Itinerary Highlights
Day 1:  Arrive Hanoi
Day 2:  Hanoi Cooking Class & City Tour
Day 3:  Hanoi to Hue - Visit with local family - sightseeing -
home hosted dinner at Mr Phan Thuan An's house
whose wife is the descendant of the Dong Khanh emperor.
Day 4:  Hue market visit & Cooking Class - Afternoon city sightseeing
Day 5:  Hue to Da Nang & Hoi An - Scenic days drive
Day 6:  Hoi An - Cooking Class with Trinh Diem Vy
including market visit for ingredients
Day 7:  Hoi An to Saigon - Afternoon city sightseeing
Day 8:  Mekong Delta Day Excursion
Day 9:  Saigon cooking at the "The Saigon Culinary Art Centre" -
Afternoon at leisure
Day 10:  Saigon departure

Tempt your taste buds, tantalise your senses and prepare yourselves for a treat!
Vietnam is a food connoisseur's paradise.
Books have been devoted to Vietnamese cuisine,
the lives of Vietnamese people are centred on food,
and rightly so, the food in Vietnam is delicious and nutritious.
Each area boasts its own delicacy and the ingredients
are bought in the markets in the early hours, whilst you are sleeping.
Whether you like spring rolls, rice or noodle based dishes,
enjoy eating pork, beef, frog or sparrow, Vietnam has it.
And what a better way to experience this than a dedicated
cuisine tour throughout the country with cooking classes
so you can introduce this cuisine to your friends at home.
Come on a journey with us to experience food that you
would never have done before, try it, you'll never regret it.

Beach Extension Holiday
Nha Trang - 4 Days
Nha Trang is Vietnam's most famous seaside resort-town.
It's more lively and urban in character than other beach
destinations like Mui Ne and Phu Quoc.
It's also the scuba diving centre of Vietnam.

This holiday extension includes
*   Flights from Saigon to Nha Trang & return
*   Transfers on arrival and departure
*   Choice of accommodation at the Ana Mandara resort / Garden View villa
or Vinpearl Resort / Ocean View
*   Excursion from Hanoi 3 Days on Jasmine Junk - Halong Bay
Ha Long Bay (also "Halong Bay") is in northern Vietnam, 170 km east of Hanoi.
The bay is famous for its scenic rock formations.
The 4* Jasmine Junk is one of the newest four star junk sailing on Halong Bay
and will set the standard for services and amenities on the bay.
Fitted out in the 1930s Indochine style, the Halong Jasmine features
21 spacious cabins, restaurant, lounge and two special Jasmine Suites
with their own jacuzzi & balcony for uninterrupted views of the bay.

This holiday extension includes
*   Return transfers from Hanoi to Halong
*   2 night cruise on 4* Jasmine Junk including excursions and meals
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First Day
Arrival in Montecatini Terme
Accommodation at a 4* star or 5* star hotel in double room, BB

Second Day
Full day at Montecatini Golf Club.
Immersed in the Tuscan countryside, the Montecatini Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course
of natural beauty that has been built in the hilly countryside.
The player is faced with many natural hazards such as lakes, streams, forests,
and ditches, which have been formed as part of the natural contours of the land.
The course also features many doglegs and the greens are very fast
and are also undulating, putting the best golfer's skill to the test.
Return to the hotel in Montecatini Terme.

Third Day
Full day at Versilia Golf Club.
The course is located in a sort of territorial "island", which belongs mostly to
the City Council of Pietrasanta and partly to the City Councils
of Forte dei Marmi and Montignoso.
The Club offers all comforts and a Wellness Centre.
Return to the hotel in Montecatini Terme.

Fourth Day
Full Day "Chianti Classico Gallo Nero" Wine Gastronomic Tour.
In the morning visit the Cellars of the Castle of Brolio, Baron Ricasoli's properties and wine tasting.
Lunch at a typical restaurant on the medieval square of Greve in Chianti.
Wine tasting at Chianti Classico Shop.
Visit the Cellars of the Castle of Vicchiomaggio and wine tasting.
Return to the hotel in Montecatini Terme.

