Nessun Dorma

Who they are

Nessun Dorma is a wine bar serving simple food that opened in 2014 on Punta Bonfiglio, the promontory facing Manarola harbour, in the Cinque Terre. The company that runs it, Nessun Dorma Snc, also has a shop of local products on the village's main street, Officina 231, and a winery, Cantina Marinella. As a place to eat it is only an aperitivo: bruschette, boards and wine, with turns by app.

What they do

Its main midday activity is the Pesto Experience: a class on the terrace in which you learn to make Genoese pesto with a Carrara marble mortar, with basil that you pick from their own plants, pine nuts, garlic and sea salt, among other ingredients. They have prepared fresh pesto every day since 2014. The class lasts about two and a half hours and includes lunch, a tasting of a Cinque Terre white with a Ligurian sommelier, an apron and a prize for the best pesto. Classes are given in English.

How it works

You book on their website or in the Nessun Dorma app, where you also see the confirmation. There are three times, with departures at 10:30 from March, at 13:45 from May and at 17:00 on some days; none on Tuesdays. Cancellation is free from the app. If it rains, the class is cancelled. They keep suitcases during the class, useful if you are catching a train right afterwards: the station is five or ten minutes' walk away.