SP20 - Oil Mill, Mozzarella & Pasta Factory, Limoncello tasting

We will start this tour from your hotel/accommodation.

Pastificio Gentile is one of the highlights of this tour. It includes:

- Description of the pasta production in the XXIX

century

- Brief explanation of the pasta production

techniques evolution

- Peculiarity of our production

- Visit of the “Cirillo” drying cells

- Visit of the organic garden

Pasta Gift to all guests.

We will then take you to Caseificio De Gennaro, here you will have the opportunity to explore the grounds of a true Italian Cheese Factory.

You will learn the process of how to make Italy’s famous mozzarella cheese, watching the first drop of milk turn into a cheese you can sample. You will then have the chance to see how the mozzarella is being made by the professionals.

You will finally sample several cheeses, from fresh mozzarella to smoked mozzarella, seasoned cheese, and aged cheese. No tasting would be complete, of course, without a glass of local red wine.

From here you will continue on with a Limoncello Tasting nearby.

After the tour the driver will take you to a nice local restaurant for lunch before getting to the next stop at the Frantoio Gargiulo, experiencing the ancient tradition of oil millers.

You will visit the olive grove with a presentation of the areas for the cultivation and collection and the mill of the 1849 with old millstones and metal press to learn the ancient technique of olives processing, then a visit to the modern mill with a description of the modern processing and finally you will get the fundamental help to taste olive oil to allow you to get to know this fundamental element, passing from accessory to protagonist of the table.

After this unique experience and time schedule permits, your driver will drop you off at your hotel.

The order may change depending on the factories availability