PRIVATE GROUP TOURS TO CALIFORNIA, ITALY, AND MEXICO

Private Group Tours

2024 Slow Travel PRIVATE GROUP Food Tours 

The highlight of our year? Getting together with a group of you to celebrate local culture, dive into incredible food (and wine or mezcal), and support small businesses in our favorite food-focused corners of the world! Ever year we host a few small private group trips to Northern Italy, Sicily, Oaxaca, and even to California wine country!

WHY TRAVEL WITH US?

We’ve been hosting group trips and planning clients' travels to these areas for nearly a decade so we know them intimately. So, we have expertise, experience, and access to some of the most interesting experience. Over the course of our trips, you'll meet some of our friends who are among the best food and wine experts, sommeliers, and artisans in the region. NOTE: In 2024, we will only provide private small group tours.

2024 Small Group Tour Destinations

California Wine Country Small Group Tours

New as of 2023, we launched small group tours to Paso Robles and Santa Ynez in California wine country. During these long weekend experiences, we'll cook, taste, and adventure to explore the people and places who help make wine country so unique. We'll kick off these small group tours in iconic California wine country destinations like Sonoma County, Carmel & Monterey, and Santa Barbara. In 2024, we will only provide private small group tours to California.

Small Group Tours Of Mexico

For over five years, we've hosted small group tours to Mexico. During these long weekend experiences, you'll cook with local chefs, taste the local mezcal or wine, meet artisans in their workshops, and head to markets, restaurants, and private dining experiences.

• Mexico City Group Tours: In 2024, we will only provide private small group tours to Mexico City.

• Oaxaca Mexico Travel: In 2024, we will only provide private small group tours to Oaxaca City.

• Valle de Guadalupe Tours: In 2024, we will only provide private small-group tours to Valle de Guadalupe.

Small Group Tours Of Italy

We've hosted small group tours to Italy for more than five years. These week-long experiences occur in the fall during Italy's harvest time — our favorite time of year as food lovers. You'll travel with fellow food lovers as you dive into Slow Food culture, head to local farms, meet celebrated winemakers, cook with celebrated chefs, learn about local wine, and head to markets, restaurants, and private dining experiences. In 2024, we will only provide private small group tours to Italy.

• Wine Tours Piedmont Italy: Here combine the best of our Lombardy group tour (Milan and Lake Como!) and add in Piedmont wine country. After a few days of learning about street food in Milan and relaxing on Lake Como, we'll head out for food and wine tours in Piedmont, Italy, to sip on Barolo wine and go truffle hunting.

• Food & Wine Tours Of Sicily: Like our Piedmont tours, we'll cook, visit farms, explore markets, and experience farms. But this small group tour will hit legendary spots like Taormina, Mount Etna, Ortigia, and the Val di Noto.

• Tuscany Small Group Tours: In 2024, we will only provide private small group tours to Tuscany.

Don't see a destination you'd like to go to? Or wish we'd add tours at different times of the year? Contact us to let us know, and we'll consider it for our upcoming small group tours.

Private Group Tours

Looking to do a small group tour with your people? Then you need our private group tours services! From milestone moments like a 40th birthday, a family reunion, a pre-wedding hang, or a bachelorette trip, if you already have the group, we can take any of our small group tours private! We’ll talk with you to customize the experience to include everything you want and nothing you don’t, fit your budget, and help you arrange every last detail. We’ve done everything from bachelorette trips to Mexico City and Valle de Guadalupe to birthday parties in Piedmont, Italy, and even private group tours to Oaxaca for Day Of The Dead. Get in touch if you want to learn more!

What Past Guests Have To Say About Our Small Group Tours

Small Group Tour Style

Curated Itineraries. Meticulously Researched. Expertly Led Trips. 

Want to dig deep into the local food culture of a destination? Travel with us to Mexico or Italy on our curated small-group trips for food lovers! Our trips are ideal for those who are as amped to try new food as they are to meet local makers.

On one-of-a-kind experiences, you’ll learn about local food and meet various food and travel experts as well as our friends and local creatives all while doing unique activities from expertly-led tours to private dinners. Head here to read about what makes Salt & Wind travel style so unique.

We run group trips in Italy to Lombardy, Piedmont, and Tuscany while in Mexico, we travel to Oaxaca, Valle De Guadalupe Wine Country, Mexico City, and to celebrate the Day Of The Dead!

What’s Included In A Group Tour…

Here's what's included in a small group tour:

• Salt & Wind Travel Classic Level Concierge Service at a discount

• Boutique hotel accommodations with complimentary wifi

• High-end meal at a World’s 50 Best or a Michelin-starred restaurant

• All meals on the itinerary (plus one alcoholic drink at lunch and dinner)

• Hands-on cooking classes with renowned chefs

• Street food tours with local food experts

• Wine or liquor tastings at artisanal distilleries and wineries

• Indie shopping, art gallery visits, and pop-ups with local creatives

• Artisanal market and food tours conducted by regional food experts 

• Concierge to help you with your needs and plan any extra excursions

• A group photographer so you can enjoy the moment

• Group transportation to/from all events listed on the itinerary

• Tips for all meals, hotels, and drivers included in the itinerary

• Free time so you can explore on your own

• Access to the S&W Travel alumni network for exclusive events

• A couple of surprises!

Here's what's not included in your group tour:

• Any incidental expenses (shopping, room service, extra drinks, etc)

• Tips for photographer, concierge, and trip hosts

• Required travel insurance

• Any meals not listed in the itinerary

• Any extra excursions or events you plan with our concierge

• Ground or air transportation from your home to/from the destination 

• Alcohol beyond 1 drink at both lunch and dinner

• Any room service or minibar charges