Published on September 15, 2026
By Matt Thompson, Travel Writer
Have you always wanted to learn how to make perfect pasta from scratch? Do you wonder about the work that went into your favorite bottle of red wine? Experience your favorite foods on a deeper level when you travel with Country Walkers. Learn a generations-old recipe from a local, join an expert foraging for truffles, or snag an invite to a members-only food club. If you want to expand your culinary horizons, we have the adventure for you. Check out some of our favorite food-centric experiences!
You’ll have the opportunity to bring some local knowledge (and a few authentic recipes) home with you from this culinary adventure through the foodie paradise of Piedmont. Your culinary adventure in Piedmont includes a hunt for one of the region’s most prized delicacies: truffles. Join a local trifolao and trusty dog as you search the woodlands for these elusive treasures and learn about the traditions behind truffle hunting. Later in your journey, you’ll continue exploring the region’s celebrated cuisine with a hands-on pesto-making class and dinner prepared by a Michelin-starred chef.
Experience the bold flavors of southern Spain as you cycle through the heart of Andalucia. Stop for lunch at an authentic Andalusian cortijo with local VBT | Country Walkers friends, sip sangria paired with the region’s flavorful cuisine, and discover the secrets of Andalusian cooking during a hands-on class with a local chef. Between bites, pedal through olive groves and vineyards along the scenic Ruta del Vino wine road.
The lush green heart of Istria and the Mirna River valley hides a rare gastronomic delight. Prized Istrian white truffles (tuber magnatum), as well as black truffles, can be found in the sprawling, scenic forests here. Learn all about these underground tuberous fungi as you join a professional truffle hunter and his canine assistant on their search. Along the way, discover the traditions behind this prized local delicacy before continuing your exploration of Istria’s farm- and sea-to-table cuisine.
Roll up your sleeves and discover the flavors of Tuscany firsthand. During a hands-on cooking class, you’ll learn to prepare traditional Tuscan gnocchi with a local chef before sitting down to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Your culinary journey continues with fresh, farm-to-table cuisine at charming fattorie lodgings and a taste of Tuscany’s “liquid gold”—locally pressed olive oil at a traditional mill.
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