New Tours 2024: Palermo & Puglia

with Sophie and Elizabeth

I’m happy to announce that I’ve just added 2 new tours to our schedule for 2024:

• Salento & Central Puglia with Sophie | April 14-20, 2024

• Palermo & Western Sicily with Elizabeth & Sophie | March 17-23, 2024

Keep scrolling for more details about each itinerary, or click the link button below to receive full itineraries for both tours, including pricing details:

(If this button doesn’t automatically open into your mail application please contact Emma at minchillitours@gmail.com)

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The Culture of Food in Salento & Central Puglia with Sophie Minchilli

April 14-20, 2024

Since all of Sophie’s tours to Salento have sold out, we’ve decided to add this Springtime week to our schedule. Spring is a gorgeous time of year in Puglia: warm enough to eat outside during the day but none of the torrid summer heat. Wildflowers blanket the landscape, and the fields of wheat are brilliant green. For this week, Sophie is joined by her friend and colleague Angelo for this food-focused six-day feast through Puglia. We will be based in two gorgeous places: the Baroque town of Lecce and the seaside village of Monopoli. We’ll also be visiting some of our favorite towns, including Ostuni, Gallipoli, Galatina, and Bari, to explore the food, wine, and history of southern and central Puglia.

A few of the things we’ll be doing:

• Welcome drinks and dinner in Lecce

• Market tour, cooking class, and lunch

• Visits to off-the-beaten-track villages

• A day learning all about olive oil

• A visit and lunch in a cave in Ostuni

• Cheese and pasta-making class at a farm

• Visit to Unesco town Alberobello

• Seafood feasts in Monopoli and Gallipoli

• Visit the pasta ladies in Bari

• and more

Details

When: April 14-20, 2024

Where: You’ll be based in Lecce and Monopoli, staying in your private room

Who: The tour is limited to 12 guests

What: The tour is 6 nights and 5 very full days, with trips in our private 20-seat bus. But don’t worry, you’ll also have some downtime in Lecce and Monopoli to explore on your own.

How: If you’d like more information, including the pricing and the full itinerary, just send an email by clicking the button below:

(If this button doesn’t automatically open into your mail application please contact Emma at minchillitours@gmail.com)

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The Culture of Food in Western Sicily: Palermo and Beyond with Elizabeth & Sophie Minchilli

March 17-23, 2024

We’ve been planning this new tour for the last two years and can’t wait to share all of our discoveries from this part of Sicily. I hope you can join us on a six-day feast through Western Sicily. We’ll be based in Palermo, and we’ll explore the city as well as visit some of our favorite towns and villages while exploring the food, wine, and history of this part of the island.

A few of the things we’ll be doing:

• Welcome dinner in a private palazzo 

• Cheese making at a farm

• Orientation stroll through Palermo

• Market walk, cooking lesson, and lunch in Palermo

• Private performance in an antique puppet theater 

• Wine tasting dinner

• Visit the salt pans of Trapani

• Couscous lesson and lunch in Erice

• Pastry making lesson

• Olive oil day at a private estate

• Visit the archeological site of Segesta

• and more

Details:

When: March 17-23, 2024

Where: We’ll be based in Palermo, Sicily, in our own private Deluxe rooms

Who: The tour is limited to 12 guests

What: The tour is 6 nights and 5 very full days, with trips in our private 20-seat bus. But don’t worry, you’ll also have some downtime in Palermo to explore on your own

How: If you’d like more information, including the pricing and the full itinerary, just send an email by clicking the button below:

(If this button doesn’t automatically open into your mail application please contact Emma at minchillitours@gmail.com)

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Tours in 2023 -2024

In case these two tours don’t work out for you, we still have a handful of spots left for the Fall of 2023 to Puglia, Parma, and Umbria. Visit this page for the full list of our tours for 2023 and 2024:

I hope you can join us!

For any questions about anything, please contact us at minchillitours@gmail.com

x, Elizabeth