Cultural exploration
Delicious fun
Unique tours for the culturally curious and the sophisticated palate.
Elifant Archaeo-Culinary Tours offers week-long trips that combine remarkable access to cultural and archaeological sites, truly expert leaders, and some of the best food in Italy. Our trips are a feast for the mind, soul, and body.
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We’ll “march” across the Boot behind the Roman legions along two of the great Roman roads—the Salaria and the Flaminia—to follow the traces of their conquest of the indigenous peoples of central Italy. This itinerary, from Rome to the Adriatic and back, touches four Italian regions (Lazio, Umbria, Marche, and Emilia-Romagna) and crosses an area famed for its medieval and Renaissance attractions, natural beauty, and great food.
From the arch at Susa to the theater at Aosta, near the French border, ancient monuments of the Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta regions still proclaim imperial power on the western frontier of Roman Italy. Turin, the elegant royal seat of the Savoia kings, is an industrial, gastronomic, and cultural capital and famous for both its Egyptian Museum and its chocolate. Piedmont’s celebrated Langhe area has practically mythical status as the home of Barolo, Barbaresco, and Barbera wines and the white Alba truffle.
Ancient cities atop windswept hills that evoke the staunch resistance of the local Samnite population to a Rome not yet all-powerful … pristine medieval castles and churches against a splendid backdrop of snow-capped mountains … a hearty, sometimes spicy pastoral cuisine … full-bodied Montepulciano d’Abruzzo wine …
Destinations include—among many others— the spectacular ancient sites of Amiternum, Peltuinum, Alba Fucens, and Saepinum and the gracious small cities of Chieti, Sulmona, and Benevento.
This tour focuses on two fascinating and beautiful parts of the Campania region that are too often overshadowed by the powerhouse attractions around the Bay of Naples. Irpinia, the inland northern part of the region and whose main town is Avellino, is known for its Longobard heritage and superb wines, such as Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo. The coastal part of the region south of the Sorrento peninsula is the Cilento, whose beautiful landscape is recognized with a UNESCO designation and protected parkland. We’ll visit Paestum, Capua, and Velia, where Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans met indigenous Italic peoples.
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History buffs. Art lovers. People who care about the who and the why of traditional food as well as the what. Elifant travelers are curious—and congenial. Many travel solo and enjoy meeting new people. And all appreciate a little pampering.
Grow your mind
and feed your soul
Is there a particular museum or site you don’t want to miss? A local specialty you’re eager to taste? We’re here to answer your questions, large and small.
Elizabeth Bartman and Maureen Fant
Principals, Elifant Archaeo-Culinary Tours
