Memorable experiences
Enjoy your cookings after class
Culinary classes
With Nuovi Viaggi you can enjoy amazing hands-on small group cooking classes that celebrate the variety of the regional cuisines and…. good times! The classes are ideal for cooks of all levels.
You can discover step-by-step how to make a satisfying, full Italian meal from appetizers to dessert, including the art of pasta fresca. Recipes vary seasonally, utilizing only the freshest ingredients available and providing you with an authentic individual Italian experience.
The local women will share their techniques, special ingredients, and family recipes. And you'll join them a tavola to indulge in the success of your creations.
Nuovi Viaggi has selected a few very professional and successful schools for your culinary learning.
With these schools you can enjoy gourmet walking tours through some of Italy's biggest and oldest markets and food emporiums, tours of the area, historical towns, wine regions and tastings of the local products.
Fish market in Chioggia
They are scattered throughout different regions, mainly Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany and Sicily.
They offer special culinary experiences that truly celebrate the history of the area.
For example, Sicily has an astonishingly rich cultural legacy of 3000 years of civilization. Phoenicians introduced the olives, Carthaginians melons and carobs, Greeks planted grape vines for wine making, Arabs came with palms and jasmine, the Spaniards with chocolate, potatoes and tomatoes...
Rich historic and gastronomical heritage is just the beginning of a one of a kind culinary experience...that will end with a gourmet meal and convivial company.
It is also possible to bring along a non-participating partner who can spend the day enjoying the surroundings, sightseeing or playing golf and then join the group at dinnertime.
Classes are one, three or five day long or even held at your rented vacation home.
Buon Appetito!
Learn the art of pasta all'uovo
Thermal spa baths
Idyllic spa setting
Italian thermal baths have become famous all over the world for the quality and variety of the natural mineral waters, the prevention and treatment of a large number of pathologies and therapeutic relaxation.
All these qualities have been recognized for centuries by the officinal medicine and their use has been authorized for decades by the Italian Ministry of Health.
Many important thermal spas have been part of the history of international thermal resorts for centuries, others are located in minor centers but rich in history and embedded in unspoiled nature.
Most of them are located in the North East (Veneto, Trentino, Emilia-Romagna regions) and in the heart of the Country (Toscana, Lazio regions).
Roman style spa water pool
The thermal establishments, usually hotels, are of striking beauty and offer services of a very high quality (day visits without overnight stay are easy to arrange).
The modern wellbeing centres respect centuries-old traditions and have specialized personnel to perform a series of treatments.
Italy is very rich in thermal Thermal pool
springs with hyperthermal waters (temperature ranging from 25 to 55 degrees Celsius).
The waters can be divided in three big families: bicarbonate sulphur calcium, sulphates and sodium chloride.
The pathologies that they treat are many: from rheumatic to respiratory, from gastrointestinal to vascular, from locomotive rehabilitation to treatments for the skin.
Not to mention that they are an excellent way to relax and decompress.
Spa resort on the Tuscan hills
With today’s frantic rhythms of life which are filled with psychological stress and physical tiredness, the Italian spas are an intelligent and healthy way to rediscover one’s wellbeing.
Enjoy a new healthy way to rejuvinate yourself!
Sports and outdoor activities
Trentino wine route by bike
Nuovi Viaggi has the ideal locations for sports lovers as well as for those in search of a peaceful and worry-free holiday.
With Nuovi Viaggi you will have access to river rafting, sailing, windsurfing, mountain biking, Nordic walking excursions, horsebackriding... and much more.
Expect to find spectacular natural free-climbing gyms and natural parks for the best guided excursions and for amazing explorations of the local flora and fauna (guides/instructors and equipment hire provided).
Paraschuting andWindsurfing on Lake Garda Horseback riding around Lake Carezza
Italian lessons
Have fun while learning!
Nuovi Viaggi has selected for you a school in Montepulciano, the heart of Tuscany.
There you will find courses divided into 6 levels, based on the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" of the Council of Europe.
In addition to regular courses you have the options of choosing private lessons, especially designed for those who are looking for a custom program that meets individual needs and want to work on one on one with a teacher.
If you want to learn Italian together with your spouse, partner, friend or relative, ask Elena about private lessons for two!
But there is more! How about improving your Italian over an authentic tuscan meal? Mmmh, appetizing fun!
Montepulciano, piazza and cathedral
Learning Italian is much easier in a small town like Montepulciano where even the shopkeepers and cafe' waiters feel they are part of the students' learning process.
The school also offers a cultural program with additional activities like guided tours of Montepulciano, cooking evenings, wine-tastings, a series of tutorials on history and the history of art, walks in the country and excursions to Cortona, Trasimeno Lake and Montalcino......All of which are, of course, in Italian.
If you enjoy nature there are hundreds of scenic walking routes in the Orcia Valley or on Mount Amiata.
For music-lovers, theatre buffs and those who enjoy street festivals, in the summer there are food festivals everywhere, concerts and recitals. The piazza transformed into a theatre, while exhibitions and historical processions frequently recreate the Middle Ages.
Villa renting
You'vedreamed of staying in a villa in the rolling Tuscan hills with glasses of ruby red Chianti Classico and vineyards framed with the orange glow of the setting sun, medieval hill towns outlined on the horizon…
Well…making that dream come true with Nuovi Viaggi is easier than you think.
With the help of Italian real estate pros, Nuovi Viaggi has access to a wide range of rentals.
From beautiful rustic country houses to luxurious villas, from a charming castle to a very elegant apartments.
Properties are everywhere: Tuscany, Umbria, Sicily, Sardinia, Campania, Apulia, Piedmont, Veneto...
We know you have so many questions about renting a villa: does it come with a pool? Will I be able to walk downtown for breakfast at the café? Or will it be peaceful and private with a big back yard? Will the kitchen be equipped? Will it be spacious enough for my family?
Nuovi Viaggi is very selective, has high standards and competitive prices when it comes to the perfect place for your vacation.
We can also provide a variety of services related to your rental.
For example, we can arrange for you to be welcomed to your villa by caretakers that will show you how to operate appliances and household systems.
Or have the villa staff stock the fridge so you don’t have to worry about how to get a cold drink or a snack if you arrive late or when stores are closed.
Nuovi Viaggi can also send to your villa some highly recommended cooks to prepare traditional and regional dishes.
Oh! And..are you traveling with kids? Ask us about baby sitting services at your villa!
The agriturismi / villas in the pictures above are all available for reservations
Contact Nuovi Viaggi!
Feel free to call me at 925.890 3271
Don't hesitate to contact me!I am looking forward to hearing from you and helping you with any questions you may have!
