Amalfi Coast Wine Tours

Meet your friendly and knowledgeable guide at the hotel and start exploring Naples on a vintage Vespa. On this two-wheeled excursion, you will explore an exciting and lesser-known Naples. You will taste the best street food on offer, including taralli with almonds and black pepper, pizza a libretto (pizza folded like a small book and easy to eat with your hands), and gelato. After this exciting tour, you will have time to relax and rest before dinner.

Dinner this evening is in one of Campania’s finest Michelin starred restaurants, Villa Don n’Anna in Posillipo, at Palazzo Petrucci. You’ll enjoy a tasting menu paired with top Italian wines prepared by Chef Lino Scarallo is one of Southern Italy’s “hot new chefs.” Specialties here include Lasagnetta di mozzarella di bufala e crudo di gamberi; Paccheri ripieni di ricotta con ragù napoletano e grattugiata di ricotta di pecora; Triglia e scarola ripassata; stratificazione di pastiera napoletana.

After a sublime evening, your driver will take you back to your hotel.

Carry on to Spaccanapoli, to visit Santa Chiara cloister, San Severo Chapel and Veiled Christ, Piazza San Domenico, San Gregorio Armeno street with the famous Christmas cribs and clay figurines.

You’ll sit down to a delightful lunch of the “Vera Pizza Napoletana.” Naples is the home of the Pizza Margherita, and you can pick the pizza of your choice (try the Pizza with Buffalo Mozzarella- to die for!), served with “panzarotti; stuffed with Fiori di Zucca,” and “Scarola with raisins and pine nuts.” Finish with an ice-cold Limoncello made with Sorrento lemons.

After lunch, you will carry on with a private guided tour of the superb Archaeological Museum of Naples. The palace that houses the museum dates to the 1500s, and was transformed into a museum by Carlos III, who oversaw significant excavations of Pompeii. See the splendid collection of mosaics and frescos from Pompeii and Herculaneum, including the famed “Erotic Room.” Admire the Ancient Greek sculptures and the exquisite Farnese collection of ancient sculptures, discovered at Rome’s Caracalla Baths. After a fascinating tour of the museum, you’ll head back to your hotel for a free evening.

After lunch today, you will visit the Reggia di Caserta, one of Southern Italy’s most magnificent architectural gems. Inspired by Versailles, this Unesco protected palace was built in the 1750s again under the Bourbon King Charles III. It features vast gardens and over 1000 rooms! A professional art guide will take you on a private tour showing you the most interesting rooms and pieces, and entertain you with historical anecdotes. Afterward, spend some free time on your own in the historic town of Casertavecchia (old Caserta) before returning to Naples.

The night is yours, and you have plenty of restaurants to choose from, go for a fun aperitif in the pretty Chiaia neighborhood at fish shop Mattucci, which turns into a lively wine and raw fish bar at night. For a charming spot near the hotel, try the spaghetti alle vongole at the “Liberty Style” La Bersagliera in the marina. Also close by is the elegant La Cantinella, where grilled seafood served in a refined venue that attracts visiting celebrities.

Travel next to Sorbo Serpico, and arrive at the exceptional Feudi di San Gregorio wine estate. Feudi boasts an ultra-modern cellar (designed by Japanese architect Hikaru Mori), splendid herb gardens, and a gourmet restaurant. Feudi di San Gregorio are pioneers in Campania for championing the local varietals like Aglianico and Falanghina, and apart from Campania, they invested heavily in the regions of Bolgheri, Puglia, and Basilicata. After a walk in the vineyards and a short tour of the cellars, lunch will be at their excellent Marennà restaurant. In a minimalist chic dining room, you’ll have the chef’s tasting menu paired with estate wines, including their Greco based bubbly Dubl Esse, Fiano, and Greco grapes blend Campanaro. Buon appetito!

Tonight you are heading to the beautiful Amalfi Coast. On the way to Positano, you can stop into Cetara, an authentic fisherman’s village and one of the only villages on this coastline that the locals still make their livelihood from fishing. The thing to buy here is the Colatura di Alici, a modern version of the Ancient Roman “Garum” (a 2000-year-old recipe of a sardine based sauce). In the early evening, pull up to the front door of your fantastic hotel located in a glam palazzo in ravishing Positano. Benvenuti in Costiera Amalfitana!

