Best 21 Days in Italy — Food & Wine

Make fresh ravioli, fettuccine, and pappardelle in a small-group Roman cooking class — great for children age 5+

Wander Trastevere's cobblestone lanes at sunset and eat supplì, cacio e pepe, and Roman pizza al taglio

Shop the Testaccio covered market and taste supplì, porchetta, and maritozzo in Rome's most authentic food neighborhood

Cook three Roman classics — fresh pasta, cacio e pepe, and tiramisu — in a hands-on family kitchen class

Drive through UNESCO Val d'Orcia wine country visiting Montepulciano, Pienza, and Sant'Antimo Abbey

Sample 20+ tastings of Rome's best street food, wine, and local specialties across two neighborhoods at dusk

Pre-book Vatican Museums tickets to see the Sistine Chapel and Raphael Rooms without queuing for hours

Visit the Pantheon, toss a coin in Trevi Fountain with the children, and stroll to Piazza Navona for gelato

Reserve a mandatory 2-hour slot at the Borghese Gallery, then let the children ride bikes and row boats in Rome's loveliest park

Join a small-group day tour through Chianti vineyards, medieval San Gimignano, and a Tuscan farmhouse lunch

Graze the Mercato Centrale's two floors of Tuscan street food — lampredotto, ribollita, schiacciata — and browse outdoor leather stalls

Spend unscheduled time in Venice — ride a vaporetto down the Grand Canal, find a bacaro, or sit in a quiet campiello

Kids and parents cook spaghetti, gnocchi alla sorrentina, and a lemon dessert in a Sorrento terrace kitchen

Cook three styles of fresh pasta by hand and pair them with Capri's own sea urchin and tomato sauces in a local home

Take the bus to Anacapri and descend by rowboat into the Blue Grotto's eerily glowing sea cave

Cook a three-course Campanian meal in a Positano resident's home — pasta, seafood, and limoncello dessert

Learn to assemble five Italian aperitivo nibbles and pair them with a Positano sunset and a glass of Falanghina

Catch a 1-hour train to Bologna and taste mortadella, ragù, and fresh tagliatelle in the city that invented them

Hike from Manarola to a hillside vineyard and taste Cinque Terre DOC and the rare sweet Sciacchetrà with local focaccia

Make two pasta shapes from scratch and traditional Tiramisu in a local La Spezia home, learning Ligurian pantry secrets

Drive through UNESCO-listed Val d'Orcia, stopping at cypress-lined roads, Pienza village, and a Brunello di Montalcino tasting

Drive north from Como to Valtellina and taste Nebbiolo-based Sforzato and Sassella wines at terraced alpine vineyards