About this tour
Learn to make gnocchi, fresh pasta and pizza from scratch in the opulent Portici Palace, a former Bourbon royal residence outside Naples. This three-hour session pairs hands-on cooking with the palace's layered history, beginning with local wine and regional tastings before you move to the kitchen. You'll prepare dishes using seasonal ingredients, then sit down to eat what you've made alongside Campania wine and espresso. History and flavour intertwine throughout.
Highlights
- Cook gnocchi, pasta and pizza in a working royal palace
- Taste Campania aperitivo and regional products on arrival
- Learn techniques passed through generations of Neapolitan cooks
- Sit down to eat your own creations with local wine
- Explore Portici Palace, one of three Bourbon royal homes
- Make tiramisu to take the experience home
What to expect
You'll arrive at Portici Palace and be welcomed with wine and local specialities whilst your host walks you through the building's royal pedigree. Then into the kitchen: expect to get your hands floured as you knead and shape pasta, roll gnocchi, and stretch dough for pizza. Your host will show you the tricks—how to tell when dough is right, how Neapolitans build flavour into simple things. It's participatory, not a demonstration you watch from the side. Afterwards, you'll sit at table with what you've cooked, drink more wine, finish with proper espresso and tiramisu.
Good to know
Three hours includes cooking and eating. Public transport reaches the venue. Not suitable if you have food intolerences or allergies. Two glasses of wine included; tip separately. No private transfer provided—arrange your own way there.
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