Ciao Stefania!

Discover an ancient Calabrian tradition: preparing crocette di fichi, sweet fig “crosses” filled with walnuts and lemon. Following methods passed down through generations, with Stefania the "contadina" you’ll learn how to fill, fold, and bake the figs before preserving them with care and creating your own special gift package to take home. A delicious bite of Calabrian heritage and a sweet tradition to pass on. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7 km from Scalea ~ 10 minutes) Highlights: Preparing figs with walnuts and lemon. Traditional recipe process to bake and preserve. Tasting + gift packaging of your prepared figs.

Ready to get your hands dirty in the Calabrian land? Live a day as a country farmer together with Stefania our "contadina" and immerse yourself in the traditions of the land in an authentic, passion-filled experience. Together, you’ll work the soil just as it’s always been done — following the natural cycle of planting, tending, and harvesting. After a morning of work, we’ll pause to share a farmer’s lunch, prepared with produce from the land itself. A simple, heartfelt experience that reconnects you with nature, tradition, and the beauty of slow living. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7 km from Scalea ~ 10 minutes) Highlights: Experience daily life of a country farmer ("contadina") in Calabria. Hands-on experience working the land. Shared farmer’s lunch made with fresh produce.

Learn the art of making marmalade and jams in the countryside using seasonal fruit with Stefania the "contadina" . Depending on the season, you'll venture into the farmland to pick figs, peaches, plums, or grapes in the summer, and oranges, mandarins, lemons, and chestnuts in the fall. After making the jam, we'll conclude with a tasting and a jar to take home as a memento of this sweet experience. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7km from Scalea ~10 minutes) Highlights: Seasonal fruit picking. Jam making lesson. Final tasting with a coffee. Jar of jam to take home.

The tradition of homemade bread! Your day begins at the flour mill, where you’ll watch fresh wheat being ground into flour. Back in the countryside with Stefania, you’ll knead the dough following ancient peasant traditions and help prepare the wood-fired oven. As the oven heats, we'll take a relaxing stroll through the farmland, immersed in nature and the rhythm of rural life. At the end of your time together, you'll savour the freshly baked bread. An authentic experience that connects you with tradition, nature and genuine flavours. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7km from Scalea ~10 minutes) Highlights: Visit to the flour mill to grind wheat into flour. Traditional bread making in a wood-fired oven. Tasting of freshly baked bread.

Homemade bread: an experience that begins in the forest and ends at the table! Your day will begin with a walk to collect wood for the traditional wood-fired oven. Once back at the farmhouse, Stefania the "contadina" will guide you through a hands-on bread-making lesson, following ancient traditions passed down through her family. When your bread comes out of the oven, warm and fragrant, you’ll savour the fruits of your labour with a drizzle of Stefania’s own extra virgin olive oil. A simple, heartfelt experience that brings you back to the roots of genuine, rural living. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7km from Scalea ~10 minutes) Highlights: A walk in the forest to collect wood. Homemade bread-making lesson. Tasting of freshly baked bread with extra virgin olive oil.

In Calabrian farming culture, the pig has always held a central place — a symbol of abundance, hard work, and a deep-rooted tradition where nothing is wasted and everything is transformed into delicacies. Your day with Stefania begins in the morning to prepare the meat, and a rich, slow-cooked sauce with pork to accompany the homemade pasta you’ll enjoy together at lunch, paired with homemade wine. Preparations of other traditional pork recipes will continue after lunch as you discover flavours, techniques, and secrets of this centuries-old rural tradition. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7 km from Scalea ~ 10 minutes) Highlights: Preparation of pork meat & traditional recipes. Introduction to this typical traditional farming tradition. Shared lunch with homemade wine.

Discover the art of making fresh fusilli with Stefania the "contadina" in the farmhouse. Fusilli is a traditional Calabrian pasta shaped around a thin rod and loved for its texture and ability to hold rich sauces. During this class, you’ll learn how to knead and shape the fusilli, as per the ancient techniques passed down through generations. You'll prepare a traditional meat sauce, and finally sit together to enjoy the fusilli you've made, paired with homemade wine. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7 km from Scalea ~ 10 minutes) Highlights: Hands-on demonstration to prepare Calabrian fresh pasta Fusilli. Preparation of a traditional meat sauce. Shared lunch featuring the handmade fusilli and homemade wine.

Come and enjoy a delightfully sweet experience with Stefania the "contadina" at her farmhouse. Beginning with the harvest of fresh fruit straight from the garden, you'll head into the kitchen to prepare homemade jam for the filling of the crostata — a rustic Italian tart made with shortcrust pastry and filled with jam. To finish, you'll enjoy a slice of the freshly baked crostata, still warm from the oven with a beautiful coffee. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7 km from Scalea ~ 10 minutes) Highlights: Harvest fresh fruit from the garden. Prepare homemade jam and a crostata following traditional methods. Crostata tasting.

