Authentic Pesto cooking class in Manarola at Cinque Terre

Learn to make authentic Pesto sauce from a local culinary expert in Manarola, Cinque Terre. Savor handmade focaccia paired with your pesto and toast with a glass of white wine.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Discover the traditions behind the famous Pesto sauce and learn to prepare it from a local foodie and cooker at the beautiful Cinque Terre. Merge yourself in a typical Italian atmosphere, in the beautiful Manarola village, meet your friendly local chef and get ready to improve your cooking skills; you will use the freshest ingredients, such as basil and pine nuts. You will learn to prepare the Pesto with the marble mortar, in the most traditional way, while learning curiosities about Ligurian culinary traditions. At the end of the class, take a sit and enjoy the fruits of your labor with your friends and family. You’ll taste pesto with fresh home made focaccia and a glass of local white wine. Don’t forget to take with you the recipe for surprising your guest back home! Points of Interest - Cinque Terre - Manarola

What's Included
  • Snacks
  • Pesto cooking class
  • 1 glass of white wine
Additional Information
  • Communicate in advance any dietary restriction.
Location
A Pié de Campu la focaccia
You can google map Località a Piè de Campu: from the Manarola's church square you need to take the street on the side of the river that goes toward the parkings, then when you get to the 3rd bridge you will find Laboratorio A pie de campu experience
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Bryan_l
Sep 12, 2024
Pesto Perffeto! - With some crazy weather and delays (due to the storms) the hosts (Yvonne) worked so hard at finding a time to reschedule. Eventually just opening up for just my wife and I. What an amazing experience and space. It was such an honor to sit with someone from a multigenerational family in the area to learn about the history of Cinque Terre as well as the food and wine that helped shaped it! And ohhhhh the pesto and wine. We’re in heaven! My wife and I already have a pesto dinner party planned for when we return home with our friends.
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Liama708
Sep 8, 2024
Great class - Amazing class. Was the highlight of our visit to cinque Terre. Very fun and informative. Can’t wait to make pesto when we are home from our trip!
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Ged_b
Sep 7, 2024
Pesto Perfetto - Ivonne was fantastic and made the experience fun and memorable. I wasn't a pesto fan before, but came away with a new found appreciation of the process and ingredients. Highly recommend.
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Caitlin_m
Sep 4, 2024
Great experience - This was a wonderful experience that I would highly recommend. Our instructor was very patient and answered all of our questions as well as provided feedback on our progress. I can’t wait to make pesto at home!
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Toddo594
Aug 31, 2024
Education, interaction, wine and EATS! - Wow! What a great experience to learn about something unique to Italy, and to learn how to create it and have it with you forever! We are with our 23 year old daughter and it was a unique experience complimented with bread, cheese, wine and olive oils, from the area. Sophia, our ‘teacher’ was knowledgeable and a phenomenal teacher who taught us many unique facts about the area and foods we were eating. Definitely well worth the money and time. AND… you create with a meal using the pesto you made, and fresh gnocchi. Finishing with limoncino and white chocolate.
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B1971zeantonias
Aug 30, 2024
Highly recommended - The pesto course is highly recommended! The instructor is very nice and gives great tips! The course took place in a very nice ambience in a kitchen in Manarola. Highly recommended!
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Dmbd
Jul 11, 2024
Excellent! - Having read the reviews, we had to try this. First plan appropriately for the distance of this location from where you are staying it was quite a walk for us, – but beautiful! Despite the very hot July day, the location was breathtaking and comfortable with umbrellas and misters along the view of the sea. The pesto making component is not understated. The directions and experience were perfect. I had truly learned how to make the perfect pesto every time! We learned the origin of the ingredients and the necessity of the exact steps to making it. The owner was very easy to understand and tells a compelling story that is fun and uplifting. You are seated next to other couples and this made for an easy way to make new friends in conversation as we make the pesto. The entire experience iscompleted by dancing and a food board with prosciutto melon, mozzarella, tomato, and focaccia. Oh yes, lots of white wine! I highly recommend this.
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Angela_h
Jul 9, 2024
Authentic class with a small group - Loved learning about the history of the ingredients, knowing where the food is coming from and authentically working for it! Beautiful glass of white wine after ☺️
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Elinb0
Jul 9, 2024
Educational and so good! - She who held the course was very knowledgeable and told us about pesto history then we cooked our own pesto which was incredibly good. Best pesto we ever had. Note. The course was held at the top of the village inside a small house with a room, the room itself was super nice but expected a view of the city, it did not exist. But where worth anyway for was good pesto, good focaccia and good wine.
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Dan_b
Jun 30, 2024
Really fun - My daughter and I took this together. It was a lot of fun and informative. At the end you get to eat your creation with a glass of wine and foccachia. So much fun. Definitely recommend.
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