples and Mozzarella
Take a trip back in time with the visit to the archaeological site of Paestum with its perfectly preserved Greek temples. The area around Paestum is famous not only for its temples but also for the local herds of buffalo, which produce the excellent fresh buffalo mozzarella beloved worldwide. You will have the opportunity to taste this and many other amazing products on your way to Paestum at a local producer.
Overnight at Hotel Santa Caterina
Day 5 - Departure
It is time to say goodbye and see you soon for your next journey!!!!!
Postcards
Discover some of the most remarkable wineries, farms, villages and restaurants you will touch during this journey.
Hotel Santa Caterina
A late 19th century liberty style villa immersed in the beautiful scenery of the Amalfi Coast. An elegant seaside residence surrounded by the perennial blue of the Mediterranean sea and sky, by luscious bougainvillaea and by lovingly cultivated olive groves and fruit orchards.
Ravello
Sitting high in the hills above Amalfi, nearly 265 meters above the Tyrrhenian Sea, Ravello is an elegant, refined town where a bohemian atmosphere reigns. Great personalities such as Wagner, David Lawrence and Virginia Woolf all spent a lot of time here. Today it is known for its luxuriant gardens and jaw-dropping scenery - certainly the most stunning on the Amalfi Coast.
Tenuta San Francesco Winery
In Tramonti, in the heart of the Amalfi Coast, Tenuta San Francesco produces rare, unique and authentic wines, from ancient and pre-phylloxera vines. Several indigenous grape varieties such as Tintore, Piedirosso, Pepella, Falanghina and Ginestra hold in their bunches the history, aromas and tastes of this land.
Amalfi
Amalfi is one of the pearls of south Italy, the biggest city of the Amalfi Coast and the oldest Marine Republic of Italy. Rich in history and art, it gives its name to the homonym Amalfi Coast, famous worldwide and a World Heritage Site UNESCO since 1997.
Colatura di Alici di Cetara
This amber liquid, a descendant of the Roman garum, is obtained from the ripening process of salted anchovies, following an ancient procedure handed down from father to son by the fishermen of Cetara and still practised in many families of the coastal village.
Al Convento di Cetara Restaurant
Al Convento is a family restaurant in Cetara, part of the Michelin Bib Gourmand list. The cuisine is based on the best products of the territory, starting with anchovy sauce and Tyrrhenian fish, pasta and oil. The techniques have refined over the years, but they adhere to the idea of cooking that it represents.
Paestum Archeological park
The temples and ruins of Paestum are excellent examples of ancient Greek architecture, built of limestone that has weathered to a yellow tone. It’s been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988.
Buffalo Mozzarella
Paestum has a long tradition of buffalo breeding and a surprising concentration of dairies offering high quality buffalo mozzarella from Campania.
"Mozzarella di bufala campana' is a fresh, pliable cheese with an elastic texture made exclusively with fresh whole cream buffalo milk. It is produced following strict guidelines laid down by the 'Consorzio di Tutela' whose job is to guarantee Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP's authenticity.
