October 21–28, 2024
Sardinia has all the requisites of paradise: ancient mysteries, a spectacular coastline, rugged mountains, sparkling beaches with pristine water, and a cuisine unto itself. The Phoenicians and Romans who settled here left their mark, as did an indigenous people who built curious conical stone towers known as nuraghi, which survive in the thousands.
May 19–26, 2025
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.
October 13–20, 2025
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.
April 13–20, 2026
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 …