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Ligurian Cuisine Classes

Enjoy your Italian holidays along Ligurian Riviera while learning the secrets of its local cuisine.

A superb combination of relax in an enchanting nature, the temptation of simple but savoury food, like pasta with pesto or olive oil focaccia, and the thrill of being able to cook it yourself. A great opportunity to experience the Italian real life between that short spell of coast and its mountain countryside, in a region so rich in historical traces and monuments dating back the medieval time.

We are two enterprising B & Bs located in Leivi (Genoa area), in a nice and hilly corner overlooking the Tigullio Gulf, just half way between Portofino mountain and The 5 Terre. We are pleased to welcome you and offer simple but interesting local cuisine classes. These classes will be based on local, traditional recipes and will take place in one of our typical kitchens. You will be directly involved in preparing the dishes with us and the teacher, while tasting local wine. At the end of the classes you will join us for dinner, also enjoying the same dishes we have prepared together.




You can choose to take one or more classes as you please, according to your stay

3 hours time each class, to be held either in the morning or in the afternoon, according to the availability of the kitchen and the teacher

The possible kitchens on which we can rely are:
The B&B kitchen, Ristorante GrandItalia kitchen in Rapallo or the Trattoria Pedun kitchen in Carasco

Classes in English, French and Italian

Minimum number of people per class: 4
Maximum number of people per class: 8

Min. price per person:
40 euros including ingredients and tools

Accomodation offered either at B&B Costasecca or B&B Collevento but not included in the price of the classes.
Browse through our selection of offered stays and packets, and contact the B&B directly for your enquiries and bookings.

Stay and cookery classes proposals

  • Week-end San Valentino, Primavera-Autunno

    2 nights stay in B&B , breakfast included
    Arrival day: Friday afternoon
    Romantic dinner served in B&B Costasecca
    Saturday: morning, lunch, and part of the afternoon free. Workshop of Ligurian cuisine starting at 17.00 in B&B Costasecca, continuing with aperitif and dinner served in B&B - Sunday: free

  • Spring and Autumn offer

    4 nights stay in B&B , breakfast included
    Home made dinner served in B&B Costasecca on the day of your arrival.
    One day spent on a guided tour in Chiavari and along the coast up to Portofino. Lunch in a typical trattoria along the coast - One day free.
    One day with local cuisine cooking session at B&B Costasecca, aperitif and dinner served in B&B.

    Offer for a minimum of 4 people

  • All year offer: Stay with cookery classes

    4 nights/3 days stay in B&B , breakfast included
    Home made dinner served in B&B Costasecca on the day of your arrival.
    1st day: free, dinner arranged at one typical restaurant of Golfo Tigullio
    2nd day: free until 17.00. Ligurian cuisine coocking session staring at 17.00 in B&B Costasecca, aperitif and dinner served in B&B.
    3rd day: Free until 17.00. Ligurian cuisine cooking session staring at 17.00 in B&B Costasecca, dinner suggested in a local enoteca with restaurant

    Offer for a minimum of 4 people

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