Italy

Country Highlights

• Walk the cliffside, pastel-colored villages of Cinque Terre.
• Follow scenic pathways through the forests and vineyards of Italy’s Lakes Region.
• Explore Tuscany’s medieval hill towns, and sample their full-bodied wines.
• Enjoy a feast of fresh Italian cuisine while taking in sweeping views of the legendary Amalfi Coast.
• Sample the pungent truffles and sweet Barolo wine of Piedmont.

Good, Clean and Fair

Explore the alpine foothills of Piedmont, home to the world’s “Slow Food” movement, Italy’s farm-to-table culinary revolution that promotes local artisan chefs, organic farmers, and traditional flavors. Pursue ingredients for your evening meal as the sun rises on an early morning truffle hunt across secret locales.

Don an Apron and Roll Up Your Sleeves

Prepare a meal in an authentic Italian kitchen, where age-old pasta recipes vary in preparation, appearance and flavor from one village to the next, offering you a fascinating insight into how regional identity is interlaced with the country’s cuisine.

An Everlasting Wonder

Only in Italy can one glimpse an entire century of artistic masterpieces under one roof. You can do so in a stroll through the Uffizi Gallery, adjacent to Tuscany’s Piazza della Signoria, where works from Botticelli, Giotto, Cimabue, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello—a spellbinding collection of treasures dating from antiquity to the 20th century.