Abruzzo Traditional Pasta Making with 85y old local Grandma

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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
5 hours
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1 - 12 guests
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English, Spanish, Italian
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Discover authentic Abruzzo with an 85-year-old Grandma guiding you through the art of traditional pasta making. Enjoy genuine local hospitality and create unforgettable memories.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

I grew up at my Nonna's house in a village nearby Teramo in the Abruzzo region. I grew up with the sound of the pasta making machine and the smell of her superb tomatoes sauce. I used to hide under the table and steal the row pasta...that's where my passion for food started.


The passion for food and people took me to found ExperienceBellaVita.com, a company that promotes sustainable tourism experiences in the less touristic areas of Italy, in Abruzzo.


One of the 5* Reviews

"We had a fantastic time with Marino and his Nonna Amina. We made it all from scratch and it was a lot of fun, not to mention absolutely delicious. Doing it at his home with his family made for a really memorable experience for us, because when travelling it's those local connections that make it extra special."

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What You Get

All the Cooking equipments

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Within this experience, we want to take you through a journey 'in time'. This is not a simple pasta making class. We are going to make the traditional pasta of Teramo called ‘Pasta alla Chitarra’ from scratch. Very few people still make it following the tradition with an old wooden tool, called ‘chitarra’. Nowadays, restaurants and housewives prepare this pasta with the pasta machine, but you will experience with your senses that it’s a totally different story: making it completely by hand! Your life will change, when you will learn why it is important to make it by hand, and how to prepare it at your home. During the experience, we will prepare together the 'pasta alla chitarra' fro scratch Nonna Amina and Marino will also share with you all the secrets of making the best tomatoes sauce on Earth. In this way, once back home you can take with you a piece of Abruzzo and impress your friends and loved ones. With the two of us together, You will learn all the secrets of my nonna's recipes, which were kept within our family for generations. Together we will share a typical day of a family from Abruzzo.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Frazione Campovalano Sp 16, Frazione Campovalano Sp, Campli Provincia di Teramo Abruzzo, Italy, IT, 64012

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End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

All bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

What People Are Saying
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Incredible
July 01, 2025
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I can’t recommend Marino highly enough! He truly made this trip unforgettable and brought it to life in ways we never expected. The amount of effort and preparation he put in was remarkable—he even...read more

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Going back to the roots
June 30, 2025
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Marino’s home and family received us generously and vulnerably. Anyone with Italian ancestry would have several contact points with what was done and said… From the pasta making to the wine that wa...read more

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fine cuisine, fine instruction, and more
February 07, 2025
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I thought I was a pretty good Italian cook, having learned from my Nonna who came from Abruzzo. But this experience definitely upped my game. Marino is a terrific cook and a terrific teacher. I ...read more

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Our Abruzzi Adventures
November 10, 2022
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We went to the Abruzzi area of Italy in September, 2022. I was able to find Marino online to help in locating Alvi, Italy. Alvi was the birthplace of my father and grandparents. Since none of us...read more

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Pasta making traditional experience
July 21, 2022
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Having deep Abruzzo roots I wanted my friends to have a real traditional pasta making experience. Marino, Alberto, mama Anna and nonna herself gave us exactly that. We had a blast making chitarra ...read more

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