Set amid flowering bougainvillea and with stunning views over the sea, your hotel is a hideaway for the rich and famous- don’t be surprised if you see some of Hollywood’s elite here!

In the afternoon, you have a treat in store- a private helicopter tour over the Amalfi coastline, taking in the views of this magnificent coastline, is a once in a lifetime experience. Don’t forget the camera!

Upon your return to the hotel, freshen up for the late afternoon and dinner. Your driver will collect you around 4 PM, and you’ll head to the pretty village of Amalfi. Explore historic Amalfi on your own. The Duomo here is the most beautiful on the entire Amalfi Coast with its black and white striped marble columns. Grab a pastry or “granita” at the historic Pasticceria Andrea Panza 1840, have a glass of wine at a sidewalk café, and hit the gourmet shops.

Next, for some fun outdoor activities, a lemon cooking class and limoncello making workshop. Learn how to make a full meal, with appetizer, main course, and dessert included. Limoncello is the ultimate Italian digestive made with lemons, sugar, and alcohol. It is the perfect way to finish a meal, and today you get to make your own! Original and entertaining!

After a hands-on cooking class, you’ll sit down to the alfresco dinner with views of bobbing fishing boats and luxury yachts in the distance.

The afternoon is yours to visit Amalfi Coast villages. Start with ceramic Museo Villa Guariglia and then onto Vietri to pick up some of their famous ceramics. Campania´s most prestigious ceramic center, Vietri, has a cute old town with gorgeous shops squeezed in next to each other. Our favorite ones include Ceramica Francesco Di Maio, Ceramica Artistica Solimene Vincenzo, Ceramiche Margherita, and Ceramica Vietri Scotto.

Tour Ravello and don´t miss the Villa Cimbrone, as the views here are some of the most dramatic and beautiful in Italy. The Villa Rufolo also offers excellent seascapes.

Head to the Furore fiord next, that’s right- a fjord! No, you are not n Norway, but the Amalfi Coast. Take in the dizzying views, and admire the surprising artwork (Furore´s mayor invites artists every year to paint wine-inspired murals in this minuscule hamlet).

Tonight dinner is at Quattro Passi; you will arrive at the restaurant at sunset via private cruise taking in the spectacular Sorrento peninsula. A superb Two Michelin Starred restaurant, one of the most romantic and elegant in Italy and one of our favorites in Southern Italy.

Dining in the luxuriant and flourishing gardens, adorned with Vietri ceramics, you´ll taste Chef Antonio Mellino’s Mediterranean specialties like Calamari Tagliatelli with Fish Roe; Red Mullet wafer, Orange and Rosemary. For dessert, try the famous Campania cheese plate, which features goodies like fresh goat´s cheese from the Cilento national park, Provolone del Monaco, Caciocavallo Podolico and more. Your driver will take you back to your hotel after dinner.

You will then tour the island of Capri and visit the most iconic sights, including the dramatic Faraglioni and the beautiful ‘Grotta Azzurra’ or Blue Grotto. This ethereal sea cave is a wondrous work of nature.

In the early afternoon, arrive at the Marina Piccola and head to your hotel for check-in. You’ll be staying at the best hotel in Capri, located in a lush garden in one of the most picturesque places on the island. The rest of the day is yours, and tonight you’ll have a welcome dinner at the hotel’s fabulous Michelin starred restaurant. While sipping wine between courses, you’ll be entertained by a singer and mandolin player, serenading you with classics like “O Sole Mio.” Molto romantico!

Tonight enjoy some fun and thrilling nightlife and live music at Taverna Anema e Core; over the decade’s many celebrities from show business, politics and economics had fun here.

At lunchtime, transfer to Vico Equense, where you will be dining at the mythical 2 Michelin starred Torre del Saracino, run by the exuberant Chef Gennaro Esposito. You’ll sit down to a tasting menu of Gennaro’s best seasonal dishes, paired with excellent local Campania wines from fine estates

After a tantalizing lunch, you’ll drive to Pompeii. This ancient Roman city was buried in volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. The story is one of the most intriguing in Italian history, and you’ll have your professional art guide take you around the excavation site to bring history to life. After a three-hour walking tour of the archeological site and museum, head into nearby Naples where you’ll spend the last evening. Tonight is yours to relax and pack.