Currently Esperia
Travels offers escorted, group tours speicalizing in the
region of Emilia Romagna. However, check back soon as we
hope to add a few more tours to other fantanstic regions in
Italy, including Tuscany and Sicily.
NEW FOR THE
FALL OF 2009!
Enjoy
seven days exploring Emilia Romagna with us on a fully
escorted tour with local guides, accommodations,
transportation, and
some incredible three course meals. This tour includes
guided visits to a Parmesan cheese factory, olive oil producer,
balsamic producer, and to an award winning winery; all
followed by product sampling. Learn from the artists
themselves about the
traditional way the some most famous food products of Italy
are made.
The tour
is based in Bologna with visits to Parma, Modena, Ravenna,
Brisighella, Comacchio, Dozza, and Ferrara.
Click here for all the
mouth-watering details of our "Gourmet Food & Wine" tour.
Join
us for nine wonderful days as we explore, eat, and laugh our
way through one of Italy's best kept secrets, Emilia Romagna.
We will spend our days enjoying the great cities of Bologna,
Ferrara, and Ravenna while leaving time to wander off the
beaten path to visit fishing villages and hilltop towns.
Click here for more
details of our "Taste of Emilia Romagna" tour.
I
took my first vacation to Italy in
2002 and fell in love with its landscape, language,
architecture and food. For several years I traveled
to Italy as often as time and money would allow until the fall
of 2004, when I packed up my life and moved there
permanently. I have spent the following years exploring
Emilia Romagna and discovering the many delights this region
has to offer. From the rolling hills crowned with umbrella
pines to the flatlands carpeted with orchards, from the sandy
beaches of the Adriatic coast to the mystic marshlands
of the Po delta,
Emilia Romagna has something for
everyone.
I have discovered
that
there are
two different sides to Italy. There is the Italy that one
sees as a tourist: crowded museums, overpriced restaurants,
and hordes of non-Italian tourists clogging the streets and
packing the cafes. Then there is the authentic Italy, where
the waiters don’t speak English, families run the local
trattoria, and Italian is the only language you will hear in
the
neighborhood cafe.
