Tenuta Villa Lavinia
The gardens of Tenuta Villa Lavinia in low afternoon light: the pool, cypresses and the stone house beyond.

Italian Cooking Experience · Cooking classes and tastings in central Italy

Villa Lavinia experience.

A seven-day culinary journey in Tuscia, between Tuscany and Rome: hands-on cooking sessions, producers and Etruscan towns, and six nights at Elaios on Tenuta Villa Lavinia.

Discover the weekDates & prices

A week in Italy, made by hand.

Hands-on cooking sessions, visits to producers and Etruscan towns across Tuscia, and six nights at Elaios on Tenuta Villa Lavinia — one table to come back to all week.

7 days · 6 nights · Tuscia, ItalyVitorchiano · TusciaDates & inclusions

a seat at our table

Hands slicing vegetables on wooden boards at a long worktop, with wine poured into a glass alongside.

Preparing by hand, a glass poured alongside.

A long table laid under the pergola on the estate, set for a meal in warm light.

The table under the pergola.

The week, in three parts

Where the days go.

The estate at Tenuta Villa Lavinia, filmed in the late afternoon.

Elaios · Vitorchiano

A place to come back to.

The living and dining room at Elaios, with a long wooden table and beamed ceiling.

The room where the table is laid.

A bedroom with white linen, a wooden headboard and shuttered windows.

Six nights at Elaios, on Tenuta Villa Lavinia at Vitorchiano. Room and final arrangements are confirmed in a written offer.

back before dinner

Explore Elaios
Civita di Bagnoregio on its tufa ridge, reached by a long footbridge, with the valley below.

The places behind the flavours.

Northern Lazio, north of Rome: tufa towns, Etruscan tombs and a wine and olive oil country that the week visits in daylight, between cooking sessions.

Discover Tuscia
Rows of olive trees on the estate, long grass between the trunks.

Since 1997

Rooted in an olive estate.

Tenuta Villa Lavinia began as a family project in 1997. Its three residences share a landscape of olive groves and woodland, with olive oil produced on the estate.

from the grove to the table

Tenuta Villa LaviniaThe estate’s story

Your week starts here.

Choose a published week and send an availability request. Your room and final arrangements are confirmed in a written offer.

Dates & Prices
  • 7 days · 6 nights · Tuscia, Italy
  • €3,800 per person
  • €800 supplement for a double room for single use
  • Availability on request

Vitorchiano (VT), Tuscia — northern Lazio, north of Rome.