Italy Culinary & Wine Trips & Packages Tours & Trips

Highlights

• Stay in a traditional Tuscan farmhouse near San Gimignano, surrounded by vineyards and olive trees, and tour the grounds, indulging in tastings of their local wines and rich organic olive oil.
• Take a cooking class and watch a demonstration of how Bologna pasta is made right in the heart of this culinary namesake before sitting down to enjoy the fruits (or pasta sheets) of your labour for dinner with your host.
• Swap stories with a Roman local as you feast on seasonal dishes, homecooked for your group for dinner right in their home.
• See Italy’s iconic sights, like the canals of Venice, the romantic streets of Rome and the UNESCO World Heritage Site in San Gimignano.
• Find foodie bliss with a food tour that lets you taste all the regional highlights, like gelato, cicchetti, pasta, vinegar, cheese, seasonal fruit and veg and organic meats.

Highlights

• Wander through colourful markets and try the unique street food of Palermo
• Enjoy a hands-on cookery class with a local chef in Erice
• Sample a variety of local specialities during produce and wine tastings
• Visit unique heritage sites and baroque cities, including Agrigento and Noto

Highlights

• Stay in the riverside village of Pieve di Soligo Explore the lesser-visited neighbourhoods of Venice with a local guide Enjoy peace-inducing walks through one of the oldest wine regions in Italy Visit the workshop of a Venetian artisan who creates traditional gondola oars Sample a selection of wines and snacks at two local wineries

Highlights

• Experience Puglia’s highlights with a group of like-minded cultural adventurers
• Begin in the extraordinary cave town of Matera – a spectacular opening to the adventure
• Wander among the trulli houses of Alberobello, staying in one for two nights
• Enjoy seafront restaurants and coastal views in Otranto
• Sample classic Apulian produce with an olive oil tasting and pasta-making demo at a farmhouse

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• Experience classic Tuscany on foot: rolling vineyards, Renaissance cities and medieval villages
• Sip chianti and other local wines on three separate tasting experiences
• See Siena through the eyes of local on a history and culture tour with a local guide
• Discover magnificent Florence on a walking tour with a local guide
• Feel like one of the family with a stay in the Tuscan hills at Hotel Le Renaie

Highlights

• Enjoy boat trips along the Amalfi Coast and to the island of Capri
• See the romantic coastal towns of Amalfi, Positano and Ravello
• Visit both Herculaneum and Pompeii
• Enjoy Italian hospitality at family-run Hotel Due Torri

Highlights

• Live ‘la dolce vita’ with your family on the Amalfi Coast: a week of culture, history and scenic views
• Enjoy warm Italian hospitality from the Acampora family at Hotel Due Torri
• Whip up a storm in the kitchen with fun cooking demonstrations from the in-house chef
• Hop back 2,000 years on a visit to Pompeii and get close to the Vesuvius crater
• Explore one of the most desirable coastlines in Europe by boat and kayak

Highlights

• Cooking Class at a Local’s Home
• Exploring 3 of Southern Italy’s Prettiest Towns
• Swimming in Clear Water Alongside a White Cliff
• Boat Rides to Exotic Islands Just Off the Coast of Sicily
• Hiking Around a Mighty Volcano