Saturday 20 March 2021

Missing Europe? Get a taste of Italy in the High Country

Based in Bright, the 4-night hiking tour includes wine tastings, fabulous dinners with award-winning wines in local restaurants, a unique foraging and pasta-making experience and a visit to La Fiera Italian festival in Myrtleford.

The highlight of the tour is a rare opportunity to forage for wild mushrooms and learn how to make pasta with one of the region's best-loved Italian chefs, Patrizia Simone. Learn the secrets of pasta-making in a hands-on class with Patrizia, followed by a delicious lunch, in her own home. The celebrated former restaurateur, cooking school owner and author of 'My Umbrian Kitchen', grew up in the Italian region of Umbria.

The tour includes hikes in the hills above the pretty country towns of Bright and the heritage-listed gold mining village of Wandiligong, and from the plateau of Mount Buffalo to Lake Catani and the iconic Mount Buffalo Chalet. Hiking days range from 3 to 13km and are punctuated by Hedonistic Hiking's trademark picnic lunches, savoured in scenic locations at local farms and on the shores of Lake Catani.

The 4-night Celebrate Italy in the High Country tour costs AUS$2375pp, based on 2 sharing, fully-inclusive of accommodation in the Colonial Motor Inn in Bright, all activities and meals with wine.

Celebrate Italy in the High Country is one of several new Victoria-based tours introduced by Hedonistic Hiking in 2021. Tours range from 4-6 nights. Other hiking destinations covered by the new tour collection include the Grampians, the Goldfields Track in Central Victoria, and the Great Ocean Walk.

Tours are graded 1-5, with 5 being the most challenging. All tours have a strong gastronomic focus, featuring wine-tasting, delicious picnic lunches that showcase local produce, and superb dinners with outstanding wine.

Hedonistic Hiking was established in 2007 by Anglo-Australian couple, Jackie and Mick
Parsons, who design, research and lead all the tours in Australia and Europe. Further
information from www.hedonistichiking.com, +61 (0)428 198 918.

Website: www.theholidayandtravelmagazine.blogspot.com.au

No comments:

Post a Comment