ISTRAMORE EXPERIENCE • GOURMET • FULL DAY • FAMILY KITCHEN
MAREMONTI
From the Coast to a Family Table
The road climbs away from the coast, past olive groves and stone walls, into the real Istrian interior — until it ends at a family's door, before the kitchen has even opened for the day. A private cooking class, a table set with what the garden and the market provide, and an afternoon in one of Istria's quietest hilltop towns.
This is the price of the full private day — chauffeur, guide, tasting, and cooking class. Not the price of the class alone.
Experience Highlights
A Family's Own Kitchen — Guests are welcomed into a real family kitchen — a way of cooking passed down rather than taught, not a cooking school.
Olive Oil, First — A private tasting at the estate before the kitchen opens for the day.
Hands in the Dough — A private cooking class using garden produce (in season) or fresh market ingredients, with wine poured from the cellar or a local grower.
Oprtalj, at the End — A quiet walk through one of Istria's least-visited hilltop towns, before the drive back to the coast.
Oprtalj
By the time the last plate is cleared, the light has already begun to soften, and Oprtalj is waiting — quieter than its neighbours, stone lanes with almost no one on them, and a view worth the climb, before the quiet drive back to the coast.
A family welcomes guests into their own kitchen — a way of cooking passed down rather than taught, using their own wine and, in season, whatever is ready to pick from the garden that morning. This is not a cooking school. It is someone else's home.
When the family's calendar is full, the same spirit continues at a second kitchen inland, where a chef trained in Istrian tradition — recipes carried down from her own nonna — pours wine from local growers and cooks with what the market or the garden offers that day.
The Family Kitchen
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Private luxury Mercedes-Benz transfer — full day, from your hotel and back
Olive oil tasting at the estate
Private cooking class in a family kitchen
Seated lunch, with wine from the cellar or a local grower
A walk through Oprtalj
On-board refreshments and Wi-Fi
Available by request. S/E-Class up to 2 guests, V-Class up to 6 guests — larger groups covered by combining vehicles from our fleet. Runs March through November.
AVAILABLE: By request · Private groups up to 6 guests · Full day
FAQs
Is this a cooking school, or something more personal?
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More personal — guests cook in a real family kitchen, not a commercial classroom. The recipes, pace, and produce depend on the season and the family hosting that day.
What if someone in our group has dietary restrictions?
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Please let us know in advance — allergies and vegetarian, vegan or pescatarian requirements can usually be accommodated if we know ahead of time.
Is this suitable for children?
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Yes — children are welcome in the kitchen and often enjoy the hands-on cooking as much as adults do.
Can Maremonti be combined with another Istramore experience?
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Yes — it pairs naturally with a longer stay inland. Let us know what else you're considering and we'll help put together a rhythm that works.