In Perugia, from April 28 to May 1, the annual festival of cheese Ditecheese! (“Say cheese!”) will take place.
Italians adore cheese, according to statistics, each Italian consumes 23 kg of cheese per year. The total amount they spend on cheese each year, is more than 21 billion Euros.
Cheese of local and foreign production will be presented at the festival, as well as different kinds of honey, mustard and sauces that can be served with cheese.
You can visit the tasting for free, accompanied by an expert on cheese. Various cultural activities are confined to the festival: for example, musical performances in the theater “Santa Cecilia”, the story about gastronomic tourism (Friday and Saturday at 18:30).
Stands, wine cellar and tasting of cheese can be visited from 16:00 to 21:00 on Thursday and Friday, from 11:00 to 21:00 on Saturdays and from 11:00 to 20:00 on Sunday. Tasting with the experts begins at 18:00 on Thursday and Friday, and at 12:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday.
I’m going to go there with friends.
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