Top Sorrento Classes & Workshops

Learn how to make pasta in the true Italian way at Chez Barone Cooking School. Located in a villa, this cooking class introduces you to Sorrentine and Neapolitan cuisine. After you've helped to prepare the meal, sit down to enjoy your creations with a wine tasting. Booking in advance ensures you won't miss out on a sold-out experience.

Learn to prepare traditional Italian dishes from a professional chef in a four-hour cooking class. Choose from two convenient start times, depending on your schedule. Prepare fresh pasta, a main course, and dessert during the hands-on culinary experience. With the help of your teacher, you can easily follow along step by step.  Finally, enjoy your three-course creation with complimentary prosecco, wine, or limoncello.

Spend three delicious hours learning how to cook Italian cuisine in Sorrento. Led by an experienced chef, this cooking class provides instruction on making dishes such as handmade gnocchi, meatballs, eggplant parmesan and tiramisu. When you're finished, enjoy your creations. Wine is included. Select from three menu categories when booking: fish, meat or vegetarian.

Learn how to prepare classic Italian dishes in a local family kitchen overlooking the Sorrentine coastline. Join your host and instructor to pick up tips and techniques for turning out flawless eggplant parmesan, fresh gnocchi in tomato sauce, and tiramisù during an informal, hands-on lesson. Cap off your lesson by feasting on what you’ve prepared during an al fresco meal on the scenic terrace.

Learn the secrets of traditional Italian pizza making with an authentic “"pizzaiolo" during a pizza making session in the Sorrento hills. You’ll learn how to select the best ingredients and then be guided through the entire pizza making process from start to wood-firing finish. You’ll taste your own creation as well as sampling slices from a variety of different pizzas and enjoying a libation or two.

Booking Skip the line Herculaneum Express tour by the local train is an unforgettable experience that takes you back to the past in Roman times. The ancient city of Herculaneum was covered by the ashes of the big eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and that helped to maintain intact buildings, monuments and roads. The archaeological site of Herculaneum is one of the best example of past life well preserved for nowadays. Meet our English speaking assistant at the Sorrento Circumvesuviana Train Station in Piazza Giovanni Battista De Curtis by the Newsagent's Edicola Ercolano and embark on a 2-hour guided tour of Herculaneum with our expert guide.The train ride takes approx 45 minutes. Skip the queues with privileged access (entrance fee not included) and discover this once thriving Roman resort town. On conclusion of the tour you are free to return to Sorrento or stay longer in Herculaneum to explore further on you own.

The Blue Grotto is the most famous sight on Capri, but the long wait at the cave entrance means that many boat tours skip a stop here. With this tour, set sail first thing in the morning to beat the crowds and cut wait times to a minimum. After taking in the grotto, enjoy a boat tour around the island with stops to swim and free time to explore on land.

Explore the natural beauty of the Amalfi Coast on this private full-day tour from Sorrento. Visit the famous towns of Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello to walk the pretty streets, browse in boutiques or whatever you like. Relax in comfort as your professional driver-guide navigates from town to town and offers informative commentary along the way. Customize the itinerary to suit your interests.

Discover the famous beauty of one of Italy’s most iconic shorelines with this full-day tour of the Amalfi Coast from Sorrento. Travel in an air-conditioned mini-coach along spectacular coastal roads, stopping to visit the region’s three most popular and beautiful villages—Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello. With tips from your knowledgeable guide, enjoy leisure time in each town to stroll narrow cobblestone streets and shop for unique handmade goods.

See the stunning Amalfi Coast while in port in Naples with this private, full-day excursion to the south’s most beautiful towns. Sit back and relax with a private driver, as you’re transported to Positano, Sorrento, Ravello and Amalfi. Spend as much or as little time as you’d like in each location, soaking up the region’s culture, cuisine and architecture. After a full day of exploration, you will be driven back to port in Naples.

Skip the hassle of taking the notoriously slow Circumvesuviana train and shave precious time off your trip between Sorrento and Naples with this direct private transfer. Schedule pickup at your Sorrento hotel, train station, or port based on your travel itinerary and enjoy the scenic drive to Naples on board an air-conditioned minivan with an English-speaking driver at the wheel.

Get a taste of Capri on this full-day tour. Board a boat and cruise the coastline of Sorrento, bound for Capri. Once at the island, visit several grottoes and admire the natural rock formations that protrude from the sea. After a snorkeling break, enjoy free time to shop and explore in Capri and Anacapri, and partake in a limoncello tasting.

Eat your way around Sorrento, the sun-splashed city near the Amalfi Coast on this small-group guided food tour. Stroll the streets of charming Sorrento with your guide, stopping at family-run restaurants, delis, and markets to indulge in an array of local edible delights. Eat everything from homemade gnocchi to buffalo mozzarella to prosciutto and gelato. And then wash it all down with locally made beer, wine, and limoncello. Participants on this small-group tour are limited to just 12, ensuring you receive plenty of personalized attention from the guide.

