La Dolce Vita Retreats

In the small fishing village of Cetara on the Amalfi Coast, there is a wonderful restaurant owned and operated by two cousins – “the two Gennaros”- Gennaro Castiello and Genaro Marciante and its name is Acqua Pazza (crazy water).  The cuisine is simple food prepared using local flavors and  traditional recipes complimented by tremendous ingenuity.  Two main stays of the cuisine are colatura, an infused oil  and garum, a condiment,  both  heavily dependent on the anchovies for which the village is famous.  The village also supplies some of the finest red tuna in the world.

Always using the freshest fish and shellfish, the famed lemons of the region, aubergines, local Provola cheese and combined with the  Gennaros’ spirit of joie de vivre, Acqua Pazza is an experience not to be missed!

If you are planning to visit Cetaro while touring the Amalfi Coast, make a reservation as it’s become very popular especially since its great success on the television show “La Prova del Cuoco”(Ready, Steady, Cook) where they competed with chefs of other Italian regions and were First Runner Up!       http://www.acquapazza.it

La Dolce Vita Retreats gives Acqua Pazza a thumbs up!

Mother’s Day is right around the corner and what could be better as a gift to a mother than a mother-daughter vacation?  We have a spectacular Amalfi Coast trip in September 2009, an extraordinary cooking class vacation in Tuscany in October,  and a Bahamaian water sports and yoga delight on the pink sand beaches of Harbour Island in the Bahamas.

Give your mother the gift of La Dolce Vita!

Each of our trips includes meals, activities and lodging at close to what lodging alone would cost!  Although considered to be a luxury vacation, you’ll find our trips quite reasonable when you see what’s included!

If you are looking for exquisite locations, a luxury retreat, fine cuisine, yachting or cooking, hiking and yoga, music, history, art, gardens, and much more, all in one experience, don’t miss these wonderful opportunities of a lifetime with La Dolce Vita Retreats!

For an experience of a lifetime, and a mother’s day gift bar none, visit of website at www.ladolcevitaretreats.com    And hurry…..limited number of reservations are available and NOW is the time to go to Europe! 

Check back at this blog later today to see some magnificent pictures of Portofino where we are enjoying hiking, yachting, spa treatments and fantastic Italian cuisine!