Trip Highlights:
Chef Host: Barbara Lynch, No 9 Park, B&G Oysters, Boston, MA
Expert Host: Ronni Baer, Curator, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Tasting of wines and raw milk cheese, and introduction to wines of Liguria
- Guided tour of Portofino
- Cooking class with Chef Barbara and the Chef from La Brinca Restaurant in Ne
- Dinner and a demonstration of Recco’s famous Focaccia col Formaggio
- Motorboat trip to the Cinque Terre and visit to the village of Vernazza, followed by lunch looking out at the sea
- Visit to Chiaviari hiavari to meet the well-known Ligurian artisans making corzetti pasta stamps
- Tour three of Genoa’s art museums and one beautiful church — Palazzo Rosso, Palazzo Bianco, the National Gallery of Palazzo Spinola and the Church of SS Andrea e Ambrogio – with European Art Curator Ronni Baer
- A day in the Valle Argentina, visiting Triora, known for bread and a haunted past, and then to Olio Roi in Badalucco, one of our favorite olive oil producers, followed by a country lunch
- A day in Menton, France, just over the border from Liguria, with a cooking class by Chef Barbara and the chef of Mirazur, one of the Top 50 restaurants in the world
- A choice for the final day – Monaco, cooking class in San Remo or an Art-focused Day of Medieval and Renaissance Painting in Western Liguria
- Hotel accommodations in two 5-star hotels, both looking out at the sea
