Food & Wine Experiences in Italy
Cooking Lessons, Gastronomy Tours, Wine Tasting & Food Market Visits
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Below, we offer multi-day gastronomy programs as well as one-day or even half-day experiences.
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Piedmont
Wine, Truffles & Castles in Piedmont
Enjoy a truffle hunt in Alba, stroll through the towns of Barolo and La Morra, tour four wineries followed by tastings, visit two authentic castles and sleep overnight in one of them! A personal assistant joins you for parts of this private self-guided program that starts at 545 Euro/person. Read more....
Cinque Terre
Portofino & Cinque Terre: Wine, Seaside Villages & Islands
Spend four days on the exquisite Italian Riviera, enjoying a private excursion to Portofino and Camogli, a boat excursion to three islands, and a wine tasting in the Cinque Terre. This independent package includes three nights in Rapallo and prices start at only 400 Euro/person. Read more....
Tuscany
The Food & Wine Lover's Southern Tuscany
Spend six magical days visiting Tuscan hill towns, wineries, an olive mill, a cheese farm and more. You'll stay at an award-winning winery with its own state-of-the-art spa, joining a group of no more than 12 people. The price includes all meals with unlimited wine, as well as all escorted excursions, starting at only 1095 Euro/person. Read more....
Wine & Cuisine in Tuscany & Umbria
Spend six nights at a 4-star historic villa hotel in an authentic town just south of Florence. With a small group, you'll visit Siena, Volterra, Assisi, and the Chianti. You'll also have private tours at wineries, an oil mill and a world-famous butcher, with tastings of all the delicious local specialties. Prices start at just 975 Euro/person. Read more....
Four-Day Truffles, Wine & Olive Oil in Tuscany
Stay at two very different country manors where you'll taste local olive oil and delicacies, experience a truffle hunt followed by a tasting, visit a Chianti castle and winery, and have time on your own to explore medieval villages. Prices start at only 340 Euro/person! Read more....
Self-Guided Tuscan Gastronomy Adventure
For more independent travelers, this five-day program includes lodgings at a beautifully restored 16th-century post house outside Bagno Vignoni and at a B&B in Pienza, one welcome drink and dinner, one Brunello wine tasting, one wine-and-Tuscan-snack tasting, and one cheese tasting, all for just 585 Euro/person. Read more....
This totally unique full-day trip includes everything for which Tuscany is beloved: breathtaking vistas; a winery visit and tasting; a farm visit with tastings of cheese, salamis and balsamic vinegar; a classic farm lunch accompanied by three wines; a stroll around the tiniest walled village in Europe; a visit to a medieval castle; and time to visit the Etruscan city of Fiesole. The price for this private day trip starts at 95 Euro/person and includes all tastings, lunch, visits, guide and transportation. Read more....
Visit the historic wineries with your private guide, who will pick you up in Florence and take you back at the end of the day. Prices for this full-day tour start at just 68 Euro/person. Read more....
If you're longing to experience authentic Tuscan without driving and without joining a group, look no further! You'll stay at a historic winery farm overlooking San Gimignano, enjoy private day trips to the Chianti, San Gimignano and Volterra, as well as a winery visit and tasting, and a cooking lesson followed by dinner. All effortless and so, so delicious! All-inclusive price is 950 Euro/person. Read more....
Add four hands-on cooking lessons to the The Food & Wine Lover's Southern Tuscany program. In Italy Online's exclusive low prices start at only 1310 Euro/person. Read more....
Amalfi Coast
This four-day adventure is your chance to see and learn how the local specialties have evolved, how they are made, and best of all, how they taste at the origin! You'll stay at a 4-star hotel in Minori, a pretty little village right on the shore of the Amalfi Coast. Prices start at 490 Euro/person. Read more....
Wine Visits
Visit one winery estate where you can taste and purchase all the major Tuscan vintages. Enjoy a tasting session, winery visit and full lunch. Or experience something totally different at an ancient Venetian pub facing the Grand Canal, where you'll learn about northern wines and the yummy snacks that accompany them. Read more....
Montalcino for Serious Wine Connoisseurs
Staying in Florence and want to visit the faraway Brunello wineries? This private tour is for you! Prices for this full-day tour start at only 75 Euro/person. Read more....
Italian Home
Dine with an Italian Family at Their Home
Have you always wanted to see a typical Italian home? Here's your chance to spend an evening with a personable English-speaking family in Rome or Florence, watch them prepare dinner, exchange conversation about their lives, and truly immerse yourself in la vita italiana which, as we all know, is centered around la tavola! Read more....