Italy Food Tours

Gennaro is a wonderful guide. He is passionate about his beloved area of Italy and excellent about explaining the history, agricultural traditions etc to us. He led us on such fabulous walks. The farm accommodation was beautiful and the family made us so welcome. We also had a fabulous guide for our visit to Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This Amalfi Coast Walking with Explore, led by Genarro, was one of the best & most enjoyable holiday I’ve been on. Everything went very smoothly from pick up at Naples Airport to return there 8 days later. Guide Genarro was so good👌 Very organised, knowledgeable and keen to pass on anything of interest. He enthused about the Amalfi, his, area. I not only learnt a lot but felt I knew the area. I SO enjoyed the marvellous walking! Different and interesting each day. Spectacular views! Genarro looked after his team so well, pacing for the slowest walker - and still seemed to always be on time to allow for a bit of free time then the allotted bus pick up. I definitely recommend this Agriturismo Amalfi walking week led by Genarro.

As an Exodus employee and previous leader myself, I was very grateful to have had the opportunity to join this trip. I was definitely impressed! ‘Tuscany Walks and Chianti Wines’ provides an excellent insight into the Chianti Region of Tuscany. We did three fantastic walks and enjoyed great wine tastings throughout the week. I am never bored visiting the amazing Towers of San Gimignano!

Very enjoyable and informative fortnight in Sicily. The leader Antonio was excellent. He knows and clearly loves his subject matter and engaged all of us in it. Not much down time but we did expect that.

A fantastic week of varied walks in Amalfi due in no small part to our guide Gennaro. He was attentive, patient and kind and enthused us with his knowledge of the history, people, culture and landscape of the area. We really felt that we had got to know this area by the end of the trip. The walking was excellent. We had a very warm week and most ascents/descents are steps so you need to be fit/ready for this. It’s not technically challenging walking in any way. Accommodation was good but basic. Valentino and his family were lovely hosts and we had homemade food each evening. Only slight niggle is the very firm beds. We had a great group and you are added to a WhatsApp group when you arrive to share photos. This is a great idea but some companies set it up a couple of days before departure so everyone can introduce themselves. This can break the ice for those joining a group holiday for the first time. I would highly recommend this trip, particularly the guide Gennaro.

The trip was fantastic. It was full on and we found it a bit tiring towards the end, but we saw so much. Antonio our Guide was excellent. Antonio's lectures were great and put what we were going to see the next day(s) into context making it an even more interesting and enjoyable experience for us. Our room in the hotel in Syracuse was a bit tired and the bathroom needed work, the hotel in Palermo was a bit soulless, but in a good location. Overall the quality of accommodation was good. Our transport and drivers were also very good. The itinerary for the last 2 days needs looking at, particularly the trip to Etna in the morning and Catania in the afternoon. There is little for people to do if they don't want to do the full Etna experience (i.e. go up), other than to look at the lower craters and visit the shops / restaurants. After being up at altitude we then found the afternoon trip to Catania hard work and maybe as Sicily's second biggest city a few hours in the afternoon doesn't do it justice, but again we still managed to fit a lot in. Maybe Etna should just be an option, or have a day of it's own with those who don't want to go given the opportunity to do something else. The hotel for the last 3 days in Giardini Naxos was right by the sea and there were plenty of lovely coves to possibly visit with stunning scenery. I'm not sure if we got the most out of that location, as we were so busy. Just thoughts. All in all an absolutely brilliant trip, which we would thoroughly recommend and as previously stated, Antonio is an incredible person and Guide.