Tour and Taste Italy with Travel
Expert and Chef Dawn Bause
Small-Group, Privately Guided Tours
Meet chefs, learn how regional foods are grown and harvested and taste foods and wines in
the world's finest gastronomic regions. Tour goers also can take cooking classes, tour
galleries and bask in the local culture. The welcome mat is out at local kitchens, wineries,
olive-oil mills, and cheese-making factories. Accommodation options include seaside resorts,
cruise ships along the Mediterranean and more!
Expert and Chef Dawn Bause
Small-Group, Privately Guided Tours
Meet chefs, learn how regional foods are grown and harvested and taste foods and wines in
the world's finest gastronomic regions. Tour goers also can take cooking classes, tour
galleries and bask in the local culture. The welcome mat is out at local kitchens, wineries,
olive-oil mills, and cheese-making factories. Accommodation options include seaside resorts,
cruise ships along the Mediterranean and more!
Tours and Dates for 2012
7-Day Magical Venice Italy Tour
September 14th-22nd, 2012
A vacation unlike any other kind of trip you’ll ever take. Because this is a small group (limited to 14 people max)
the personalized attention, and authentic cooking experience that’s offered is priceless!
You’ll stay in a luxurious seaside resort on the Adriatic, sight see with local guides, and long time friends. You'll
visit markets, meet local chefs and artisans, participate in 2 cooking classes, a wine tasting, Italian oil and
vinegar tasting with the executive chef and owner of one of Italy's most famous family owned restaurants,
the "Trattoria Laguna."
You'll spend a day on a private boat touring the islands of Torcello, Burano and Murano. And, if you’re so inclined
attend an opera at the famous Venetian Opera House “La Fenice”.
You don’t have to cook to come on this trip, just being a lover of good food and wine qualifies you. If you do want
to learn, you will learn many secrets of Italian cooking, and the Italian way of life... the basis for living
“La Dolce Vita”
Sight see, souvenir shop until your hearts content or just walk and relax along the miles of sandy beaches located
just steps from your hotel room. Enjoy the amenities of a world class spa with massage, facials, body wraps, and
five different mineral salt baths outside overlooking the Adriatic Sea. By week's end you'll feel like a true
Italian, and take home more than just wonderful memories.
More than one of our participants have told us "This is the trip to Italy, they had always dreamed of!"
Tour limited to 14 guests
Price: $2,100.00 per person/double occupancy without airfare/ single fare supplement $250
Includes:
Airport Transfers to and from the Airport in Italy
7 Nights at 4 star Union Lido Park Hotel on Adriatic Sea
Historical walking tours of Venice
2 Cooking Classes at the world famous "Trattoria Laguna"
Regional wine, oil and balsamic vinegar tastings
Local market tours and shopping
Full day excursion aboard a private boat to islands of Torcello, Murano and Burano
7 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 3 dinners.
For more info contact Dawn Bause at (248) 363-8080 or at her email
at AskDawnNow@aol.com
8-Day Trattoria Crawl in Italy
May 11-20th, 2012
A vacation for couples, singles or girlfriends who are looking for an incredible travel experience centered around
the food and wine of Italy. You may have heard of pub crawls in Ireland, we'll we taken this one step further and
are offering a Trattoria Crawl in Italy. This tour has been designed by Olindo Ballarin, owner of the Trattoria
Laguna in Venice, Italy, and honorary President of the Unione Italiana Ristoratori (URI) which stands for the
Italian Union of Small Family owned Restaurants, and Chef Dawn Bause owner of Cooking with Dawn Tours,
LLC. Together they have put together a tour that will please all of the senses through food, wine and art. In
fact the URI is based on what they call "Art Hospitality" providing the customer with exceptional eating
experiences pairing regional specialities with regional wines and oils, enriching the whole experience with
artwork by masters of Italian contemporary art for each of the restaurant members of the URI. This group of
restaurateurs is among the leaders of culinary excellence in Italy today. The hotels, restaurants, and tours we
will be visiting are all first class and places not frequented or experienced by many American travelers.
Here's a quote from a couple who just returned from this tour on the 26th of September 2011
" The Trattoria Crawl - THE ULTIMATE - that's what is was! I was apprehensive that the Trattoria Crawl could not nearly compare with our
trip with you five years ago. Boy was I wrong. This trip so totally surpassed the "Best Ever" that I don't even know how to explain it. It was
everything and more! Fun, exciting, and wonderful people - with you and Fred at the top of the list. We will be forever digesting the sights,
sounds and flavors of this experience. Thank you so, so much! Rich and Penny"
Tour limited to 14 people.
Price: $2,650 per person (double occupancy) without airfare
Included:
- All Airport transfers in Italy
- Most all transportation throughout Italy
- 8 nights at 4-star hotels in suburbs of Venice, Modena and Santa Margharita
- 7 Breakfasts, 5 lunches, and 3 dinners.
- Guided walking tours of Venice
- Private boat hire for whole day visiting islands of Burano, Torcello and Murano
- Luxury mini-bus with driver for a 4 day excursion from Venice to Modena, Parma,
- Private tour of Balsamic Vinegar Factory, Cellar and Vineyard
- Private tour of Parmigian Cheese Factory
- Private tour of Olive Oil Mill and Grove in Sestri Levante
- Day trips to Portofino
- Chef Alvise Ballarin of the Trattoria Laguna will be traveling with us.
For more info email Dawn @ AskDawnNow@aol.com or call 248-363-8080
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Garden Tour at Chef Olindo's home
Farmer's Market in Venice
Class of 2008 led by Chef Alvise Ballarin
Chef Alvise Ballarin and sister
Valeria of Trattoria Laguna
Restaurant
Valeria of Trattoria Laguna
Restaurant
Arriving Venice by boat on Day 1 of Trip
A stroll through the arches of the
Doges Palace at St. Marks Square
Doges Palace at St. Marks Square
Click the link below to see a slide show of this trip:
Travel with a Chef
Small group privately guided tours
Small group privately guided tours
New in 2012 (September 23-Oct. 4th) The utlimate
foodie cruise aboard Azumara's ship "Journey"
Ports of call: Monte Carlo, St. Tropez, Portofino,
Florence, Sorrento, Amalfi, Taormina, Capri, Rome.
(*) Contact Dawn for more info.
Email: AskDawnNow@aol.com
foodie cruise aboard Azumara's ship "Journey"
Ports of call: Monte Carlo, St. Tropez, Portofino,
Florence, Sorrento, Amalfi, Taormina, Capri, Rome.
(*) Contact Dawn for more info.
Email: AskDawnNow@aol.com