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A travel to Italy to discover beautiful cities and unique experiences 

The charm of Italy never ceases to attract tourists and pilgrims from all over the world. This romantic, joyful and fun country manages to conquer hundreds of millions of people every year in many of its regions. Rome, Milan, Venice and Florence, as cities of art, are the cities that attract the greatest number of tourists, also because they have been accustomed for decades to hosting large numbers of people in hundreds of accommodation facilities such as hotels, B&Bs, holiday homes and other structures. Rome, the Capital of Italy is also in full swing, given that 2025 will be a jubilee year. The city has renewed its face and in all the neighborhoods events are being organized dedicated to the millions of pilgrims who are arriving and will arrive from all over the world. In this article you can discover the 12 best places to visit in Rome.

But there is much more to discover in Italy, such as the city markets, to taste the best of Italian cuisine and street food. In this other article we suggest you how to choose the best Italian Food Tour to Rome and Sicily.

Then there is the seaside tourism that lives very much on seasonality, but between June and September manages to record dizzying numbers of visitors with beaches, restaurants and theme parks full of life. Almost every Italian region can boast hundreds of kilometers of beaches, cliffs and fabulous inlets, a very clean sea and many opportunities to have fun day and night.

Yet it is not only the cities of art that fill the itineraries of tourists. By now all the Italian regions have structured themselves to receive a large number of people, showing off their culture and their beauties. Modern travelers have in fact become much more curious and informed, they search for the most beautiful and genuine emotions to experience in lesser-known places, to bring home indelible memories. If it is true that art and culture remain at the top of the list as a reason for attraction, more and more people have now begun to build their trip to Italy also based on other aspects, such as food and wine, nature, environmental sustainability. The goal is to build less beaten paths and itineraries in search of personalized experiences in which to find fun and relaxation, perhaps learning something more about the local culture.

Organizing a trip to Italy can be a lot of fun 

You are probably already looking for possible itineraries that include the best places for your trip to Italy and, to do this, you will be basing yourself on your tastes, your needs and your requirements. Like any modern traveler, you will surely find yourself making a choice to understand which places to visit also based on the time you have available, whether it is a week or a fortnight.

We at Insideat want to help you choose the perfect tour for you! For this reason, we want to suggest some options that include visits to the main cities of art but also lesser-known places that are close to these cities and where you can live fascinating experiences. In particular, we want to talk to you about the best immersive food and wine experiences organized by Insideat that you can include in your agenda. If you are a person who likes to build personalized travel itineraries, these suggestions are for you. Thanks to them, you will be able to deviate towards less beaten and known destinations and therefore escape the routine of classic trips to Italy, going beyond the classic “postcards”. You will discover hidden realities full of surprises. Italy hides in every city, village, beach and mountain priceless treasures and places that can become the place of the heart for every traveler.

Let’s create together a perfect itinerary for your trip to Italy 

Insideat searches for the best places to visit in Italy every year. Our staff has a great deal of experience in finding the best ideas, which is why they visit dozens of locations and trade fairs in the sector every year. In this way they have the opportunity to meet hospitality professionals and the inhabitants of the most beautiful places in Italy. By talking to them they will be able to learn about and select the destinations and experiences to include in our catalogue, so that we can then offer them to our guests. The Insideat catalogue is constantly growing and every year it is enriched with new offers and ideas. Each experience we offer is tested and, if necessary, adapted to comply with our standards and requirements, until it is deemed compatible with our vision and reliable for all our guests. Let’s look at the most important ones together.

  • Rome and its countless beauties

We start our tour from Rome, given that many of the international flights arrive right in the Italian capital. Rome is the cradle of Insideat, we were born here, here we literally work every day to create the most interesting and fun food and wine experiences, fully immersive and satisfying for our guests. Whether it’s a Neapolitan pizza lesson, or how to make fresh pasta and tiramisu, our commitment is total, and the positive reviews prove it. But we don’t just carry out cooking lessons, we offer various food tours and activities dedicated to companies in the eternal city, such as the most fun and exclusive food and wine themed team building events on the Roman scene. But it’s not just Rome, many of our activities are also available in a splendid location in the Castelli Romani, an eighteenth-century farmhouse where one of the most famous wineries in the area operates. After a few days in Rome there are two options: move south or north. Let’s start with the itinerary towards southern Italy.

  • The Sorrento Peninsula and the Amalfi Coast, dream destinations

Going down the Tyrrhenian coast, we arrive in Campania, near Naples. The cliffs overlooking the sea, the terraces overlooking the gulf, the citrus groves that color every glimpse are something unique. In the Sorrento Peninsula and on the Amalfi Coast you will find this magnificent background, ideal for that souvenir photo that every tourist would like to take when they come to Italy. Insideat has decided to include an experience in Sorrento and one near the Amalfi Coast in its catalogue. If your goal is to participate in a cooking class dedicated to the iconic dishes of the Amalfi Coast and the real mozzarella and fiordilatte of Agerola and the Lattari Mountains, we invite you to participate in our cooking class dedicated to tiramisu, mozzarella and tasting of local wines.

