VBT's Special Culinary Vacations

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Our November 20, 2012 Journey through Vietnam departure takes us on an intriguing tour of My Tho market, visits family-run food shops, and much more!

Special Features:

• Explore Hanoi’s 19th-century Dong Xuan market, which is full of foodstuffs that will tantalize, intrigue, and even startle you!
• Visit one of Hoi An’s most popular restaurants, Dao Tien, where Vietnamese chefs present a private cooking class
• Discover the vibrant, everyday cooking traditions of the Mekong Delta as we tour My Tho market
• In Ben Nay stop for a typical Vietnamese lunch, perhaps you’ll try ruou chuoi, a type of banana wine
• Prepare some tasty treats at a private cooking class at Saigon Cookery Art
• Participate in a tea ceremony and conversation with the monks at Thien Mu Pagoda

 

 

Special Vietnam Culinary Vacation

Journey through Vietnam

 

Hanoi • Hue • Hoi An • Saigon • Mekong Delta

 

November 20, 2012 departure

 

13 days from only
$3945
Including roundtrip international airfare and air fuel surcharges

Just $303 per day!

Pre-trip: Hanoi & Halong Bay • 2 nights $395
Post-trip: Angkor Wat, Cambodia • 3 nights $795

 

Warm temperatures and refreshing breezes will frame our experience on this special Culinary Vacation to Provence.

Special Features:

 

• Sample regional wines like Gigondas, Vacqueyras, and Beau mes de Venise while dining on the terrace beneath the same starry night sky that captivated van Gogh
• Rocquefort, banon, chevre, rouleau…Discover the wonderful cheeses of Provence
• Pastry maker Odile Mifsud presents a home cooked dinner
• Relax with an aperitif as you sip prized Chateauneuf du Pape wines with trip leader Pascal
• A delicious picnic in a classic Provencal setting

 

Special Provence Culinary Vacation

Provence: The Alpilles

 

Aix-en-Provence • St-Remy-de-Provence • Arles • Les Alpilles • Pont du Gard • Avignon

 

September 3, 2012 departure - SOLD OUT, please see below for an additional departure!

 

10 days from only
$3895
Including roundtrip international airfare and air fuel surcharges

Just $389 per day!

Pre-trip: Aix-en-Provence • 2 nights $245
Post-trip: Paris • 2 nights $395

 

 

October 15, 2012 departure

 

10 days from only
$3795
Including roundtrip international airfare and air fuel surcharges

Just $379 per day!

Pre-trip: Aix-en-Provence • 2 nights $245
Post-trip: Paris • 2 nights $395

Our April 9, 2012 departure to Puglia: Italy's Undiscovered Coast will allow us to taste an assortment of the freshest seafood, sample Salento wines and even throw a few pizzas with a master pizzaiolo!

 

Special Features:

• Learn from a pizzaiolo how to make Pugliese style pizza in a wood-fired oven
• Tasting of typical almond biscotti and Rosolio home-made liquor
• Explore the Alberobello trulli houses, which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites with a local historian
• In Tenuta Centoporte watch a cheese demonstration, featuring fresh mozzarella and Salento wines
• Enjoy a wine tasting where you can sample some Salento wines

 

Special Puglia Culinary Vacation

Puglia: Italy's Undiscovered Coast

Savelletri • Monopoli • Ostuni • Itria Valley • Alberobello • Otranto • Salento • Lecce

 

April 9, 2012 departure

10 days from only
$3445
Including roundtrip international airfare and air fuel surcharges

Just $344 per day!

Pre-trip: Matera • 2 nights $345
Post-trip: Rome • 3 nights $495

 

 

 

Inspired by the rhythm of the seasons, our Tuscany by the Sea vacation will include plenty of seafood, and our October 5 departure will place us in the heart of the porcini harvest, enriching our meals with an earthy, nutty bouquet of flavors.

Special Features:

• During a cooking class learn how to make double baked biscotti, locally known as cantuccini, and hand-made pasta
• Try acclaimed wines, cheeses, yogurt, balsamico, organic pastas, and more at the Antica Fattoria La Parrina resort
• Toast the evening with an aperitivo and appetizers including local tuna as we cruise the Orbetello lagoon
• Enjoy a special meal prepared by the Andreini family at their family owned olive oil mill
• At La Capitana, a country farm, enjoy a Tuscan farewell dinner

 

Special Tuscany Culinary Vacation

Tuscany by the Sea

Orvieto • Talamone • Capalbio • Giglio Island • Porto Santo Stefano • Magliano • Rome

 

October 5, 2012 departure - SOLD OUT, please check back for additional departures!

10 days from only
$3395
Including roundtrip international airfare and air fuel surcharges

Just $339 per day!

Pre-trip: Orvieto • 2 nights $245
Post-trip: Rome • 2 nights $295