Welcome! If you crave the extraordinary, Active Gourmet Holidays is the perfect place to discover your next adventure. Search our site for divine active or culinary vacations (or a combination of both!), then contact us and let the professionals do the legwork. We offer over 100 splendid cooking school vacations so you can be assured that the experts will make the best recommendations as to which gourmet cooking tours will best fit your needs! Active Gourmet Holidays has been in business since 2002 and is a proud member of the Better Business Bureau Online Reliability Program, IACP, Slow Food and ICTA.  Give us a call and find out why we have an A+ Rating with the BBB!

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Treasures of Tuscany

(Option: Customized Itineraries)
Tuscany, Italy - 8 nights
Available March to November

Where better to learn the art of preparing Tuscan cuisine than Tuscany? This tour will provide you with the skills and knowledge to prepare authentic Tuscan menus using the jewels of the Italian kitchen. Take cooking classes with two different chefs, stay in two luxury accommodations and experience all that is Tuscan in this very special "foodie" tour designed exclusively for Active Gourmet Holidays' clients. Visit a saffron farm, enjoy wine and olive oil tastings, explore Siena, San Gimignano, Montalcino, Montefollonico, Montepulciano and Pienza. Benvenuto a Italia!

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Peruvian Cooking and Trekking Adventure

(Option: Customized Itineraries)
Lima and Cusco, Peru - 8 nights
Available year round

Experience and learn how to cook the most important dishes of a culture that has more than 1000 years of legacy from mixing many techniques and ingredients from many parts of the world. Discover one of the New World’s Seven Wonders: Machu Picchu; and get there walking through the same path once used by the Incas. A millenary culture, majestic geography and friendly people are the framework of one of the trendiest cuisines in the world.

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Portuguese Cooking in the Alentejo

Alentejo, Portugal - 4 or 6 nights
Available year round - Monday to Sunday/Monday to Thursday

Spend a week indulging in delicious Mediterranean cuisine of Portugal as you learn hands-on cooking techniques from your hostess and talented chefs. You will use the local flavors and herbs of the Alentejo. Your home for the week will be in the small medieval town of Évora which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. An Active Gourmet Holidays' bestseller, this culinary holiday is one you will always remember and cherish. 

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