Gourmet Tour of India

Gourmet Tour of India

Tour Amount:-Rs.4000

Alluring Heritage (16 Days)

Season : Year round 
Best time : October to March

The tour offers you an excellent opportunity to learn some of the treasured recipes of popular dishes, handed down from generation to generation. Join your hosts in the cooking demonstrations held especially in your honour in their splendid heritage homes. India’s fabulous wealth of culinary delights is culled from her regional traditions and the cosmopolitan influences of contemporary times. Discover this splendid repository of food and beverage favourites that have seduced the taste buds of visitors from around the globe in her homes and her speciality restaurants. En route stay at Luxury Camps, Heritage Homes and Boutique Hotels to learn all about India’s great culinary traditions.

ITINERARY
Day 1 - Fly to Delhi.
Day 2 - Delhi - Meet and transfer to Hotel Imperial / Oberoi.
Day 3 - Delhi - Morning - Tour of Old and New Delhi. Dinner- Bengali speciality restaurant. 
Day 4 - Delhi - Day at leisure. Dinner - Mughalai speciality restaurant. 
Day 5 - Delhi / Jaipur - Morning- Drive 4 hrs Stay at Samode Haveli / Loharu house. Dinner- North West 
Frontier cuisine speciality restaurant. 
Day 6 - Jaipur - Morning- Tour of Walled Pink City, Observatory and City Palace. Street Food Lunch in popular 
local restaurant, Dinner- Vegetarian meal at a family home. 
Day 7 - Jaipur / Nimaj - Drive 5 hrs to Nimaj. Stay in Chhatrasagar Camp. 
Day 8 - Nimaj - Jeep safari to local villages and chilly fields with your hosts. Afternoon Rajasthani food 
cooking lessons in camp kitchen. Evening sample local BBQ dishes by the camp fire. 
Day 9 - Nimaj / Jodhpur - Morning- Drive 2 hrs. Tour of city, spice and pickle market. 
Stay at Ratan Vilas - a heritage home. 
Day 10 - Jodhpur / Mumbai - Flight, City tour en route to hotel. Dinner at local seafood. restaurant. Stay at 
legendary Taj Mahal Hotel. 
Day 11 - Mumbai / Cochin - Flight, See Kathakali Dance in a theatre. Stay at Brunton Boat Yard Resort. 
Day 12 - Cochin - Morning- Tour of Fort Cochin. Spice Market. Afternoon - Syrian Christian Malyali cuisine 
Cooking class and dinner at a family home. 
Day 13 - Cochin / Calicut / Tellicherry - Fly to Calicut and drive 2 hrs to side Sea heritage home Ayisha 
Manzil. 
Day 14 - Tellicherry - Mopna Cuisine Cooking lesson after purchasing ingredients in local market with hosts.
Day 15 - Tellicherry - At leisure. 
Day 16 - Tellicherry / Calicut / Mumbai / Departure - Drive to Calicut and fly to Mumbai to connect to 
international flight.

SUGGESTED ADAPTATIONS TO THIS TOUR:
*From Kochi - Overnight cruise on the backwaters of Kerela in a traditional house boat OR a few days on luxury cruise boat Vrinda OR spend few days at Ayurveda Spa in the backwaters or Botique Resort at Kovalam Beach.