My family and I had a fantastic day with Rita making pasta, she made us all feel so welcome and we all had so much fun. Rita and Alex are so friendly and really helpful with lots of advice about the area as well as with the cooking and especially the wine! Would definitely recommend Rita to learn some typical Italian fare.
Hi, thank you so much for your kind review.
It was such a pleasure meeting you and your family. Glad you enjoyed your food and wine. Hope to see you again one day in Barga. Grazie mille!! Rita and Alex
Great experience and super host in Rita. Thoroughly enjoyed learning how to cook real Tuscan food - the huge pizza oven is an experience not to be missed. Rita ensured we saw interesting places in the vicinity and the bonus was a wine tasting event on the coast with Alex followed by the most delicious ice cream ever!
Thank you for your very kind words. It was such a pleasure meeting you.
We got good weather, had the opportunity to go for a wine tasting at the coast,
it also made our time memorable with you. Hope to see you again in the future.
Warm regards Rita and Alex xxxx
From the trip to Alex's wine tasting to the cooking lesson to a fabulous family style dinner, all amazing!!
We spent a wonderful day in the company of this family establishment. We will definitely be back!!
Thank you so much.
It was a great pleasure meeting you all . Good fun !!
Look forward to seeing you again at La Mezzaluna.
Rita and Alex
What a fantastic experience this was. I stayed at La Mezza Luna to attend Rita's cookery course, the first time I had booked an activity holiday and was travelling alone. Rita and Alex could not be more welcoming and did everything possible to ensure all their guests had a great holiday. The cooking was fun as well as informative and the added excursions were so much better for having a local guide. I met some lovely people on the course making me feel that I was not really holidaying alone 😃 I would love to return one day and highly recommend La Mezza Luna and Rita's cookery course to anyone.
Thanks Rita and Alex,
Shirley x
Thank you so much. It was a pleasure meeting you and you were a
lovely group . Hope to see you again in Barga one day .
Best Wishes Rita and Alex
We went to La Mezza Luna on a whim, to see some of Northern Tuscany but mainly to enjoy learning about Tuscan cooking. From the moment Rita met us at the airport to when she and her partner Alex took us back a week later we felt as if we were being looked after by friends.
On our first night we visited Alex's winery over the road and with other guests enjoyed an evening of delicious local hams and cheeses and wonderful (non-headache-inducing!) local wines.
Next day the cooking began and we loved it! During the week we became adept at making so many types of pasta, delicious sauces, breads, tarts, pizzas, desserts - and wild boar stew! Rita didn't just show us, we had to do it all too. A real hands-on, and hands-in, experience! Pizza making, in the big wood-fired pizza oven, was a highlight.
Everything was taken care of, with Rita taking us on trips and visits and keeping us very well fed morning, noon and night. We visited places we would never have seen on our own and Rita's local knowledge and personal touch made all the difference.
Our accommodation was fine, not a five star super modern impersonal hotel, which we did not want, but spotlessly clean, comfy accommodation with everything we needed.
A short walk away is the railway station and we took ourselves off on our own one day to explore the medieval town of Lucca. Closer to Rita's is the beautiful hilltop town of Barga. In both we almost expected the Montague and the Capulet lads to emerge from the alleyways.
We thoroughly enjoyed our time at La Mezza Luna and are very glad to have met Rita and Alex, our warm and helpful hosts. We loved the cooking, the company, the wine and the wonderful food.
What beautiful kind words!
It is very much appreciated and thank you so much . It was a great pleasure for Alex and I to meet you both. This is our life... food, wine music and great company!
Thank you once again and hope to see you again in Barga one day.
Rita and Alex
