Gourmet food tours in Italy

Lucca rewards those who take their time. It is not a city of single landmarks to be ticked off a list but a place where the cumulative effect of a morning walk, a long lunch, a climb up a medieval tower, and a late afternoon coffee in a sun-drenched piazza amounts to something genuinely memorable. […]

Getting to Lunigiana is straightforward once you know the right routes. The region sits at a transport crossroads between Tuscany, Liguria, and Emilia-Romagna, served by a direct railway line and a motorway that make it more accessible than its reputation as a hidden gem suggests. The challenge is not getting there — it is getting

Lunigiana’s cuisine is one of the most distinctive in Italy — shaped by altitude, poverty, the chestnut forests, and centuries of isolation from the broader Tuscan tradition. You will not find bistecca or ribollita here. Instead, the region offers testaroli, panigacci, dishes made with chestnut flour, Italy’s only DOP honey, white and black truffles, and

No single feature defines Lucca more completely than its walls. The Mura di Lucca — a Renaissance fortification stretching 4.2 kilometres around the entire historic centre — are among the best-preserved city walls in Europe and one of the few in Italy wide enough to walk or cycle on top. Today they function as a

There is a corner of Tuscany that most visitors never reach. Wedged between the Apuan Alps, the Ligurian Apennines, and the Gulf of La Spezia, Lunigiana is a land of medieval castles, forested valleys, ancient pilgrimage routes, and a food culture so local it barely exists outside the villages themselves. It has no famous art