Fifth Day
Full day at Poggio dei Medici Golf Club.
Poggio dei Medici Golf and Country Club is set in the heart of the beautiful
Mugello region and home of the Ladies Italian Open from 1999 to 2003.
It allows for four different playing routes within its 18 holes.
As you play this fascinating course, you can also appreciate the typical Tuscan scenery,
viewed from a vantage point near Scraper.
You will find yourself on a world-class Golf Course deep in the countryside,
only a few kilometres from Florence.
Return to the hotel in Montecatini Terme.

Sixth Day
Full day Brunello Wine Gastronomic Tour.
Tour of Montepulciano.
Visit of the Cellars of Il Pulcino farmhouse with lunch and wine tasting of the famous Nobile wine.
In the afternoon, visit Pienza, Pope's city.
Transfer to Montalcino, visit the village and taste Brunello wine at a local historical winery.
Return to the hotel in Montecatini Terme.

Seventh Day
Full day at Ugolino Golf Club.
In 1889 the British colony in Florence founded the Florence Golf Club,
the first golfing association in Italy.
Ugolino is largely synonymous with Italian golfing history;
on its fairways along the Via Chiantigiana many competitions and national championships
have taken place and players of both national and international reputation have played there.
The trophies collected by the Ugolino Golf Club are many and important;
it is not easy to name each and every player who has contributed to such success.
Return to the hotel in Montecatini Terme.

Eighth Day
Full day at Cosmopolitan Golf Club.
The Cosmopolitan Golf & Country Club offers a very interesting and peculiar course.
Obstacles consisting of sand, dunes and lakes make play extremely stimulating.
The undulating course respects the original shape of the land,
which blends in harmoniously with the bordering area.
The mild and temperate climate, even during the hottest summer months, is a further attraction.
The course is attractive not only from a technical point of view,
but also because of the magnificent surrounding scenery.
Voted best new Golf course in Italy in 1993 it is a "must play" for the golfing enthusiast.
It is based on traditional Scottish links.
Four tee areas vary the set-up options on each hole.
The holes offer great variety and visual fairness.
Most greens are large and the fairways have been strategically mounded to define play.
Water comes in to play on 11 holes making play very stimulating.
Both 9 and 18 finish to the clubhouse with strategic par 5 water carries.
The course has been inserted in the plan of certification of ecological
compatible for the golf courses by the Italian Golf Federation.
Return to the hotel in Montecatini Terme.

Ninth Day
Full day excursion to Florence.
In the morning visit the Uffizi Gallery with tickets reservation service.
Lunch based on the famous Florentine Steak at a typical restaurant in Piazza della Signoria.
In the afternoon, free time for shopping.
Return to the hotel in Montecatini Terme.

Tenth Day
Check out of the hotel.

Package A
4* star hotel Croce di Malta Grand Hotel Minerva or similar
Rate per person

	Low Season	High Season
Individual	980 Euros	1,200 Euros
Groups min. 20 pax	910 Euros	990 Euros

Package B
5* star hotel Grand Hotel & La Pace (from April to November)
Rate per person
 

Individual

1,520 Euros

Price includes
*   4 or 5 star hotel accommodation, double room, BB
Self-drive excursion
*   Wine tasting and lunch at Il Pulcino farmhouse in Montepulciano
*   Wine tasting in Montalcino
*   Visit the Castle of Brolio and wine tasting
*   Lunch at Greve in Chianti
*   Wine tasting at Chianti Classico
*   Shop, visit and wine tasting of the Castle of Vicchiomaggio
*   Entrance tickets to the Uffizi Gallery
*   Lunch at a restaurant in Florence

Price excludes
*   No transfer or transportation
*   Entrances and services at golf courses
*   Lunches during golf days
*   Dinner
*   Drinks
*   Tips
*   Everything not included in "Price includes"

Available on request
*   Reservation service of Golf Greens
*   Trolley rent
*   Golf cart rent
*   Lunch at Club House
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A rich proposal of exclusive places where you can enjoy an unexpected shopping experience.

