Our 2023 Tour Calendar is Here!

We're now taking reservations for 2023 culinary tours to Italy. Choose among Sicily Tuscany and Puglia tours in the spring and fall of 2023. 

Six Memorable Tours to Choose Among...

You received this email because you registered for our Culinary Tours Early Access. This gives you advance notice on our upcoming Rustico Cooking tours to Italy, before we send out an email to our 18,000+ newsletter subscribers.

We've had so many emails and phone calls asking when our 2023 tour calendar will be available, especially now that all of our Fall 2022 tours are sold out with a wait list... Note we do have very limited availability in our Spring 2022 tours coming up next month - if you fancy a trip ASAP!

We've got 6 scheduled tour dates for 2023 for you to choose among.

SPRING 2023
Puglia & Beyond April 23-29, 2023
Sicily & Calabria May 3-11, 2023
Tuscany & Beyond May 14-20, 2023

FALL 2023
Tuscany & Beyond September 24-30, 2023
Sicily & Calabria October 4-12, 2023
Puglia & Beyond October 15-21, 2023

We'll be posting our  Liguria tour dates for 2023 soon. Please get in touch if you are interested in joining us! 

2022 dates
Liguria  May 8-14, 2022 (1 room left)
Puglia & Beyond May 22-28, 2022 (1 room left)
Tuscany & Beyond June 4-10, 2022 (1 room left)
Tuscany & Beyond September 11-17, 2022 (SOLD OUT)
Puglia & Beyond September 18-24, 2022 (SOLD OUT)
Sicily & Calabria September 28-October 6, 2022 (SOLD OUT)

Our tours in a nutshell: you'll spend the mornings cooking Italian specialties with Dino and Micol, then savor a leisurely lunch before an afternoon of sightseeing and dinner at the region's finest tables. We guarantee plenty of food, wine, laughter, amazing sites, and memories to last a lifetime!

All our tours focus on smaller destinations; we figure you can visit Florence, Rome, Venice, and Milan on your own, so we include small towns and out-of-the-way villages in our itineraries. We always seek out local food producers who work on an artisanal level, and we reserve tables at each region's most characteristic restaurants (some fancy, others not so much). Our daily cooking classes are all about getting you involved and hands-on: we make a full menu each morning, then sit and enjoy our culinary creations with wine before heading out to discover nearby towns.

Click here for an overview of each tour and be sure to watch our 3-minute videos of each region to decide which tour is best for you!
Tuscany Video
Sicily Video
Puglia Video

What Makes Rustico Tours Different?

Our company, RUSTICO COOKING, is small, so you can be assured that every detail of our culinary tours will be carefully planned and highly personalized. We can't compete with huge companies that offer dozens of trips annually to every corner of Italy... nor do we want to.

We would rather make every moment of every trip to Italy absolutely memorable for each participant... just read their testimonials.

We'll enlist local cooks, wine producers, cheese experts, and more to offer you a fragrant, tasty slice of Italy's regional treasures. And we'll be there every step of the way, experiencing the splendors of Italy with you.

Client Testimonials

Here's what Ed T. from Hampton Bays, NY said about our Liguria Tour:

"Just want to tell you how much Lorrie and I enjoyed our tour with you. Incredibly I had no idea what a treat you had in store for us. Lorrie and I each were delighted with you local knowledge, how well everything was organized, and your warm and loving attention to all in our group... There are many "Tours", but yours are really the way I imagine they should be. And now that we have experienced yours, we know there are none better. You impart a special and intriguing personal level to everything we experienced, bringing a delightful sense of intimacy to each event, whether it was a bus ride or cooking... You are there to arrange everything, to meet and greet and look after all the people that make the tour so interesting: the restaurants, wineries, and olive oil producers, making us all part of your extended family."
 
And a note from Ron & Kathryn C. in Madison, WI about our Puglia & Beyond tour:
"We are still luxuriating in the recollections of our trip. Micol, it was a fantastic trip, exceeding all of our expectations. You put so much effort into ensuring that each member of the group was comfortable and as involved as they wanted to be. We so enjoyed the hands-on experiences and personal explanations of the establishments we visited. I think that the memories of the trip will remain with each of us for a long time. Again, it was marvelous."