Italy Luxury Vacation Review: Piedmont, Amalfi Coast, Chianti, Florence, Tuscany, Private Cooking Class, Winery Tour, Local Cuisine

We loved visiting the Piedmont region in northern Italy, the home of Barolo and Barbaresco wines and good food. The wineries in this region are close to each other, making it easy to visit a couple in one day. The area is also home to the Slow Food Movement. Our tours included a cheese tasting in Bra that was fabulous. All the restaurants we went to were excellent. A final plus is that this region has fewer tourists than the others we visited.

Our travel agent also arranged two cooking classes for us, one on the Amalfi Coast at a winery and one in the Chianti region of Tuscany. Both were private (just my wife and I) and very hands-on. We learned a lot.