Pompeii
Southern Italy is a popular destination because of its natural beauty, historical and archaeological sites, gastronomic wonders, and year round good weather. The region can be explored on short independent tours or as part of a group. Traditional sightseeing tours, bicycling adventures and cooking schools are all ways to explore the south.
Cycling Through Southern Italy
La Costa Amalfitana - The Amalfi Coast
Ciclismo Classico specializes in bike tours and walking and hiking trips. The six day Amalfi Stroll combines walking and cycling. La Bella Sicilia Mini Tour and La Bella Puglia Tour each last six days, and the Puglia tour includes a hands-on cooking class. Most dinners are included. Ciclismo Classico arranges bike rentals, and its guides are experienced, bilingual cyclists.
Bike Basilicata offers three and seven day cycling tours in the regions of Basilicata, Apulia and Sicily. Bicycle rental and overnight lodging is included in the tour price. The agency's partner company, Ferulaviaggi, offers similar walking tours.
Ciclismo Classico
30 Marathon St.
Arlington, MA 02474
800-866-7314
ciclismoclassico.com
Bike Basilicata - Ferulaviaggi
via Cappelluti, 34
75100 Matera
Italy
011-39-835-336572
bikebasilicata.it
Wine and Cooking Tours
Fresh Italian foods
In Italy Tours specializes in cooking, food and wine tours of Calabria, Sicily and Lazio. Its four and six day cooking experience in Tropea, a seaside resort in Calabria, includes seaside dining, bed and breakfast at a comfortable farmhouse, day trips and a cooking lesson featuring the catch of the day. The tour price includes lodging, some meals, tours and cooking classes.
The Awaiting Table offers hands-on experiences at its cooking and wine school in Lecce, a small town in the heel of the Italian boot. You learn to make pasta and sausage and can chat with butchers and fishmongers at local markets. There are one day, weekend, or weeklong classes, Overnight accommodations are in a 16th century palazzo in the historic city center.
In Italy tours
Piazza Raponzoli,12
Tropea Vibo
Valentia 89861
Italy
011+39-9-6361952
initalytours.com
Awaiting Table
awaitingtable.com
City Discovery
Interior of the Coloseum, Rome
City Discovery offers multiday tours around Italy and also has a large choice of half-day and full-day city tours. Guided day tours in Sicily include a visit to Catania UNESCO World Heritage Site and a trip to a puppet-maker's laboratory in Taormina. The four night, five day Emerald Tour departs from Rome and visits Pompeii, the Amalfi Coast and the island of Capri. City Discovery offers a half day tour of San Giovanni Rotondo, the home of Padre Pio and one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Italy.
City Discovery
c/o Tours and Co. Associates Inc.
13 N. Saint Clair St.
Toledo, OH 43604
866-988-8687
city-discovery.com/country/Italy
Tours of Sicily
Roman Ruins in Sicily.
Archaeological sites, marsala wine and olive oil production, and WWII history are some of the attractions on Sicily. Tours of Sicily has five, six, and seven day tours that visit island highlights. Groups are small , and the company can also arrange customized programs for individuals or small groups.Tours depart from Palermo and Catania nearly every week from March through December
Tours of Sicily by Chat & Tour
via Generale Sirtori, 25
Palermo 90145
Italy
011-39-91-6269685
tourofsicily.com
Tags: City Discovery, Ciclismo Classico, Southern Italy, Tours Sicily, Amalfi Coast, Awaiting Table