San Gimignano
Our Private Week Tours
Montalcino, Valdorcia
Tuscany Valdorcia Walking Tour Pienza
Castello di Rampolla Wine Tasting
Florence Food and Wine Tour
Matera and the canyon
Otranto Coast, Salento
Salento, Otranto
Rocche di Costamagna Tasting, La Morra
Selinunte Greek Temple
Women Wine Tasting Tour
Conti Zecca wine tasting
You want an early holiday in the spring, when it’s not so warm, but the wheather is mild? You have heard many things of Sicily and of its wines, now you wonder where it’s better to go, and which are the finest wines? And, eventually, you perhaps heard of its extraordinary Easter folklore and celebrations? Then, you should join this unique themed trip of ours for the Holy Week. First of all because in April Sicily has a very mild wheather and spring is fully blooming, while the winter is still lingering in Italy. Second, because this trip combines three top destinations, on the eastern coast, a myth for the travellers since the Grand Tour times. Highlights • Taormina and Giardini Naxos • Etna volcano, the craters tour • Alcantara, the pistacchio of Bronte, the best wineries • Syracuse, Ortygia and the archeological Neapolis • The Pantalica canyon, ancient necropolis • The Baroque cities of the Hyblean Plateaux, Modica and Ragusa • Easter celebrations in Taormina, Ferla, Ispica, Ragusa and Modica • Best wine tasting of the Etna, Eloro and Hyblean wine zones Contact us for a custom made program and quote.
• PROSECCO. Conegliano and Valdobbiadene are the original Prosecco country. Asolo is a small artistic town. The Venetian Villa Maser, winery and museum. • VICENZA and Padova. COLLI EUGANEI, and Breganze wines. Merlots, and whites. The world's best Grappa in Bassano. • GARDA LAKE shores. Fresh, gentle wines of Bardolino, Lugana and Custoza. The classic method spumante from Franciacorta. • VERONA. The finest Soave, the classic Valpolicella, AMARONE mythical, powerful Veneto wine. The most scenic, top level ITALIAN OPERA at the Roman Arena, in Verona July and August only.
CLASSIC ITALIAN OPERA PERFORMACES, TOP VENETO WINES Verona, offers the most classic and scenic Opera fastival, between June and August, in the open air, in the amazing Roman theathre, the Arena. We took advantage of the summer, to combine our classic Veneto wine tour with the Opera festival. If wine is an icon of the Italian lifestyle, well, the Opera shows teh essential of the Italian feel for drama, comedy, and their liberating power! So, we spent three days in Verona, enjoying the Aida, and the Nabucco, while visiting the Valpolicella, the Soave Hills, and Bardolino on the Garda lake. Then we moved north to the Sudtyroler Weinstrasse, tasting their elegant wines. Thirds, we crossed the Dolomites, lodging in Cortina, and visited Sass Pordoi, the remains of the Marmolada glacier, the unmissable Lavaredo Three Peaks. In the end, we reached the Valdobbiadene green hills, we lodged in majestic Castelbrando, a our tour came to an end in the Prosecco wine country.
Special season tour, to taste the new olive oil, the truffles, and teh new wine. Best dates in November.
Highlights: Sannio Aglianico and Taurasi wines vineyards, Paestum Greek temples, Amalfi and Ravello, Pompei and the Vesuvius, Capri island daytrip. Flegrean fields and Naples, great melting pot of the old world.
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