Tastes & Textiles
​Small Group Tours

Tastes & Textiles small group tours are designed specially for people with a lively interest in fibres, textiles and the delicious regional food of Italy. Depending on which tour you choose, you'll find yourself in exquisite little-known corners of Tuscany, Le Marche or Sardinia, where you'll meet extraordinary artisan craftspeople, young and old. They carry on the local traditions and rejuvenate them without the support of a network of craft guilds. An inspiration to all of us. Intimate escorted tours (maximum 10 people).

The tour was amazing. Every day was full of new adventures.  I learned a lot and met wonderful people. I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. –PU, USA, May 2018

You may also be interested in our other small group tours: ​http://www.sapori-e-saperi.com/small-group-tours.html

Tastes & Textiles: Woad & Wool

2023: May 12–22
​2024: May 10–20

​Enter the gate to the inner sanctum of Renaissance Italy: woad, green almond salad, Piero della Francesca, fulled and napped wool, grilled ravioli, stay in a castle tower.

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Tastes & Textiles: Hanging by a Thread

2023: June 3–12
​2024: May 25–June 3

Come soon or the former thriving textile tradition of Lucca will have completely disappeared. At least mamma is still cooking in the kitchen.

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Tastes & Textiles: Wine to Dye For

2023: September 12–22
​2024: September 10–20

​Meet the inspiring young people who are rejuvenating traditional crafts from textiles to water-marked paper and baskets. They're enthusiastic to use local ingredients to create variations on their regional dishes.

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Tastes & Textiles: Sea Silk in Sardinia

2023: September 21–26
​2024: September 20–24

A 5-night extension to our Wine to Dye For tour. We’re going in search of the truth about byssus or sea silk, the dark brown beard of the giant mollusc Pinna nobilis. Meet the weavers and eat traditional Sardinian cuisine.

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