THE BOUNTY OF GREECE

(Options: Day Cooking Classes)
Crete, Greece - 7 nights
Available year round

This week long culinary escape is perfect for those wanting to discover the authentic Cretan people and their diets. Learn about the traditions and habits of the Cretan people while combining healthy and nutritional cooking classes with a native Greek who is not only an author and self taught cook, but a very knowledgeable person whose passion is to share knowledge of the culture, foods and traditions of Crete. You will stay at a beautiful four star hotel which is within a short walking distance to your cooking classes.

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CRETAN CUISINE

Crete, Greece - 6 nights
Available May to November - Monday to Sunday

Learn to cook Cretan specialties from one of Greece’s most talented chefs whose cuisine features native Cretan ingredients and whose recipes are regularly featured in the media. Your chef is also a culinary instructor whose travels abroad have deepened his culinary knowledge but his experiences have ultimately brought him back to his homeland of Greece.

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BEACHFRONT CULINARY ADVENTURES IN CABO

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - 4 or 7 nights
Available February to May, November to December - Saturday to Saturday (or Friday to Monday)

Attention all cooking enthusiasts! This is a culinary vacation like no other! You will learn delicious dishes from the most talented chefs of Cabo and Todos Santos. Enjoy hands on cooking classes in the resort's professionally equipped kitchen or in the outdoor kitchen under the palapa. Or if you prefer, sip a cerveza or have a a glass of wine during class! In either case, you will be treated to some of the most amazing meals you will ever have. You are here to relax and enjoy beautiful accommodations with each room providing a wonderful view of the Pacific Ocean on a private beach.

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COOKING AND YOGA IN MAZATLAN

(Options: Additional Yoga or Personal Fitness Classes)
Mazatlan, Mexico - 7 nights
Available May, November, December - Friday to Friday

Enjoy a seven night adventure in colorful Mazatlan, Mexico. Exclusively designed for Active Gourmet Holidays' clients, this immersion into the flavors and scents of this special destination includes hands-on cooking lessons, yoga classes, fitness walks, incredible food and oceanfront accommodations in a beautiful bed and breakfast.

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MEXICAN COOKING WITH CHEF ANA

(Options: Day Cooking Classes, Weekend Courses)
Tepoztlan, Mexico - 4 or 7 nights
Available year round

Chef Ana Garcia is your host and chief instructor throughout the week. Chef Garcia, a native of Cuernavaca, learned the art of Mexican cuisine from traditional family methods passed down from generation to generation. With her traditional experience Chef Ana likes to expand upon that base by using traditional Mexican ingredients in new and interesting gourmet combinations. She is currently the head chef and owner of "La Mesa de Ana", a restaurant located on the grounds of La Villa Bonita which showcases Chef Garcia's incredible cuisine.

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CULINARY ADVENTURES IN MARRAKESH

Marrakesh, Morocco - 7 nights
Available May and June

Join Peta Mathias for a memorable week-long journey into the culinary world of Marrakesh. Peta Mathias is a respected and prolific New Zealand chef, author and broadcaster, who is now on the culinary travel experience with her culinary adventures in the South of France and Rajasthan.

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MAGICAL MOROCCO

Marrakech, Morocco - 7 nights
Available February/March, October

Our Moroccan cooking school is located just outside the ancient imperial city of Marrakech, a walled garden city of tall graceful palms set beneath the snow-capped Atlas Mountain range. About ten minutes from the medina, you will find the Palmeraie, a grove of over 150,000 towering palm trees. It is here you will find the luxury villa, aptly named the ‘house of green mint’.

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PERUVIAN COOKING AND TREKKING ADVENTURE

Lima and Cusco, Peru - 7 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. You will also horseback ride around Inca streets of Cusco and walk around the Colonial buildings of Lima; this will be mixed with a touch of adventure biking along the Sacred Valley of the Incas through their ancient paths and rafting their golden rivers. A millenary culture, majestic geography and friendly people are the framework of one of the trendiest cuisines in the world.

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A TASTE OF PERU FOR FOODIES

Lima and Cusco, Peru - 7 nights
Available year round

Peru has become a new and popular culinary destination as featured in Newsweek, NY Times, Travel & Leisure, Condé Nast, etc. This tour mixes a taste of native, “criolla” and traditional food with the trendy fusion through hands-on cooking classes, demonstrations and tasting menus. All of this is wrapped up within a framework of history and culture that explains every part of the tour and helps our guests understand the origin of all these great tastes. Taste of Peru for foodies has the best balance for someone with some experience or just the love for food.

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REFÚGIO DA VILA COOKING SCHOOL

(Option: Day Cooking Classes)
Alentejo, Portugal - 7 nights
Available year round - Sunday to Sunday

Located just one hour from the Spanish border and 90 minutes from Lisbon, lies the romantic Refúgio da Vila Cooking School. Spend your week indulging in the delicious Mediterranean cuisine of Portugal as you learn hands-on cooking techniques using the local flavors and herbs of the Alentejo. Because life is so unhurried here, you will savor the beauty of this unspoiled region.

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COOKING WITH PORT WINE

(Option: Group Day Cooking Classes)
Lousada, Portugal - 6 nights
Available year round

Portugal is an amazing country with so much to offer: wonderful wines, including the famous Ports, a vast selection of cheeses, the very best in cuisine, ancient villages with cobblestone streets and best of all, the people. Portugal was by far one of my best European experiences. We were amazed at the diversity of the landscapes, the history and beauty of the people in this very small, but very abundant country.

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COOKING WITH MADEIRA WINE

Madeira, Portugal - 6 nights
Available year round

Discover how Madeira’s unique climate and soil contribute to the unrivalled distinctiveness of Madeira Wine. You will be pleasantly surprised by the beauty of the hand-grown vines, planted in small plots of land on terraces supported by stone walls along the slopes of the mountains. Spend six nights on a beautiful island learning how to cook with this precious wine, take guided walks and excursions and immerse yourself in this magical place!

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