Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Italy - The excellent Country For Vegetarian Tourists

Figuring out where to go on vacation, for vegetarian tourists quite often turns out as a "little problem". Being vegetarians a valuable minority of the population, most of the countries do not undoubtedly focus on them. Nevertheless there is Japan, India, Thailand and most of the Asian destinations which undoubtedly do offer quite a wide range of vegetarian cuisine. But what about Europe?

Europe undoubtedly is not very famous for its meatless dishes. Italy, however, is a real rock about this matter. With its Mediterranean diet, famous all over the world for loosing weight and not having to hunger, it offers a huge number of receipts based on vegetarian ingredients. Italian cuisine also puts its focus on genuine ingredients.

Vegetarian Dishes

Having Italy this mild climate which is exquisite for the agriculture, a lot of fresh products and ingredients are ready all over the year. Besides the very famous Extra Vergine Olive Oil, the Minestrone and the Caprese (tomatoes, mozzarella and basil), Italy undoubtedly takes care about its vegetarian gourmets. Even if there are not that many explicit vegetarian restaurants, serving only vegetarian dishes, it is no question at all! Any restaurant, osteria or trattoria has abundance of meatless dishes in its menu: a wide range of starters, pasta and grilled vegetables just to mention some.

Not only you can consume appetizing dishes, but you even can learn how to get ready them: many of the Italian hotels and country inns above all, consist of in their packages cooking courses. So people can stay an whole week or as long as they like and share in cooking classes. There tourists can learn how to make bread, olive oil, the so very prestigious Italian wines, but also whole menus. Many country inns in Tuscany made a real cult of these cooking classes, as well as in the Amalfi Coast where in Furore, the Furore Inn Resort, a 5 star hotel based on wellness with a 600 m² wide wellness area includes in its offers cooking courses in a beautiful kitchen with an spectacular, view overlooking the sea.

Obviously, this new trend has made its way throughout the country. Cooking classes are held in accommodations all over Italy, where, in the middle of sightseeing tours in medieval towns and hours of relax on the beautiful beaches it is also possible to take home some culinary Italian experience.

Italy - The excellent Country For Vegetarian Tourists

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