Cooking in a Tuscan Castle excursion

[CHammond]

We are trying to decide if we want to do this excursion from the port of Livorno on our cruise. Has anyone done this excursion and was it worthwhile? It is quite pricey so we are on the fence!

[SantaFe1]

We are doing it on Feb 26, so if I remember I’ll come back and let you know. But I bet you hear from others first, who have actually done it. 

[CHammond]

Thank you that would be greatly appreciated!

[SantaFe1]

We did this excursion yesterday.  It is a seven hour excursion.  Four of those hours are on the bus, two hours each way to the castle.  The castle really isn’t a castle as I picture Tuscan castles.  We then had an hour tour of the castle and its wine cellars.  It was a miserable day yesterday,( so much so that the captain canceled our second day in Florence and we have a sea day today as he deemed it unsafe to stay docked in Livorno).  Much of the castle tour was outside, and inside was not heated and freezing within the stone walls.  Many, many steps gave lots of people trouble.  Then we had a one hour cooking class, making pasta and a sauce.  Then, We had lunch, quite good, and shopping for the last hour.  I think much of my review was colored by the miserable weather, but I would not do it again, especially at that price!

Edited February 26, 2023 by SantaFe1

[CHammond]

Thanks so much for coming back and letting me know how it went! It definitely is one of the priciest excursions so sounds like it might not be worth the price!