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Small Group Private Tour Specialist

Plan your Italy adventure with the small group private tour specialist. Escape overtourism and discover the back roads and authentic small towns with us. Kathy and Vernon create your perfect trip, with off-the-beaten path destinations, activities from walks and bike rides to city tours and shopping, and expert-led culinary adventures.

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Food and Wine

Any tour of Italy is incomplete without indulging in the amazing food and wine. But to truly appreciate It requires an understanding of the regional history, culture and geography. All become part of your adventure with Kathy, chef, food blogger, and Certified Italian Wine Professional, and Vernon, mountain guide, MS in European Literature and avid history enthusiast.

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Your Unique Adventure

Not all private trips are custom. Most tour companies don't have the flexibility to deviate from their set itineraries, so there are always compromises. With Kathy and Vernon, your adventure will be as unique as you are, and your itinerary will be personally designed us to meet the desires and varied interests of your group.

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The ItaliaOutdoors Difference


Truly Personalized Service and a Custom Plan for Every Trip

Kathy and Vernon

NO MIDDLEMEN

You communicate directly with Vernon and Kathy. We know your dreams for an Italy adventure, we’ll have it ready for you when you arrive.

No Group Too Small

SMALL FOOTPRINT

Our small footprint allows us to travel like locals and enjoy spontaneous adventures as we explore the path less traveled.

 

Custom Plan

UNIQUE ITINERARY

Each tour itinerary is unique and serves as a framework for an exceptional journey, where a thoughtful plan adjusts to your pace.

 

Authenticity

KNOWLEDGE

We focus on just a few select tours to provide an exceptional level of regional knowledge and an unforgettable authentic experience.

Travel after COVID-19: How do you wish to travel in Italy when we are able to return? In a small private group of your family and friends? Plenty of outdoor explorations? Off the beaten track destinations far from tourist crowds? Private cooking classes, wine tours, small intimate hotels? That's how we've been traveling for ten years. Plan your adventure in Italy with Italiaoutdoors Food and Wine, the custom tour specialist.

Customize Your Adventure - Food - Wine - Walk - Hike - Bike

With Italy's "Best Local Guide 2013"

Read about our tours in Adventure Cyclist August 2015

Our passion is creating intimate, personalized active food and wine adventures that explore an authentic Italy
- its outdoor beauty, its hidden back roads, its small family producers, its traditional wines, at your preferred pace.
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russiz superiore cab franc bike tours italyThe Felluga family has been making wines in Friuli Venezia Giulia for over a century. First located on the coast, in the Isola d’Istria,  the family produced wine from local varietals, Malvasia and Refosco. After the first World War, the family relocated to Grado, now in the prestigious Collio wine region. Wine has been produced in this region for hundreds of years, due to its mild climate. The Adriatic sea is only 30km to the south, and the Pre Julian Alps to the north provide protection from the colder winds. The resulting climate is hot days and cold nights, providing those all-important temperature changes, and mild summers. This area was one of the first DOC wine zones in Italy, awarded DOC status in 1964.

Today, the winery is run by Marco Felluga and his son, Roberto, the fifth generation of winemakers in this family. Marco trained at the celebrated Oenologial School in Conegliano, and both Marco and Roberto run the two family wineries located in the Collio DOC. The vineyards of their Marco Felluga winery are located in four different villages in the Collio DOC, Farra, San Floriano, Oslavia and Cormòns. The vineyards of their second winery, Russiz Superiore, are situated around the winery cellar in the heart of the Collio. These vineyards are located in the village of Russiz Superiore in the municipality of Capriva del Friuli. Both wineries have earned accolades from various industry publications, including Wine & Spirits, Wine Enthusiast, and Duemilavini.

cormons vineyards bike wine toursI enjoyed a bottle of the Russiz Superiore Cabernet Franc during a recent dinner at Ceia, in Newburyport, MA. This wine is 100% Cabernet Franc, hand picked and delicately pressed. The wine is aged in small oak casks for twelve months. After bottling, it undergoes another 6 months of aging.

An dark ruby red wine, with an intense nose, strong with the aromas of cherries, currants, and green peppers. Full-bodied and elegant, with flavors of cherries and dried fruit, velvety tannins and a persistent finish.