Italy’s hidden culinary heritage of Abruzzo

Five exclusive days of exploring, tasting & inspiration on Big Green Egg

5 Day exclusive Italian BBQ Tour – Abruzzo 2025

We’re so excited to welcome you on this exclusive BBQ-adventure of a lifetime! A truly special and intimate Italian gastronomic journey to understand, recreate and experience the magic tastes of “La Dolce Vita”. Come and join us on an amazing 5-day adventure through gastronomic and historic Abruzzo! We’ll take you from the mountains to the sea. From ancient castles and fortresses to the most beautiful and elegant Italian villages.

A unique Italian BBQ Workshop Tour “La Dolce Vita” 
Together with local chefs and a certified Big Green Egg workshop leader, you’ll get to recreate the culinary heritage of Abruzzo on daily BBQ workshops on the Big Green Egg that travels with you during this unique and very exclusive food adventure in Abruzzo. Prepare typical Abruzzo dishes from the heart of Italy and soak up a thousand years of Italian history.

You’ll explore, taste & learn how to prepare the finest and freshest local regional dishes with local chefs, hosts, farmers and producers, right in the heart of Abruzzo. You will hunt with the best truffle dogs for wild black truffles. Discover the world’s best saffron in l’Aquila. Prepare traditional Abruzzo dishes at ancient castles as the sun sets. Taste some of Italy’s finest olive oils and wines. Catch fish on the Unesco World Heritage trabocchi of Abruzzo and grill a great BBQ-lunch with your catch of the day, overlooking the azure blue Adriatic coastline…

From the mountains to the sea in 3 Abruzzo regions:

During the Abruzzo Harvest Tour you’ll stay in 4- and 5 star hotels, selected on maximum contribution to the tour activities in:

1. Region of l’Aquila:
– Santa Stefano
– l’Aquila
– Roccamarice
2. Chieti region:
– Archi
– Fossacesia
3. Teramo region.
– Civitella del Tronto
– Sant’Onofrio

Culinary heritage on BBQ:

Smell, taste & cook with:

  • Truffle hunting
  • Truffle dog school
  • Saffron d’Aguila
  • Lamb tradition & arrosticini
  • Wine: Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
  • Trabocchi + fish
  • Cucina di campagna Teramo
  • Pasta chitarro
  • Daily cooking workshops with local chefs and the team of certified Big Green Egg workshop leader Roy Voogd from BBQ52 are included!
Cultural heritage of Abruzzo:

Explore, see & experience

  • Rocca Calascio
  • Sancta Stefano
  • Aquila
  • Fossacesia
  • Civitella del Tronto
  • Feudo Antico

Traveldates 2025:
Sun 25 – Fri 30 May
  • Pricing from € 3.525 p.p.
  • Including all accomodations (based on double room occupation) transfers, workshops with local topchefs and certified Big Green Egg workshopleader, exclusive full day food program matching the culinary heritage of Abruzzo, winetasting, local heritage product tastings, and entrance fees are included.
  • Flight tickets are not included. Arrival time is set and and flight suggestions will be given.
  • This comprehensive gastronomic heritage workshop tour needs a total minimum of 8 and a maximum of 12 participants.

Be the first to experience this unique new culinary heritage BBQ tour!

This tour on culinary heritage of Abruzzo is absolute one-of-a-kind. Never before you had a chance to experience so much cultural ánd culinary heritage of such a rich historic Italian region, combined with the unique opportunity to learn how to recreate the dishes on high level BBQ cooking workshops and master classes. Each participant will work on a personal Big Green Egg that will be ready on each location.

The Abruzzo Heritage Tour 2025 is the first of a new series of Culinary Heritage Tours, organised by Culin-Air Travel. The tour is a unique collaboration with BBQ52 and Abruzzo1. Extraordinary is the daily active BBQ activity in this exclusive tour, including several cooking workshops on Big Green Eggs, given by the best local chefs and a certified Big Green Egg workshop leader.

And all this is part of the tour:


This unique comprehensive culinary BBQ HERITAGE tour is developed with the support of: