MANTOVA: CUISINE AND CULTURE


HOUR BY HOUR ITINERARY

08.00am :


Private transfer from Milan city center to Mantova.


10.30am :


Arrival at the prestigious cooking school "Peccati di Gola" in Mantova, where you will experience a cooking class with the school chefs. They will help you learning the secrets of culinary arts and demonstrating your cooking abilities. You will get in contact with a long tradition of cuisine, local receipts, culinary stories passed on from generation to generation.



01.30pm:


Lunch based on your culinary efforts in the cooking school.



03.00pm:


Arrival in Mantova city centre and meeting with your private guide for a walking tour of the city centre. Mantova is an historical town full of attractions and admired by several artists such as Tasso, Baudelaire, Dickens and Huxley. It grew thanks to the Gonzaga family that favored writers and painters and created a real "court" in the town. The evidence of the Gonzaga power can be seen in the wonderful Castle that dates back to the XV° century, full of famous paintings such as the "Camera degli Sposi" by Andrea Mantegna; in Sordello Square, the biggest and most important square of the city, the Cathedral built in the XIII° century; Palazzo Te, a magnificent building belonging to the Renaissance period and entirely designed and created by the talented artist Giulio Romano, who painted some extraordinary and enchanting salons.



06.00pm :


Transfer back to Milan city center or to alternative destinations.