We completed 16 tours this year and traveled all over Italy (and beyond)! We traveled to Bordeaux, France and 14 regions (out of 20) in Italy including Sicily, Calabria, Basilicata, Puglia, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Campania, Sardinia, Lombardia, Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige, Umbria, and Lazio. We even made a quick pit-stop in Lugano, Switzerland!

We had friends and strangers (who quickly became friends!) from all over the US travel with us.

We had a total of 232 travelers on all our tours representing 19 states including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, Washington, Delaware, Texas, Georgia, Maine, Florida, Minnesota, Ohio, South Carolina, Colorado, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

We also had people of all ages on our tours ranging from 23 to 83 years old.

Not including air travel, we traveled at least 8,886km (5522 miles) this year! A BIG thanks to Steve and our friends at TrentinoBus who get us to all these amazing places safely!

Of course! That's what our tours are all about. Because we curate culinary excursions, it is our top priority to take our travelers to what we believe are some of the top, off-the-beaten-path restaurants and wineries. We curate each meal to highlight the specialties of the region we are in. This year, we visited a cider producer in Trento Alto-Adige, we enjoyed pasta topped with crusco (a dried and fried red pepper) in Basilicata, and tried real Balsamic Vinegar from Modena.

The number of restaurants we visited: 192!

The number of wineries we visited: 28!

Besides restaurants, thanks to some of the most amazing artisans, we got a behind-the-scenes look at other culinary specialties including: Honey, grappa, cheese, pesto, coffee, & more!

We wanted to include the number of bottles of wine we consumed, but this ended up being too daunting of a task. A LOT is the answer!