Gragnano is the home of Pasta, one of Italy’s most famous culinary delights
If Italy is the land of pasta, its capital has to be Gragnano, a town near Naples where they still make it the same way they did in the 19th century. At that time, the village at the foot of the Lattari mountains was an enormous open air factory which produced the best pasta ever. The breezes blowing from the Bay dried the pasta hung out to dry along the streets of the town. Here macaroni meets the tastiest tomatoes and a plate of pasta becomes a veritable monument to the culture. Today the pasta factories use modern techniques to replicate the old procedures and produce a pasta that must be experienced to appreciate the difference with any other. We will visit the pasta factory of the Moccia family where making pasta is a serious business and attention to quality never fails. Among the wonderful colors, smells and flavors, we won’t leave before we taste local specialties prepared with bread from a wood-burning oven and a unique pasta dish that very few people know about.
Lunch and wine included
Stefania R.
Stefania R.
Sam Gamgee Manager
We finally understood why in Napoli pasta becomes another dish: we went to Gragnano, the world capital of maccaroni. Here it is a matter of lifestyle. In the ancient pasta factories, they have told us everything about the secrets of the dough and it seemed to eat a plate never tasted before.
Jim Gordon
Zuzi Oulette
Giovanna Amitrano
Giovanna Amitrano
We finally understood why in Napoli pasta becomes another dish: we went to Gragnano, the world capital of maccaroni. Here it is a matter of lifestyle. In the ancient pasta factories, they have told us everything about the secrets of the dough and it seemed to eat a plate never tasted before.
Jim Gordon US tourist
Sam Gamgee Manager
Zuzi Oulette