Uncover the archeological mysteries of Pompeii and Herculaneum on an enriching full-day excursion from Sorrento. With a knowledgeable guide, witness the devastation of Mt. Vesuvius’ ancient eruption first hand as you explore the volcanic ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum on foot. Delve deep into the tragic history of the region, and then revitalize with a delicious Italian lunch at a traditional restaurant. Receive personalized attention from your guide on this small-group tour, limited to only 21 people.

Prebook this Capri Island tour from Sorrento, and avoid the stress of last-minute planning. This tour combines a guided aspect with independent exploring, so you can get the most out of your trip. First, wander the island of Capri at your own pace, and then cruise the surrounding waters, taking in views of the area’s highlights including the famous grottos. Plus, you will have the option to upgrade your day with a trip to the Blue Grotto.

Learn the secrets to preparing classic Sorrentine dishes like a real Italian “nonna” (grandmother) with this home cooking class in the heart of Sorrento. Connect with a local cook for a hands-on lesson on how to turn out perfect pasta or gnocchi and sauce from scratch, a traditional meat or fish course, and even dessert. Sample the dishes you've prepared over a celebratory meal to cap off your experience.

The Enogastronomic Bike Tour that we propose will allow you to find unknown and uncontaminated corners of our land, away from mass tourism, overlooking landscapes that are worth a lifetime, cycling immersed in scents and colors, for a journey that aims to combine art, history and nature to the pleasure of slow moving and traveling.

Immerse yourself in the art of Italian pizza-making during this cooking class in Sorrento. Learn from your chef/guides, pros at rolling and tossing dough and picking out the freshest ingredients. Have fun learning the techniques, tasting olive oil and limoncello, and finally sitting down to feast on the pizzas you made.

Enjoy the authentic chef experience cooking class with Rita and Luisa who are two sisters, experts in the culinary traditions of their territory preserving and sharing their knowledge of local traditions, recipes and hospitality, opening the doors of their home to all who wish to experience them. All classes are hands-on and feature local seasonal ingredients, some from Rita’s garden, most of them from the Sorrento Peninsula. The class starts with a visit to the vegetable garden and collection of products (depending on seasonality). You will be given the hat and apron by the Chef and offered a welcome drink. Every customer will be provided with his own cooking station and will personally prepare the dishes with the supervision of our Chef. Your full course meal includes a half a bottle of local red or white wine, mineral water, dessert, coffee and Limoncello. At the end of the class you will be given a booklet with all recipes. The Villa is located in the center of Sorrento.

Take home a souvenir from Sorrento in the form of new Italian cooking skills. This 3-hour cooking class is a great way to discover the taste of Italy and the Mediterranean. Learn from the instructor how to make Amalfi Coast classic dishes and then sit down and enjoy the feast you just prepared complete with a glass of local wine, some limoncello or a soft drink. Upgrade the tour to include a transfer to and from Sorrento.

What makes this experience unique is that the class will be very detailed and hands-on learning secrets of authentic Italian food.

Discover the amazing wines of Cortecorbo walking in the wonderful vineyards and cantina with the guidance of a real irpinian wine-maker. The origin of all irpinian wines, but also the story of a small family wine-business with a long tradition. Learn how to make and cook pizza in an old wood oven, but also how to cook hand-made irpinian pasta. Learn while having fun is mandatory. Realx yourself with a typical long countryside lunch tasting six different kinds of wine from cortecorbo winery. You will also discover the Taurasi docg, the wine-diamond of the south. It is a red wine that has a minimum aging of five years, but after decades it improves its qualities. A meal in which local dishes are selected in order to celebrate the characteristics of all wines. Hospitality, unique products and happiness are the ingredients in order to offer an unforgettable experience ..... Wine, nature and stories are the ingredients in order to share unique moments with the right people ....

Get to know the culinary side of the Amalfi Coast on a food tour from Sorrento. You’ll travel to a family farm in the hills and enjoy the chance to sample mozzarella, olive oil, wine or beer, and limoncello, plus make your own pizza. This excursion provides an easy way to see more of the area for those with limited time by providing round-trip transport that lets you skip the stress of car rental.

Come spend a morning and an afternoon in the Villa del Barone. You will be able to enjoy the natural beauty that has made the Villa famous all over the world, fully enjoying the wonders it offers: panoramas that take your breath away, a walk in the vegetable garden, the rich history of a Baronial house, cultural traditions and gastronomy of our family. The Sorrento and Neapolitan cuisine of "Chez Barone" is passion, attention to detail, imagination, good taste and genuine ingredients of first quality also coming from our Limoneto and from our garden. With the cooking classes you will have a lot of fun and you will discover all the useful secrets to prepare unique dishes, which we pass on as a true "Family Treasure"!