A tailored programme tailor-made according to your personal interests and available time.
Starting from the birthplace of Italian haute couture,
the White Room at Palazzo Pitti, to the last revelation of high fashion talents.

We offer you the occasion to enter the "Fashion Olympus"
and see a models workout with one's own eyes.

Thanks to their creativity and the skilled craftsmen in the tailor makers,
they are able to make comfortable and enchanted dresses from genial designs,
the most prestigious Florentine stylists are well-known all over the world:
Salvatore Ferragamo, Roberto Cavalli, Emilio Pucci, Gucci,
Prada, Ermanno Scervino, Regina Schrecker and so on.

First Day
Florence - Visit the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum.
The museum is dedicated to the history of the company founded by
Salvatore Ferragamo and to the shoe manufacture.
Besides photographs, patents, sketches, books, magazines and
wooden lasts of various famous feet, the museum boasts a collection of
draws 10,000 models designed by Ferragamo from the end of the 1920's until 1960.
The most famous are Marilyn Monroe's décolleté and the cork "zeppa" made in 1936.

Visit the main Salvatore Ferragamo shop at Palazzo Spini Feroni
(medieval palace built in 1289) and spend time shopping.

Second Day
Florence countryside half-day visit to The Mall Outlet.
The centre hosts a lot of shops where you can buy many articles
of the following international fashion brands:
Agnona, Alexander McQueen, Armani Jeans, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta,
Burberry, Emanuel Ungaro, Ermenegildo Zegna, Fendi, Giorgio Armani,
Gucci, Hogan, I Pinco Pallino, La Perla, Loro Piana, Marni, Pucci,
Salvatore Ferragamo, Sergio Rossi, Stella McCartney, Tod's,
Valentino, Yohji Yamomoto, Yves Saint Laurent.
The Outlet offers a comfortable café.

Third day
Florence - Roberto Cavalli  -  Discover the creation of a new model.
Guided visit to the factory: paintworks, modelling area, etc.
At the end of the visit, stop at Cavalli's outlet and spend time shopping.

Fourth day
Half-day excursion to Barberino Designer Outlet.
The architecture represents a medieval village on the top of a green hill.
Over 100 shops, managed directly by fashion houses,
where you can buy many products of the famous brands:
Arfango, Brooksfield, Caractèr, Carlo Pignatelli, Lanificio Colombo,
Dolce & Gabbana, Diffusione Tessile, Elena Mirò, Eredi Pisanò,
Fornarina, Il Lanificio, John Ashfield, Laltramoda, Les Copains, Mariella Burani,
Massimo Rebecchi, Missoni, Pinko, Société Pour Le Tricot, Vestebene.
Open spaces, restaurants, café, childrens' area and free parking assure a pleasant time.

Fifth day
Discover Fashion History at Sala Bianca in Palazzo Pitti.
Antico Setificio Fiorentino: a place where fabrics, in sparkling silk
for interior decoration, are created.
The interiors of The Kremlin, The Quirinale, The Royal Palaces of Stockholm
and Copenhagen were produced here.
The most famous contemporary architects - choose fabrics, woven on
ancient looms dating to the 18th and 19th centuries, for their projects.

Rate: 500 EUROS per person sharing

Package Includes
5 nights accommodation in a 3* star Hotel, in a double room, buffet breakfast included

Package Excludes
Transfers from/to Airport or Train Station
Transfer for excursions
Lunches and dinners
Eventuality guide or escort
Tips and extras

Rate: 700 EUROS per person sharing, in 4* star Hotel
Rate: 1000 EUROS per person sharing, in 5* star Hotel
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