  • Taormina and its necklace of “pearls of the Mediterranean”

From Campania we can reach Sicily by plane or ferry. This is the land that has bewitched Insideat and that every day conquers guests who come to us to discover and experience the true soul of the territory. During our food tours in Taormina we accompany curious and greedy travelers to discover the most famous beauties of the city and the surrounding area, but also to discover the most hidden and exclusive ones. With Insideat you can experience both a fun and tasty food and wine tour of Taormina and a Sicilian cooking lesson.

  • Catania, discovering the true soul of Sicily

Visiting Catania with Insideat is equivalent to having the guarantee of immersing yourself in the beating heart of Sicily and being able to take home a piece of Sicilian spirit. We can accompany you on a tasty street food tour. If you want to discover all our experiences in Catania, visit this link.

  • Discovering the Etna volcano between aperitifs and tastings

For those visiting Taormina and Catania, Insideat also offers an exclusive and evocative experience on the Etna volcano during which you can climb the highest volcano in Europe at sunset to enjoy good wine and take part in an excursion to discover the typical flora and fauna. The route is adventurous, among craters and lava caves, surrounded by a suggestive panorama, in the company of expert guides and along a safe itinerary for adults and children. Click here to book. But that’s not all, Insideat also offers an experience dedicated to wine and oil tasting on Etna. More and more tourists want to discover Etna and the excellence of its territory. Thanks to the wine and olive oil tour it will be possible to explore the volcanic area in complete safety with our guides. You will be able to admire the landscape and taste unique typical foods, taste Etna’s extra virgin olive oil and the famous Etna wines, admiring the vineyards that grow on the lava. For reservations visit this link.

  • Pistachio experience in Bronte

The Bronte pistachio is defined as Sicilian green gold. Many people around the world love this product and want to get to know it closely. Insideat has therefore thought of a private and exclusive experience dedicated to this Sicilian agri-food excellence. Local producers will show you the pistachio groves of Bronte, the production methods and the secrets for transforming pistachios. The experience takes place in the splendid setting of the Simeto Valley and the tasting is based on discovering the versatility of pistachio in sweet and savory recipes. More information is available on the sheet on our website, by clicking here.

  • Insideat’s Orecchiette Cooking Class in Salento

Another option for those traveling south of Rome is to reach Puglia, the easternmost region of Italy. Its culture and natural beauty are unique and it is one of the Italian regions that has the greatest food and wine culture. Apulian oil and wine are among the best in the world and the culture of homemade Apulian-style pasta is fundamental to Italian cuisine. Insideat has always believed in the need to spread the culture of homemade pasta. In our cooking class in Puglia we propose the main format of the pasta culture of the area: orecchiette. A local lady will reveal the techniques and secrets of this ancient culinary tradition during an experience that takes place in a splendid villa with swimming pool and veranda in Salento, near Lecce. Here is the link to book our cooking class in Puglia to prepare orecchiette and fresh pasta together!

  • Umbria and its delicate and fragrant oil

Traveling north of Rome, you can reach Umbria. Here Insideat offers an immersive experience dedicated to the discovery of the famous Umbrian oil, a high-quality product, extremely delicate and fragrant. In a beautiful oil mill located in Bettona, near Perugia, the tasting of the oil produced by the company will take place, in a targeted sensory journey. At the end of the experience, guests will be able to distinguish a high-quality product from a simple commercial oil. The tasting is accompanied by the tasting of vegetables and legumes of the territory. To live this very fragrant experience dedicated to the tasting of Umbrian oil, click on this link.

  • Tuscany, land of the great Chianti wine

Traveling a little further north of Umbria, in the direction of Florence, we arrive in Tuscany and precisely in the Chianti area. In a rustic farmhouse among the picturesque Tuscan hills, Insideat accompanies its guests to get to know a real Tuscan family with the Chianti cooking class. This is a day dedicated to exploring the rich culinary tradition of the place. Together with Anna and Valentina you will prepare fresh homemade pasta, and then taste it comfortably seated at the table. With them you will also discover a recipe preserved and handed down over time by the family: grandmother Nini’s Tuscan dessert. During this experience you will be able to experience moments of relaxation in a wonderful location, tasting a selection of appetizers made with the best ingredients from the family farm. Accompanying these delicacies will be the exceptional Chianti wine.

To consult the complete offer of experiences organized by Insideat in Italy, you can consult the catalog on the website 

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