Discover the art of homemade wine with Stefania the "contadina", following the journey from vineyard to glass! Set out with crates in hand to harvest grapes in Stefania's countryside. You'll then begin the process of transforming the freshly harvested grapes into wine. Once the harvest is complete, we'll stop for a shared lunch, tasting the wine from the previous year and celebrating the flavours of rural tradition. An authentic experience that celebrates a deep connection to the land and the pleasure of good homemade wine. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7km from Scalea ~10 minutes) Highlights: Grape harvest in the farmland. Grape pressing to make wine. Lunch with a tasting of last year's wine.

Discover the journey of olive oil from a farmer's perspective — tree to table! Your day begins in the countryside with Stefania, where you’ll harvest olives just as farmers have done for generations, laying nets beneath the trees and gathering the fresh fruits. Once the sacks are ready, we’ll head to the olive mill to watch the extraction process up close and see how olives transform into precious extra virgin olive oil. We end with the simplest and most delicious finale: a tasting of fresh oil enjoyed over a warm plate of garlic and olive oil pasta — a rustic dish that captures the heart of Calabrian country life. A journey into the authentic flavours of the land and the millennia-old tradition of olive oil. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7 km from Scalea ~ 10 minutes) Highlights: Olive harvesting using traditional nets + family methods. Visit to the olive mill. Tasting of freshly pressed olive oil. Country-style lunch: pasta with garlic & fresh olive oil.

Learn the ancient method of traditional soap-making together with Stefania the "contadina" following the very recipe passed down to her from her grandmother. Be guided step by step through the old-fashioned process of creating homemade soap — just as families once did, using simple ingredients and time-honoured methods. At the end of the experience, you’ll take home your own bar of handcrafted soap as a fragrant reminder of this beautiful tradition. A unique opportunity to touch, smell, and experience a piece of Calabrian heritage that blends simplicity with craftsmanship. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7 km from Scalea ~ 10 minutes) Highlights: Hands-on preparation of traditional homemade soap using an ancient method. One bar of soap to take home as a keepsake.

Immerse yourself in the beauty of Calabria's blooming fields with Stefania the "contadina", where colours and scents fill the air. Take a peaceful walk through the wildflower meadows that surround Stefania's farmland, admiring nature in all its splendour. If you wish, you can gather a small handpicked bouquet to take home — a fragrant reminder of this floral experience. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7 km from Scalea ~ 10 minutes) Highlights: Visit to the farmland of Stefania where you will find wildflowers in bloom. Small bouquet to pick and take home.

Discover a precious tradition at risk of disappearing: panicelli, small, fragrant sweets made with raisins and a hint of cedro, wrapped in cedro leaves and tied with a string of "ginestra" plant. This recipe is traditionally prepared in preparation for Christmas and typically enjoyed at the end of a meal. Together with Stefania, our "contadina" (farmer) and guardian of tradition, you will learn all about the various methods to this ancient process. Staying true to tradition. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7km from Scalea ~10 minutes) Highlights: Introduction to the tradition of panicelli. Demonstration & preparation of the panicelli. Tasting of the ready-made panicelli.

Before refrigerators or preservatives, nature was our only ally. In this experience, you’ll discover the traditional farming method used to transform fresh grapes into raisins — an ancient practice that once ensured a family’s fruit supply for the entire year, and one that is now becoming increasingly rare. With Stefania, a guardian of these precious antique methods, you’ll learn how to prepare and tie grape clusters following the natural method passed down through generations. Where nature preserves, and tradition protects. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7km from Scalea ~ 10 minutes) Includes: Introduction to the traditional grape-drying method. Hands-on activity: preparing and tying grape clusters in preparation for drying.

Taralli are a simple traditional sweet, and every town has its own variation. With Stefania, you’ll dive into the goodness of this timeless recipe, learning how these humble treats carry so much history and flavour. Together, you'll prepare three different types of taralli inspired by the season's aromas — from simple and wine-infused versions to those made with with raisins. This recipe comes straight from Stefania’s family. She learned it as a young girl, watching her mother’s hands at work — and now she hopes to share it with you. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7km from Scalea ~10 minutes) Highlights: Hands-on workshop to prepare sweet taralli biscuits: three different types depending on the season (e.g. simple, with wine, with raisins, with anise seeds). Final tasting.

There was a time when nature was the family's pantry, and wild chicory was a precious gift from the fields: easy to find, easy to cook, and perfect for creating a complete meal with beans. Stefania welcomes you for an experience steeped in memory and tradition: you'll set out to pick chicory greens, learn how to prepare them, and finally taste the traditional dish of wild chicory and beans, just as Nonna makes it. A journey through the flavours of peasant cuisine: warm, hearty and authentic. Location: Marcellina, Calabria (7.7km from Scalea ~10 minutes) Highlights: Guided walk to pick wild chicory. Preparation of sautéed chicory. Tasting of the traditional dish of chicory and beans.