Italian Cooking Holidays in Rome

Welcome to the perfect Roman Holiday, join Flavours and discover the delights of a Flavours Cookery Course. You will also have the chance to get to know true Romans and the explore Italy's capital city. Attend our fun, 7 nights/8 days hands on cookery lessons with our Italian chef and learn the secrets of traditional roman cookery and Italian recipes all together with a list of excellent wines of the Rome area...Every one can take part in a Rome cooking holiday and have fun together, get a sample of our full programme, which is £1,499 per person with no single supplement. Check our dates and prices now or contact us for other enquiries.

Stay in a luxury country villa is in the natural reserve of famous Bracciano lake, only 30 minutes from Rome town centre by car and connected to San Peter's cathedral by a local train line. As well as cooking, guests can relax, have a dip in the swimming pool, play some tennis on our private court, go horse riding- as there are stables just next door, or play a round of golf on the nearby course.

Spend a whole day in Rome including a private guided walking tour to visit some of Rome's hidden corners. Discover with us, wonderful spots of the Rome area exclusively chosen for your Rome Flavours Holiday. Our week long Rome Cookery Schools run from May to June and again from September to October. According to the season, you will also be able to join visits to local wine tasting and producers of olive oil and cheese, plus exclusive restaurants chosen for their strong gourmet traditions and use of fresh, local produce.

The Villa and Surroundings

Villa Roma is located on top of a hill facing Bracciano Lake and surrounded by uncontaminated woods of the natural reserve of Bracciano. Don't be surpised if you get to see wild bird, boars and porcupines living free all around. Trevignano is a picturesque village of about 4,000 inhabitants stretching along the northern shore of Lake Bracciano, formerly known as Lake Sabatino. Built on a basalt cliff, the village lies at one end of a small bay, formed by the secondary crater of an extinct volcano. Thanks to its south-facing position and the presence of thermal waters, the place has always attracted human habitation. Indeed, prehistoric archaeology has brought to light the existence of a now-submerged lakeside village built on stakes, dating back to the Bronze Age.

Bracciano Lake is extremely popular among roman citizens who want to escape from the busy city. In fact, a lot of Romans have decided to establish themselves in one of the 3 towns along the lake, Bracciano, Trevignano or Anguillara. It’s hard to believe that such a beautiful, historical and uncontaminated place can exist just 30 minutes outside Rome. During your stay with us you'll get to explore Bracciano, Trevignano and Rome as...Cooking's Just the Half of It!

Evidence of Trevignano’s former importance as an Etruscan settlement are the many necropolises which stretch for some three kilometres along the hills behind the present-day village. These have yielded interesting finds which are now housed in the municipal museum of archaeology. If you decide to spend a little more time in this beautiful area then you might find our recommendations for things to do and see in and around Rome useful. We've also compiled a list of excellent wines from the Rome Region...don't try them all at once though...

Visit to Rome

‘So close to Rome and well, delicious!’ says Lorne Blyth, Flavours Director. Being close to Rome is a boon with so many famous food shops in the city. No cooking holiday would be complete without a day in Italy’s cookery capital to whet the appetite and to do your exclusive shopping and admire its wonders. You might want to stock up on authenthic Italian ingredients before you head back home so that you can take full advantage of the flavours of Italy and recreate the Italian dishes that you've learnt in this wonderful country!