La Morra - Umbria Bike Tour

Join renowned Boston chef Josh Ziskin and his wife and Wine Director, Jennifer - owners of La Morra Ristorante - on a delicious bike tour through Umbria in the heart of Italy.  On our tour you will meet the olive oil producers, winemakers and chefs whose passion for quality food have informed Josh’s cooking and are sure to inspire your inner gourmet.  Each day on the bike you will ride with us through vineyards, olive groves and medieval hill towns that time forgot and tourism has hardly touched.  Share an espresso with local villagers in rustic piazzas where smiles are the local currency. Two separate cooking classes allow you to work alongside great chefs as you prepare your mid-day meal, with a glass of Sagrantino or Orvieto in hand, of course.  Have a seat on a potter’s wheel alongside master craftsmen making world famous Deruta ceramics. In the evening, after a gourmet meal and passeggiata in the village square, share a glass of Rubesco Riserva with your friends under a grape pergola in the gardens of our villas.  There is no better way to end the day than in these luxurious structures, built by medieval nobles who understood how to nourish the heart, mind and spirit.

Our Umbria cycling vacation begins with a ride up to the hill town of Trevi, where our friend Marcello will introduce us to the culture of Umbrian wines and cuisine.  These intimate experiences will continue throughout the week as we cycle through the legendary towns and untouched villages of Montefalco, Deruta, Torgiano and Bevagna.  The culmination of our Umbria bike tour will be a ride to Assisi, where we’ll have the opportunity to view the tremendous art and architecture created in homage to Francis, the town’s most famous native son, including works by some of the greatest artists of the Early Renaissance, like Giotto, Cimabue and Simone Martini.