France                

BURGUNDY - CHAMPAGNE - LOIRE VALLEY - NORMANDY - PARIS
PROVENCE - SOUTHWEST FRANCE

BURGUNDY

(Options: Guided Version, Cooking Classes)
Burgundy, France - 6 nights
Available year round

This self-guided cycling tour is the perfect combination of Burgundy's most important treasured assets: wine and cuisine - or more artfully referred to as gastronomy! Starting in Dijon, a beautiful city with sites, history, and the gateway to the wine country, you will make your way across the most famous vineyards.

provence

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(Options: Customized Tours, Day Excursions, Day Cooking Classes)
Provence, France - 6 nights
Available April and September

This program combines wandering about the glorious and varied countryside of Provence, and cooking together with friends (new and old!). You will learn authentic Provençal cuisine, naturally rich in vegetables, olive oil, and with minimal fats, but after a week of feasting, coupled with hiking, you will not worry about facing the scales when you get home.

Provence, France - 7 nights
Available March to November - Saturday to Saturday 



Cook and hike in the Luberon with a wonderful chef who will also be one of your hiking guides and your host for the week. You will have the time of your life as you stay in a beautifully restored and furnished home, take hands-on cooking classes, take incredible hikes and see all the important sites in this very picturesque part of Provence.  

SOUTHWEST FRANCE

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(Options: Garden Visits, Museum Visits, Antiquing, Spa, Opera)
Bordeaux, France - 6 nights
Available year round - Saturday to Friday

Enjoy an active culinary vacation in the southwest corner of France between Bordeaux and St. Emilion. You will stay at a comfortable renovated 18th century country home and will get acquainted with all that is French. We will customize your week for you - whether it be enjoying cooking lessons in French homes, market and artisan food producer visits, vineyards and wine tastings, antiquing, garden visits or walking and biking, the "Entre Deux Mers" region offers all this and much more. 

Italy

AMALFI COAST - CINQUE TERRE -  EMILIA-ROMAGNA - FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA - LAZIO - LE MARCHE -  PIEDMONT
PUGLIA - SICILY -  TUSCANY - UMBRIA - VENETO

AMALFI COAST

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Le Marche, Italy - 7 nights
Available April to June, October to November - Saturday to Saturday

Join us for a week of hands-on cooking classes and yoga in the hidden region of Le Marche, Italy. Le Marche is a province in east-central Italy with rolling vineyards surrounded by walled cities, castles, history and breathtaking scenery. Your accommodations will be in a totally renovated traditional country home, with five en-suite double rooms and three self catering apartments. The atmosphere is peaceful, tranquil and ideal for yoga. You may also inquire about bringing your own yoga instructor from home and discussing alternate programs for your own group of friends!

TUSCANY

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(Options: Day Cooking Classes, Weekend Packages, Wine and Food Tastings)
Tuscany, Italy - 5 nights
Available April to October/Half Day Programs Available year round (except week before Christmas)

Italian cooking and wine classes take place in a private Tuscan home with  two sisters. You will learn cooking secrets from their over 20 years of experience in cooking and teaching. Traditional Italian family recipes, taught in English, will allow you to get the flavor of living in an Italian country home and being with an Italian family. This is truly an authentic experience that comes highly recommended by everyone who has participated.

(Options: Customized Tours, Villa or Yacht Tours, Wine Tours, Cooking Classes)
Tuscany, Italy - 6 nights
Available year round

Join us in Tuscany for a memorable cycling holiday with gourmet experiences. This  tour is run by specialists in private custom luxury cycle tours throughout Tuscany and beyond. Choose the tour below or if you prefer we can design a custom or different tour for you and your group.

(Options: Additional Cooking Classes, Longer Stays)
Florence, Italy - 4 or 5 nights
Available year round

Stay in a small bed and breakfast located in the heart of ancient Florence. You will learn to cook genuine Italian cuisine from your host who learned to cook at a young age from her "nonna". She will teach you the secrets of traditional recipes and will treat you to the beauty of Florence.

Tuscany, Italy - 8 nights
Available May and October - Saturday to Sunday

For a truly unique cooking and wine tasting vacation let us introduce you to Tuscany: a world of history, beauty and gastronomic riches. This is a tour that will delight the history buff and the food and wine connoisseur.

Tuscany, Italy - 6 nights
Available May/June and August/September - Sunday to Saturday

Mexico         

Peru               

Lima and Cusco, Peru - 7 nights
(Options: Day Foodie Tours, Market Visits, Custom Tours)
Available year round

Experience and learn how to cook the most important dishes of a culture that has more than 1000 years of legacy from mixing many techniques and ingredients from many parts of the world. Discover one of the New World’s Seven Wonders: Machu Picchu; and get there walking through the same path once used by the Incas. You will also horseback ride around Inca streets of Cusco and walk around the Colonial buildings of Lima; this will be mixed with a touch of adventure biking along the Sacred Valley of the Incas through their ancient paths and rafting their golden rivers. A millenary culture, majestic geography and friendly people are the framework of one of the trendiest cuisines in the world.

Spain                              

ANDALUSIA - ARAGON -  ASTURIAS - BASQUE COUNTRY - CATALONIA - EXTREMADURA - MURCIA- RIOJA

ASTURIAS

(Options: Optional Activities, Longer Stays, Custom Itineraries, Cycling Holidays)
Asturias, Spain - 6 nights
Available April to October

Join us for a 6-night walking and culinary journey in Asturias, the heart of Green Spain. Still largely "undiscovered" as a tourist destination, this magical corner of the world offers breath-taking landscapes, deeply rooted tradition and tasty regional gastronomy. It’s a paradise for walking: rolling hills, limestone spires, sandy shores and quiet coves. It’s a temptation for the gourmet: fresh seafood, artisan cheeses, apple cider and free-range beef. Our 7-day itinerary in Asturias is designed to make the most of the region’s incredible diversity, with a variety of activities included.

CATALONIA

(Options: Custom Itineraries, Walking Tours)
Catalonia, Spain - 6 nights
Available year round

This 7 day / 6 night Medieval Villages Cycling tour is a perfect way to explore the quieter and less travelled areas of this fascinating region of Catalonia. The tour starts in Girona city and winds its way gently through the undulating and ever changing scenery of the Baix Emporda.

(Options: Custom Itineraries, Cycling Tours)
Catalonia, Spain - 6 nights
Available year round

This 7 day walking adventure encompasses the true highlights of this fascinating region of Spain. The tour follows the ancient smugglers’ paths, known as the ‘Cami de Ronda’, along the stunning coastal scenery of the Costa Brava. Each headland offers incredible views up and down this beautiful coast as well as giving you plenty of opportunities to dine in the restaurants along the way to fully savour the real flavours of the Mediterranean Sea.

MURCIA

Murcia, Spain – 7 nights
Available April, May, June, September and October 

Come to Murcia, the best kept secret destination in Spain, for authentic cooking classes and Spanish lessons. You will be taught by a local chef and by local women who have had recipes passed down through the generations. For your Spanish classes you will be taught by a native Spanish teacher who is also fluent in English. The classes will be supplemented by various excursions to enhance your experience in this beautiful region.