Cooking Class in una villa storica a Siena Provenza con tour

Today’s cooking class with Alina was a fantastic experience. We met some wonderful people and made 4 types of pasta and tiramisu. Alina takes the art of pasta making and makes it so easy anyone can do it! We cooked it all and ate it for lunch with some wonderful Tuscan wine and finished with our homemade tiramisu. All this in a stunning location near Dolciano! I highly recommend adding this experience to your itinerary.

A beautiful environment and a very warm host. We enjoyed the experience very much. Alina is a passionate cook who clearly loves the slow cook experiences, using traditional and organic ingredients. Her passion is highly infectious.

Our cooking class with Alina was one of the highlights of our 17-day trip through Italy! We learned so much and had a wonderful time making pasta and tiramisu with our three children (and the rest of our class!) Would highly recommend as a special activity while in the area! We’d love to do another class with Alina sometime!

This was such an amazing experience. Alina was very patient with us and explain every detail on how to make the pasta and the importance of fresh ingredients in the italian cuisine. The end result was excelent. We ended up making 2 different raviollis and three pastas + tiramisu. Thank you Alina and Linda for being part of a great memory of pur trip in italy!!

Ali and her sous chef were great hosts who helped us learn about making pasta with some hands-on experience, plus we made some tiramisu to end the meal they were going to prepare for us. After we rolled out the dough, we made some spaghetti, tagliatelle, and ravioli, and then they prepared a fantastic meal for us with fresh ingredients and the freshly made pasta. We loved the experience held in what was once a Medici hunting palazzo.

I never attended the event so have no reason to suspect that the host provides anything but a wonderful experience. My issue is with TripAdvisor, and what I feel was it's mis-representation of this event in it's add (which has since been changed). My wife and I planned to be in Siena, so I booked this class, described in the TripAdvisor's add as being "in Siena." When we arrived in Siena the day before the event, upon checking the address to see where we had to go, I learned that in fact the event was not in the city of Siena, but rather in the outskirts of the PROVENCE of Siena, some 85 kilometers away. Not having a car, I called the host to say that I misunderstood the advertised booking and that I wouldn't be attending. Since my call was within 24 hours of the event, TripAdvisor refused to refund the full amount. (I was able to negotiate a request for a 50% refund with Alina, the host).