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“A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” - Grace Murray Hopper
Links For Your Travels Needs www.worldtravelcenter.com/eng/cobrandindex.cfm?affiliate=travmark All five sites offer various kinds of Travelers’ Insurance.
Travel Partners With over 20 years in business, First Ticket Travel is the agency I recommend for all your airline reservations, travel insurance or other travel and tour needs. A very special Italian language school in Todi, Umbria offering a wide array of classes and excursions. A cooking school in the beautiful hills of Abruzzi located on the site of one of the region’s best wineries. The school, run by two talented and entertaining women, also offers excursions to local areas of interest. Fattoria Tecognano is a wonderful stop for anyone traveling in southern Tuscany. Located in lovely Cortona, it is an agriturismo with typical country rooms to rent, a place to take authentic Tuscan cooking lessons and get a tour of a real olive oil "frantoio" or press, and taste some of the best oil in the area with an expert. While the website is in Italian, Riccardo there speaks English and can be contacted directly at: tecogano@libero.it, (39) 0575604790 (Tecognano) or (39) 3496058364 (mobile). For olive oil tours and education, contact Patrizia Perata at (39) 333 894 1789. A truly Tuscan cooking school founded by two internationally acclaimed Tuscan cookbook authors offering small classes in English for beginners to accomplished chefs. Private, custom-designed excursions in Tuscany, specializing in small groups.
Sites We Love We are proud members of Slow Food which believes that pleasure and quality in everyday life can be achieved by slowing down, respecting the convivial traditions of the table and celebrating the diversity of the earth's bounty. Their goal is to put the carriers of this heritage on center stage and educate their membership on the importance of these principles. http://www.tuscanyretreat.com/ Tuscany Retreat - A beautiful, old Tuscan farmhouse set in the hills outside of Lucca for rent for small groups and families. An idyllic setting form which to explore Tuscany, or just rest, relax and rejuvenate your soul. Homefood is an Italian organization promoting and protecting authentic Italian food. You can be a guest of Italian families and to taste foods cooked by the lady of the house, or sometimes the man, with the old culinary ways and methods. You can become a temporary member while you are traveling in Italy for a very nominal fee. The Wine Information Community with SweetGrapes® Unbiased Member Reviews Essence of Italy is Carolyn Masone's photographic collection: Italy, Through the Eyes of Love. Photography, advice and fun...all related the GRAPE. http://www.italyinstructions.com/Welcome.html A great website on my favorite city, Venice, by the author of one of my favorite blogs "Living Venice" and the book Italy: Instructions for Use. www.passionatepalate.blogspot.com Jeni Bloom Moretti's own ramblings on life, wine, food, Italy and anything else that crosses her mind. Usually filled with good Italy travel tips.
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Passionate Palate
Tours LLC
2803 N. Studebaker Rd.
Long Beach, CA 90815
Phone: 866.511.VINO (8466) or 562.354.6664
Fax: 562.627.9680
Email:
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