Southern Italy: Campania & Sicily
street in Linguaglossa, Sicily near Mount Etna, where they use black volcanic rock in building construction
The cuisines, art and stunningly beautiful places on our southern Italy tours reflect layers of invaders’ cultures from the ancient Romans and Greeks to the Arabs to the Spaniards.
From the worn streets of Pompeii, to Syracuse’s Greek theatre, to Amalfi’s Moorish style church, to dishes with raisins and pine nuts in Sicily. An intriguing, exotic mix combined with natural beauty.
Most local people live in the now and seem refreshingly lively and down to earth.
Campania: Amalfi Coast, Sorrento, Capri
Some experiences you’ll always remember:
Standing awestruck up in Ravello, looking down at the Amalfi Coast’s steep hills falling to the sea, white towns and lush gardens. Someone said Ravello is where poets go to die.
Laughing with Chef Carmen in her state of the art cooking school kitchen as you all make Sorrentine gnocchi with tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella.
Sailing around Capri on a private boat with 12 people and swimming in the grottoes after the masses have left.
Giving in to temptation at a Positano bakery and eating a delectable lemon dessert.
Sicily
Some times you’ll savour:
Near a Mount Etna town, cooking pasta with pistachio sauce with Chef Gaetano while his joyful dad offers you more prosecco in their restaurant.
Admiring flamboyant Baroque horses under wrought iron balconies in Noto as you eat an almond gelato.
Sitting on a restaurant patio above the sea on the picturesque island of Stromboli and watching the volcano’s fireworks explode in the night sky.
Walking in Mount Etna’s exotic foot hills among lava flows and craters with views that go forever.
