Tropea Cooking Experience with Nonna

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Location

Vibo Valentia

Duration

4 hours

Group size

Max 6 guests

Language

English, Spanish, Italian

Location

Vibo Valentia

Duration

4 hours

Group size

Max 6 guests

Language

English, Spanish, Italian

Why travelers loved this

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•34 reviews

US$125.03 per guest

Guest

Adult x1

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The Tropea Cooking Experience is a fun, informal, and interactive cooking class, where you will learn how to prepare delicious recipes typical of a local cook. An authentic local hands-on experience, discovering and tasting together, around a convivial table, traditional and seasonal dishes.

Bottled water

Alcoholic beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

Dinner

Tea and coffee

Coffee and/or Tea

Private transportation

Immerse yourself in Tropea’s culinary traditions and experience the warm hospitality of Calabria. Cook with a real Calabrian Nonna (grandma). Blending flavors and traditions in a friendly atmosphere, learning, eating, and staying with locals. The Tropea Cooking Experience is a fun and interactive cooking class, where you will learn how to prepare delicious recipes typical of a local cook. A unique opportunity to participate in small groups in an authentic local hands-on experience Discovering and tasting together, around a convivial table, traditional and seasonal dishes.

STARTER

Zeppole

traditional doughnut-like fritter

MAIN

Pasta alla tropeana

Homemade traditional pasta

DESSERT

Mimma Tiramisù

Egg-free

Meeting Point

Church of the Carmel, Via Carmine, Tropea Provincia di Vibo Valentia Calabria, Italy, IT, 89861

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The meeting point of the experience is Chiesa del Carmine, where we will meet up before to get to Aether Suites Hotel, the location that hosts the cooking experience.

End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Free cancellation

Cancel up to 1 day before for a full refund.

No refund within 1 day of the experience or no-shows.

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jimyI3007HNSeptember 2026 • TripAdvisor

Beautiful Evening

Beautiful evening. Enzo and Nanna were wonderful hosts. So much fun making 2 pasta dishes and fritters and interacting with the other attendees. Highly recommend it

Lynn_VSeptember 2026 • Viator

Cooking with Nonna

A very fun evening. Nonna was fabulous, Enzo does a great job organizing everyone. Nice group of people. Food and wine were good and now I can make pasta!

Response from ViatorSeptember 23, 2026

Grazie Mille, Lynn! It was a pleasure. Best regards. Enzo

T5509XSkarenlSeptember 2026 • TripAdvisor

Cooking un Tropea

The class was excellent. We had so much fun and I would definitely do it again. Enzo was great and Mimi has excellent skills. I learned so much and can’t wait to put into practice what I learned. I highly recommend this class

Response from ViatorSeptember 17, 2026

Grazie mille. Can't wait to see the photos of your pasta :-) All the best. Enzo

artemissimaAugust 2026 • TripAdvisor

Best experience

I participated alone during the summer vacation in August. We were in a group of six and had a great time. They took us to the farm together and the view from the farm was amazing and they took us for a walk. Then I made my own pasta. You will become better and better while being taught. (It's uneventful, but 😅) The farm cheese, salami, olives, etc. are all delicious, and I will be there with wine when the pasta is coming 🍷 The fresh pasta was excellent 😍 They even took the rest of it home. E...read more

Response from ViatorAugust 18, 2026

Thank you so much for taking the time to share such a wonderful and detailed review! I am so happy to hear that you had a great time with the group, enjoyed the scenic views, the farm walk, the fresh appetizers, and making pasta from scratch together. Just to clarify for future guests reading, the experience you participated in was our Farm-to-Table Experience (rather than the Tropea Cooking Experience). Thank you again for recommending us, and I hope to welcome you back again in the future! Warm regards, Enzo

glenrileyJune 2026 • TripAdvisor

Fresh Ingredients and a Delightful Experience

Enzo and Nonna provided a fantastic cooking experience with locally sourced organic ingredients and wine. Enzo was extremely personable and knowledgeable of Calabria, being from the area originally. His English was excellent having lived in Australia for a period of time. We were taught how to prepare a simple but extremely tasty Italian meal starting with zucchini flower zeppole. We then made two kinds of pasta, cavatelli and fileja, by hand by mixing flour (00 and semolina) with only water...read more

Response from ViatorJune 08, 2026

Grazie mille for such a beautiful and detailed review! It was an absolute pleasure hosting you and your wife here in Tropea. Nonna and I are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed making the cavatelli and fileja by hand: you both did a fantastic job with the pasta! I hope the cooking skills you learned bring a little piece of Italy into your kitchen back home. You are welcome back anytime! Warm regards, Enzo