Top Sorrento Unique Experiences

Skip the tourist-trap restaurants and get an authentic taste of southern Italian specialties in this private cooking class in Vico Equense. Be welcomed into the home of a local and benefit from their full attention and cultural insights as you prepare three regional dishes together. Afterwards, sit down together with your host to savor your homemade creations together, unwind with wine and coffee included.

There’s no better way to experience Italy’s iconic cuisine than in the home of a local, especially the classic southern dishes of Sorrento. With this experience, enjoy a private hands-on lesson with a home cook, or “Cesarina”, to learn the secrets of preparing three authentic regional pasta recipes. Sample your creations paired with local wines during a celebratory meal after your class.

Spend three delicious hours learning how to cook Italian cuisine in Sorrento. Led by an experienced chef, this cooking class provides instruction on making dishes such as handmade gnocchi, meatballs, eggplant parmesan and tiramisu. When you're finished, enjoy your creations. Wine is included. Select from three menu categories when booking: fish, meat or vegetarian.

Join us for a relaxing sunset yoga class in front of the sea. Let yourself be fascinated by this physical and mental discipline. At the end of the lesson, fruit snacks to regenerate.

There is no better way to learn about a local culture and cuisine than dining in a private home, and with this experience you’ll have the opportunity to connect with a “cesarina” home cook in Vico Equense for a cooking demonstration and meal. Watch as your passionate host prepares traditional recipes passed down through the generations and then relax over a four-course meal around her family’s table.

Learn how to cook traditional Italian food with this small-group, educational dining experience in a private home in Sorrento. You'll start with a cooking show, during which you'll help your instructor prepare a 4-course meal. Then it's time to eat everything, accompanied by red or white wine from the Campania region, followed by delicious espresso.

The best way to experience the cuisine of a region is with a local and this private food experience pairs you with a local from Sorrento. Meet your host and explore a local market to shop for fresh ingredients for your class. Then, get your hands dirty as you prepare a 3-course meal of regional fare from start to finish before enjoying the fruits of your labor paired with local wines.

Take a break from the coastal crowds and experience the authentic side of Campania most tourists miss on this truffle hunt through the Monti Picentini forests. Set out from Sorrento and take in views of the wooded hills as you wind your way inland to meet your local truffle hunter and dogs. Head out on a leisurely forest walk, stopping to learn about truffle hunting in southern Italy and to watch as the trained dogs dig for culinary treasure. Finish at a restaurant to savor wine and a truffle-themed, 3-course lunch before your return to Sorrento.

Experience the cuisine of Sorrento during a private half-day cooking class in your chef-host’s home. Get a hands-on experience as you learn to prepare three authentic Sorrento recipes at a workstation equipped with all needed utensils and ingredients. Afterward, enjoy a meal that you helped to make accompanied by a selection of local red and white wines.

Located in the hills of Sorrento, this venue is the perfect location for an enjoyable Pizza making session. The lesson takes about 2 hrs during which you will be explained how to make a really good pizza using their longstanding traditional family recipe. Afterwards it is time to put aprons on and start working on the already prepared dough!!! Accompanied by the staff you will follow instruction on how to toss the pizza in the air and have lots of fun making your own “Pizza Margherita”, two minutes in the wood fired oven and, hey presto is ready to enjoy!!!

Refine your palate and cooking skills on a half-day wine and pizza tour from Sorrento. Your private driver - who is also a sommelier - takes you from your hotel to a traditional winery. Taste three local wines and learn about the winemaking process and explore the vineyards and cellar. Then, enjoy a private pizza-making lesson at a local pizzeria, where you'll dine on your personal creation.

Learn to prepare traditional Italian dishes from a professional chef with this cooking class in Sorrento. Choose from two convenient start times, depending on your schedule. Prepare fresh pasta, a main course, and dessert (or two kinds of pasta and a dessert) during the hands-on culinary experience. With the help of your teacher, you can easily follow along step by step.  Finally, enjoy your three-course creation wine.

Visit the vibrant local market and immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive cooking demo and taste authentic Vico Equense recipes treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people. Enjoy a 4-course menu including starter, pasta, main course with side dish, dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from regional cellars and coffee). This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of 1000+ home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.