Your trip; Your way.
For those wishing to explore Italy on their own,
Gourmet Getaways offers custom trip planning throughout Italy and Sicily.
For food and wine lovers, consider an Italian trip designed around one-day, weekend, or week-long cooking classes from Tuscany to Sicily. Are you interested in Artisan, Neapolitan, Renaissance, Sicilian, or Traditional cooking? Pasta, Pizza, or Country cooking lessons? Gourmet Getaways has partnered in each region with some of Italy's top professional culinary chefs.
Blend your culinary trip with the art history of Rome and Florence or the antiques of Pompeii. Visit the magnificent cathedral of Orvieto, the medieval cities of Lucca and Siena. Enjoy wine tastings in private vineyards, shopping in local markets, and luxury lifestyles as you partake of R&R on the Amalfi Coast. Travel to Sicily and experience the incredible view from Taormina, the ruins of Syracusa, the hillside of Catania overlooking the mists of smoke from Mt. Etna.
Hotels, villas, and tours are carefully selected; local guides provide insights and excursions not usually available to the average tourist; rail travel between cities is arranged; transfers, private transportation are also provided so that each traveler experiences Italy according to his/her desires.
Tours, Culinary Classes and Testimonials: Your Trip; Your Way
A Honeymoon to Remember
Because of our love for food and wine, we had Gourmet Getaways plan our amazing honeymoon in Italy. (They) did a fabulous job of recommending elegant hotels in ideal areas, planning private tours to vineyards and planning cooking lessons in a private villa. Our honeymoon was everything we dreamed of. Itinerary Highlights:
Tour Tuscany to Amalfi Coast to Rome
Private tours of vineyards
Cooking lessons in a private villa with world renowned Chef
Mother/Daughter Birthday Celebration
Our time in Venice was memorable. Your attention to all the details made it perfect. Our time in the kitchen at Villa Luppis with Chefs Luigi and Tulio was a blast. The recipes we prepared were all fabulous. Itinerary Highlights:
Private transfers from Venice airport
5-star hotel
4-Cooking lessons
Wine pairing
Visits to a winery
Visit to the oldest ham producers near Venice
Special Anniversary Celebration
We had a great week in Florence. Our day with Silvio, the Guide you arranged, was probably our best day. He is passionate about Italy and its history, especially Machiavelli. The people and places he lined up were excellent – a small winery where the owner was our host; the house where Machiavelli once lived; a small 500 year old church where the caretaker and family prepared lunch for us. Itinerary Highlights:
Special transfers from airport in Rome to Florence by private car
5-star hotels in Florence, Tuscany, Rome
Special tour of Vatican/Sistine Chapel
Cooking class in Florence with (CHEF) and a visit to the local market
First Trip to Italy
Bravo & Grazie!!! Having never been to Italy your recommendations for hotels and restaurants could not have been better. You made it easy for us. You truly put together a holiday we will never forget. Itinerary Highlights:
Tour Florence, Sorrento, Rome
Arrangement of all the Rail passes
Private tours and guides
Hotel accommodations
Bev and Andy's Italian Anniversary Adventure:
We asked Marlene to help us plan an Anniversary Gourmet Getaway to Italy. We wanted friendly, family-owned hotels and villas with comfort, relaxation, and fabulous food and wine. We were not disappointed! Itinerary Highlights:
Car Rental arranged
Hotel accommodations in boutique hotels in Spoleto and Gubbio,
Hotel accommodations in the countryside of Perugia, Orvieto, and Rome
