Italy & Slovenia – gourmet tour

From the ancient history, Italy has always been the country of pleasures, country for all five senses, country of rich history, development and unique culture. When you travel to Italy, you know there is an abundance of everything, including the Italian gastronomical delights. With its rich cuisine, this beautiful Mediterranean land offers numerous authentic, traditional food- …we all know pizza, lasagne, spaghetti, but there is so much more to try and experience.

A multitude of popular Italian delicacies and dishes, sweet and savory, Italy is absolutely one of the world’s leading country in gastronomy. The Italian culture is based and undisputable
linked to the tradition of Italian dishes. Italy is also first destination which boast with the title of UNESCO – Gastronomy – Heritage City in the world (Bologna). The tradition of recipes is
often passed down between generations, but at the same time many fantastic chefs make a stunning blend of traditional recipes by upgrading the culinary to highest possible level of
Italian kitchen which is presented in 2020 a grand total of 374 MICHELIN-starred restaurants.

From West to the neighboring country – Slovenia: in comparison with Italy, this small country is a rising star on a wine & culinary map which now boast with the first best female chef in the world – Ana Roš. Slovenia is neighboring with Italy on the west, Austria on the North, Hungary on the East and Croatia on the South. The geographic position is actually huge advantage and Slovenia is the country where 4 neighboring countries with so diverse culture and culinary are blended into one fantastic symphony of various traditional tastes which are influenced by the cultures and civilisations from the Alpine, Mediterranean and Pannonian regions.

Slovenia with world-awarded wines and numerous fantastic restaurants which use local ingredients, many times from the gardens and local farmers represents the exotic, uprising culinary destination which is still undiscovered and so many times overlooked. Therefore we invite you to try it and enjoy in traveling through one of most green European countries.