Best of Puglia Tour 2026
Experience Puglia through guided visits, iconic sights and a delicious journey into local cuisine, designed for curious and seasoned travellers alike.
Food & Wine Tours
Small group food and wine tours through Italy, led by specialist guides.
Italy's food and wine culture is regional and specific — best understood by eating and drinking your way through it with someone who can explain what you're tasting and why it matters. Our small group food and wine tours are built around genuine culinary experiences: market visits, producer tastings, cooking classes, meals that reflect where you actually are. Explore current food and wine tour departures below.
Our Italy food and wine tours go well beyond restaurant meals. You’ll visit family-run producers, have a go at making pasta or local specialties in proper cooking sessions, explore markets with your guide, and sit down to meals that reflect the region you’re in — whether that’s truffles in Umbria, seafood on the Sicilian coast, or a Barolo producer in Piedmont. Each itinerary is built around the culinary character of a specific region. Groups are small, which means access to the kind of experiences that simply can’t be organised for a coach tour. These are food and wine tours for people who eat and drink with intention.
Piedmont Small Group Tour 2026
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Food & Wine Tour Puglia 2026 | Private Tour
Private 5-day Puglia food and wine tour: Each day includes organised activities, visits to all the key sights and a progressive discovery of the local Puglia cuisine.
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Gastronomic Emilia Romagna Tour
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Cycle from Costa Smeralda and La Maddalena into Sardinia’s mountainous interior, finishing beside the Gulf of Orosei.
What Makes a Food and Wine Tour Different
Most tours include meals. Food and wine tours are built around them. The culinary program — market visits, cooking lessons, producer tastings, wine pairings — is the itinerary, not an add-on. You’ll typically spend mornings with food producers or in a kitchen, afternoons exploring the area, and evenings at a table your guide has chosen for genuine quality rather than convenience. The cultural context comes with the food: Italian culinary culture is inseparable from the places that produce it.
What’s Typically Included
Our Italy food and wine tours generally include accommodation, the majority of meals, guided culinary experiences (cooking classes, tastings, market visits), and local expert guides with food-specific knowledge. Wine is typically included at meals; standalone wine-tasting sessions are included in most itineraries. Full inclusions are detailed on each tour page — worth reading carefully, as the level of inclusion varies.
Italy’s Regions and Their Food Identities
Italy’s food and wine culture is intensely regional. Emilia-Romagna is the acknowledged culinary heartland — Parmigiano-Reggiano, prosciutto di Parma, fresh egg pasta, aged balsamic. Tuscany is wine country with food to match: pappardelle, bistecca, Chianti Classico, Brunello. Umbria has truffles, lentils, and Sagrantino. Piedmont has white truffles and Barolo. Sicily’s cuisine carries Arab, Norman, and Greek influence across centuries. Our tours are built around these regional identities, not a generic Italy-is-delicious approach.
When to Go for the Best Food and Wine Experience
Autumn (September to November) is the standout season: harvest time, new wine releases, truffle season in Umbria and Piedmont, and some of the best produce markets of the year. Spring is also excellent. Most tours start in a regional city — Bologna, Florence, Palermo — easy to reach by train from Rome.
FAQs
Do I need any cooking experience to join a food and wine tour?
None at all. Cooking classes on our tours are hands-on and led by relaxed local teachers — the goal is enjoyment and understanding, not technical skill. If you can follow instructions and love eating, you’ll get a great deal out of it.
Are dietary requirements catered for?
We do our best, and most of our operators are experienced at handling vegetarian needs and common allergies. That said, Italian cuisine is built heavily on gluten, dairy, and meat — very specific requirements can be managed but may limit some experiences. Flag your requirements at booking and we’ll advise honestly on which tours suit you best.
Is wine included in food and wine tours?
Wine is typically included with meals on most of our food and wine tours, and dedicated tasting sessions are included in most itineraries. Some optional extras — premium cellar door visits, private tastings — may carry a separate cost. Your tour’s inclusions list will make this clear before you book.
How much free time will I have?
Most food and wine tours build in daily free time — typically afternoons or evenings — to explore markets, browse local shops, or simply sit somewhere nice with a coffee. The balance of guided program to free time varies by itinerary.
What's the group size?
Groups are small — the kind of size that means you can actually book a good restaurant rather than settling for the one that can seat everyone at once. Full group size details are on each tour page.
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Regions for Food & Wine Tours
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Puglia
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Piedmont
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Featured Tours
Popular Food & Wine Tours itineraries
Piedmont Small Group Tour 2026
Experience Piedmont through historic cities, vineyard landscapes and exceptional food and wine, designed for travellers who appreciate culture, flavour and refined Italian living.
Best of Puglia Tour 2026
Experience Puglia through guided visits, iconic sights and a delicious journey into local cuisine, designed for curious and seasoned travellers alike.
Best of Sicily & Malta 2026
12-day journey combining an escorted small group tour of Sicily’s UNESCO-rich highlights with a relaxed stay in Malta, including food and wine experiences from street food in Siracusa to cellar visits in Marsala
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