Discover the traditions behind the famous Pesto sauce and learn to prepare it from a local foodie and cooker at the beautiful Cinque Terre.
Merge yourself in a typical Italian atmosphere, in the beautiful Manarola village, meet your friendly local chef and get ready to improve your cooking skills; you will use the freshest ingredients, such as basil and pine nuts.
You will learn to prepare the Pesto with the marble mortar, in the most traditional way, while learning curiosities about Ligurian culinary traditions.
At the end of the class, take a sit and enjoy the fruits of your labor with your friends and family.
You'll taste pesto with fresh home made focaccia and a glass of local white wine.
Don't forget to take with you the recipe for surprising your guest back home!
Stop At:
• Cinque Terre, Cinque Terre, Italian Riviera, Liguria
• Manarola, Manarola, Cinque Terre, Italian Riviera, Liguria
Sample Menu
• Pesto + home made focaccia + glass of white wine -
See Availability.
Focacceria A piè de Campu, Località piè di campo, 19017 Manarola SP, Italy
1 hour(approx.)
Returns to original departure point
Not wheelchair accessible
Communicate in advance any dietary restriction.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Rosanne_S
We really enjoyed this experience. It was a lot of fun as well as informative! We would definitely recommend this for anyone visiting the area!
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Posted On : 2024-05-14
Posted By : cralexander2014
So glad we did this! All fresh, high quality local ingredients provided with the post card picture view overlooking Manarolla. Food and wine provided were excelent. Amazingly affordable for the time and food provided. Owner was delightful and somehow spent time with all of us eventhough there were 75 or so folks there. Can't recommend highly enough! Grazie!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-13
Posted By : Go156016
Incredibly informative and good quality . I didn’t give 5 stars because we were in a basement and not on a patio nor a good view.
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Posted On : 2024-05-05
Posted By : A5666ZSruthm
An enjoyable and authentic experience. A nice balance of learning about local ingredients and instruction to actually make and taste the pesto.
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Posted On : 2024-05-01
Posted By : Manina_S
Yvonne was terrific. Patient and helpful with making pesto. A great experience with lots of helpful tips to make pesto.!
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Posted On : 2024-04-27
Posted By : kim
Fantastic experience! Hostess was the best. Good educator, native Italian. Lots of uphill walking to get there though.
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Posted On : 2024-04-27
Posted By : Robin_H
Molto bene! It was a fantastic experience! Yvonne was wonderful, genuine and very sweet! She was attentive to the whole group and shared kind words throughout the experience. I would return to this experience again! I wish I did the other longer experiences that she offered but we had a full day already planned! I would higher recommend her to others!
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Posted On : 2024-04-24
Posted By : Julie_W
From the moment we met with Yvonne, we were welcomed with warmth and an excitement for her craft. To get to her place is very easy - following the main road up from the train (after going through the tunnel), you will pass a church, and continuing past some bridges to your left, is her studio. It is beautiful and decorated in the old Italian style. She spoke of the quality of ingredients and how to manipulate them to create the most delicious pesto. Having done this course, I would have paid double.
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Posted On : 2024-04-06
Posted By : Ronald_S
Yvonne said this would be the best pesto ever and she was right. She curated the finest ingredients from around the Ligurian region. And it’s fun to make and not difficult. My wife and I will try to bing this delicacy back to Cali, but we’ll have to seek the necessary ingredient quality.
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Posted On : 2024-04-04
Posted By : Vicki_K
This was such a fun experience. We loved getting a local perspective and the pesto was amazing. We can’t wait to make it for our family and friends at home.
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Posted On : 2023-10-04
