Tomar Cooking Class & Garden-to-Table Meal with Lake Views
This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Patrizia and her husband live north of Lisbon in a town called Tomar, a 1.5 hour drive from central Lisbon. If you're touring central Portugal or traveling between Lisbon and Porto, discover Tomar with Patrizia and Giovanni in this delightful outdoor experience by the lake!
• Join Patrizia and Giovanni in their backyard garden in Tomar countryside to cook together • Explore a countryside home in Tomar that sits on a stunning lake, making for a truly memorable experience • Enjoy a Portuguese meal over insightful conversations and local wine • Between Nov-June, enjoy organic oranges, lemons and tangerines, picked straight from their fruit trees! • Vegetarian options available, on request • 100% private activity
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Cooking + lunch with Patrizia
What's included in Tomar Cooking Class & Garden-to-Table Meal with Lake Views
(Subject to Option Inclusions)This is a unique opportunity to enjoy a private cooking cooking class to explore traditional culture and cuisine. Join Patrizia and Giovanni in their home kitchen for your Tomar cooking class. You will cook a Portuguese meal with an Italian twist using local produce. Start with preparing the dough for schiacciata (Tuscan bread), then top it with herbs and bake it - it's crunchy on the outside, and soft and moist on the inside. Then combine a creamy local cheese with fresh tomatoes and the garden herbs to bake the aubergine. Next bake cod with tomatoes, olives and capers. The cheese is sourced locally from the farmers, and the cod and vegetables are sourced fresh from a local food market (Mercado Municipal). After the meal, sit together to enjoy the meal you helped prepare. Your menu might include dishes such as grilled aubergines with cheese and tomato sauce, seasoned with extra virgin olive oil and chopped fresh herbs from the garden and spaghetti with shrimps and courgettes or baked cod with tomatoes, olive taggiasche e capperi di pantelleria (olives and capers). End your meal with a fresh, mixed fruit salad.
Food Menu
STARTER - Focaccia alla romana o alla genovese or Schiacciata
STARTER - Verdura grelhada (grilled aubergines with cheese and tomato sauce)
MAIN - Spaghetti with shrimps and courgettes OR
Baked cod with tomatoes, olive taggiasche e capperi di Pantelleria.
DESSERT - Fresh fruit salad
DESSERT - A glass of sparkling Vinho Verde and Porto wine
Inclusions
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Gratuities
- All Fees and Taxes
- Private cooking class and meal with your host Patrizia
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Please advise your menu selection and any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Alcohol (2 glasses of wine per person) is included in the price of your experience.
- Menu may vary depending on the season
- Private, personalized experience
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- From Lisbon: 1h30m drive along the A1 motorway heading North to Porto after Lisbon Airport exit and continue on A23. Leave the A23 at Tomar East exit 18 and follow to Serra de Tomar. Call Patrizia when you are there and she will meet you in the village square (Igreja Matriz da Paróquia da Serra).
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Host name: Patrizia Rossi Host Phone: +351 9100 755 27 Host Email: [email protected] Address: Rua da Capela, 2 Levegada, Tomar, Portugal, 2300-236 Meeting location: From Lisbon: 1h30m drive along the A1 motorway heading North to Porto, virtually traffic-free after Lisbon Airport exit and continue on the A23. Leave the A23 at Tomar East exit 18 and follow the directions to Serra de Tomar. Call Patrizia when you are there and she will meet you in the village square. Here is a Google Maps link to Serra: https://goo.gl/maps/6vwHrohW1hNfcGkk8 Please contact your host directly if you have dietary requests or need help with directions. -- Traveling Spoon is a supplier of Viator and TripAdvisor. We offer travelers authentic food experiences with locals, in their homes. Founded by two travelers and food lovers, Traveling Spoon helps others make meaningful cultural connections through food. Contact us at [email protected] if you have general questions about our services. For specific questions related to your booking please contact your host directly with the contact information provided above.
