Crystal Cruises has crafted 14 culinary excursions that passengers can take during Crystal Serenity’s Wine and Food Festival cruise this summer. The excursions include sampling fresh oysters from the famed Ston oyster beds in Dubrovnik and private cooking instruction in the South of France. The cruise, which travels along coastal France, Italy, Spain, Greece and Croatia, features cooking demonstrations and a chef’s dinner by Italian chef Gualtiero Marchesi, the first chef in Italy to be awarded three Michelin stars. Master Sommelier Robert Bath and wine educator Philip di Belardino will be aboard for wine tasting and wine education. The cruise travels from Monte Carlo to Venice, stopping in seven of the nine ports for farmhouse visits in the Roman and Tuscan countryside, tapas tours and lessons in traditional Spanish cooking in Barcelona, and other wine and food-themed Crystal Adventures.
Six new options include exploring the underground Codorniu Cava Cellars and visiting Montserrat’s Benedictine monastery; tasting wines, cheeses and extra-virgin olive oils in the Tuscan village of Monte Carlo; a cooking class at a country farm on traditional Roman dishes; a farmhouse visit to see how mozzarella and Limoncello are made and lunch at a Relais hotel; sampling Croatia’s Ston oysters; samping Umbrian wines in a former convent; and a hands-on cooking lesson in Florence. The 12-day wine and food festival voyage, July 31-Aug. 12, begins with a shipboard overnight in Monte Carlo and features calls in Marseille, France; Barcelona, Spain; Florence (via Livorno), Rome (from Civitavecchia) and Sorrento, Italy; Corfu, Greece; and Dubrovnik, Croatia; before concluding in Venice. Fares begin at $5,166, per person, double occupancy.
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