Food & Wine

Italian Cooking Classes in a traditional Tuscan villa outside Florence.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Florence, Siena

Our intense week long, Italian Cooking Course, Tuscany  is designed to give you a traditional experience of Italian love for cooking and for pure food.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Florence, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena

Private Tuscany wine tours with an Italian wine expert through the Chianti Wine Region and/or the Montepulicano wine region Tuscany.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Florence, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena

Spend a wonderful day in a beautiful villa in the Chianti countryside learning about the regional cuisine of Tuscany.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Florence, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena

Brunello di Montalcino Wine Tour, small group mini bus tour departing from Siena or San Gimignano.

Location: Tuscany, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena

Chianti and Castles small group mini bus tour of the Chianti Wine Region Tuscany including a Tuscan lunch departing from Siena, Tuscany.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Florence, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena

We have a number of local private guides in each city displayed on www.pfitravel  who specialise in different aspects.

Location: Campania, Naples, Sorrento, Lazio, Rome, Lombardy, Lake Como, Milan, Sicily, Agrigento, Tuscany, Florence, Siena, Veneto, Venice, Verona

Private Sorrento Epicurean Tour for foodies, full day departing from Naples port or Sorrento Hotel in Campania Italy, where you will view the production process and taste the end product of Olive Oil, Wine tasting (optional ), Mozzarella production, Lemoncello factory and Gelato - Italy's famous icecream made with real fruit and cream.

Location: Campania, Amalfi Coast, Island of Capri, Naples, Positano, Sorrento

Enjoy the flavours of the Valpollicella Wine Region with this hands-on cooking class held at a large historical wine estate, that has been in the same family for twenty generations over the last six centuries.

Location: Veneto, Valpolicella Wine Region, Verona

Tuscany is one of the most popular and romantic tourist destinations in Italy.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Florence, Lucca, Maremma, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena

Experiencing the Italian food and wine specialties of the region is the perfect way to start a journey to get to know Italy, from its land to its people and history.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Montepulciano Wine Region, Veneto, Valpolicella Wine Region

The word Chianti evokes images of sloping Tuscan hills cultivated with vineyards and glasses generously filled with the famous red Italian wine Chianti Classico.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region

Montepulciano is a village in the Val d’Orcia, south eastern Tuscany, which would have to be one of the prettiest towns in the whole of Italy and is the place for lovers of fine red wine.

Location: Tuscany, Montepulciano Wine Region

Siena would have to be one of the most popular enchanting, small towns in Italy.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Maremma

Maremma is the beautiful country of South Western Tuscany.

Location: Tuscany, Maremma

Located in northeastern Italy, to the east of Lake Garda , the Valpolicella scenic vineyards, start in the fertile plain and climb up to the hills, north of Verona, offering a magnificent view over the town.

Location: Veneto, Valpolicella Wine Region, Verona, Lake Garda

Nestled along the banks of the Adige River, Verona lies about 80 km. north of Venice in Italy. It is the Veneto’s most-visited city, after Venice.

Location: Veneto, Valpolicella Wine Region, Verona, Lake Garda

Springtime is magical season in the Prosecco Wine Region, north of Venice Italy,when the gentle sloping hills are surround by the colors, scents and flavours of the wine of the harvest.

Location: Veneto, Cortina, Padua, Prosecco Wine Region, Venice, Vicenza

The Salento Coast is in the region of Puglia on the heel of Italy and is a divine place for a beach and driving holiday with a difference.

Location: Puglia, Lecce, Salento Coast

The International Eurochocolate festival of Perugia is undoubtedly one of the most sought after Chocolate Festivals amongst Italians and chocolate lovers alike.

Location: Umbria, Perugia

I always encourage my clients travelling in Italy to eat at the local restaurants where there are lots of local Italians and no tourists. However this means venturing into waters unknown where there could be a few surprises.

What I love about the spring in Italy is that the air is so soft – dolce.

Location: Campania, Campi Flegrei

I travelled to Rome, Amalfi Coast, Tuscany, Venice and Sicily on my recent visit to Italy in September and October.

I always seem to write articles about food when down here on the gulf of Napoli at Pozzuoli.

In this series of blogs we will highlight some of our favourite day trip destinations in Tuscany - the Chianti Wine Region.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Siena

It is terrible to not have the time to blog.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region

A leisurely tour for 13 nights across Northern Italy, from Venice to Lake Como organised and customised for you by Passion for Italy.

