New tour: Umbria in the Fall with Elizabeth & Sophie

November 16-22, 2025

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Umbria in the fall with Elizabeth & Sophie

November 16-22, 2025

For the last 25 years, I've been lucky enough to divide my time between our apartment in Rome and our home in Umbria. During summers and weekends spent at our villa, I fell in love with this unspoiled corner of Italy. And if you are currently following me this week, then you know that I am currently with our guests enjoying my favorite season here: Fall. I love the crisp, cool weather, the bright, saturated colors of the turning leaves, and the brilliant green of the freshly pressed olive oil. Although the days are short, the light is heartbreakingly beautiful. Everything looks like a Renaissance painting.

Even though it’s a year away, I wanted to announce our next available tour here since many of you asked about it when you saw my photos and videos. During this 6-day tour, we'll have the time to truly explore the region, from a completely food-centric point of view, of course. From breakfast through dinner, we’ll travel all over Umbria: tasting, drinking, eating, cooking, learning, and having fun.

Here are a couple of videos to give you a taste of what we’ll be up to.

It’s one of the only tours that Sophie and I host together and is the tour where we get the chance to invite you into our own home. I hope you can make it!

Here is a taste of what we’ll be doing:

• Welcome dinner at our villa

• Pizza night in Todi (truffle pizza, anyone?)

• Truffle hunt and lunch (cute doggies galore)

• A day learning all about olive oil (FYI: they ship)

• Farm visit and cooking lesson (your chance to bond with an Umbrian nonna)

• Winery visit (they also ship)

• Visits to Orvieto, Bevagna, Spello, and Deruta (small towns off-season = no crowds)

• Ceramic workshop in Deruta (with shopping, of course)

• and more…

Details

When: November 16-22, 2025

Where: We’ll be based in Todi, the hilltop village in Umbria. You will have your own private room in a family-run 4-star hotel.

Who: The tour is limited to 12 guests

What: The days will be full, with trips in our private bus all over Umbria. But don’t worry; you will also have some downtime in Todi to explore independently.

How: For the full itinerary (which includes pricing details) and the possibility of booking this tour, click the button below.

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PS: While we would love it if you could join us in Umbria in November, if you’d like to join us earlier, in the spring, we still have some spots left for our tours to Sicily, Puglia, and Parma.

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