Location: Veneto, Padua, Prosecco Wine Region, Valpolicella Wine Region, Venice, Verona, Vicenza

On an large wine estate between near Montepulciano in Tuscany lies five, beautiful, two bedroom apartments all decorated with fine furnishings.

Location: Tuscany, Montepulciano Wine Region

• 2 (Double + Twin) Beds
• 2 Bathroom/s

Beautiful resort located in the Chianti region outside Monteriggioni in Tuscany not far from Siena a place to escape the rush while touring around the magnificent red wine vineyards in the area.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Siena

Amazing hotel in Abruzzo!! This hotel is unique and we cannot rave enough about it.

Location: Abruzzo, Santo Stefano

Nestled in the heart of the famed wine region of Chianti Classico Tuscany (the area between Siena and Florence), this stunning Villa keeps its watchful eye over the haunting Arno Valley.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region

• 10 Beds
• 10 Bathroom/s

A magnificent luxurious hotel set in an enclave of untouched rolling green hills olive groves and vineyards in Maremma in south west Tuscany.

Location: Tuscany, Maremma

A lovely resort situated just outside the beautiful hilltop village of Montepulciano, Tuscany containing one and two bedroom apartments with pool, set in a beautiful part of countryside with views over the rolling hills.

Location: Tuscany, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena, Val d'Orcia Wine Region

• 2 Beds
• 1 Bathroom/s

Group minibus full day tour departing from Rome to the beautiful Val d'Orcia in Tuscany visiting the small medieval villages of Montalcino, Montepulciano, Pienza in the Brunello and Montepulciano wine regions with wine tastings.

Location: Lazio, Rome

Umbria is the ideal place for visitors seeking the splendours of medieval and Renaissance art

Location: Umbria, Perugia

Amazing cooking course on a beautiful winery and estate set in the Chianti Wine Region of Tuscany in the countryside outside San Gimignano.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Lucca, Maremma, Siena

Lunch or dinner in a fabulous Tuscan winery with wine tasting of 13 wines, located just outside the medieval town of San Gimignano, Italy in the province of Siena in the Chianti Wine Region.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Florence, Siena

The wines from the hills above Verona dominate the wine scene in the Veneto region.

Location: Veneto, Cortina, Padua, Prosecco Wine Region, Valpolicella Wine Region, Venice, Verona, Lake Garda, Vicenza

San Gimignano is a small hill-top town in Central Tuscany. It is a tourist magnet, but we love it just the same!

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Lucca, Maremma, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena

Touring the Veneto - Venice, Padua, Verona and Lake Garda Italy

Location: Veneto, Cortina, Padua, Prosecco Wine Region, Valpolicella Wine Region, Venice, Verona, Vicenza

Perfectly situated in an enchanting region of Umbria, not far from Lake Trasimento, this lovely historical resort with a wellness retreat, promises guests a highly luxurious and magical experience.

Location: Umbria, Lake Trasimeno

The Chianti Wine Region in Tuscany is winding roads, small towns, beautiful scenery and rows and rows of grape vines.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Florence, Siena

On the Prosecco hills in the Veneto region of Italy, the time of the grape harvest is coming.

Location: Veneto, Prosecco Wine Region

A wine tasting at a beautiful vineyard is one of the quintessential attractions of Tuscany.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Florence, Lucca, Maremma, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena

This spring I had the opportunity to experience the area of Trastevere in Rome, on our Jewish Ghetto Walking Tour, with one of our expert private guides.

Location: Lazio, Rome

Rialto Market and Secret Venice guided walking tour with Cicchetti and Wine, a Gondola ride, San Polo district and the medieval ancient red light district - 2.5 hr walking tour limited to 10 people.

Location: Veneto, Venice

Why Italian food is voted one of the best in the World!

I have been visiting Bagno Vignoni, Tuscany - this tiny, tiny place for almost twenty years. What's so special? Let me share...

Location: Tuscany, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena, Val d'Orcia Wine Region

In Salento, Puglia, Italy you can relax on beautiful beaches with clear aqua water or visit the ancient, traditional villages of Salento Province.

Location: Puglia, Lecce, Salento Coast

A week in Tuscany is simply a wonderful holiday.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Florence, Lucca, Maremma, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena

I have always loved Montepulciano in the Val d'Orcia Tuscany. I visit every year.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Maremma, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena, Val d'Orcia Wine Region