Cantalupo Tours to Italy

Cantalupo Tours to Italy has special tours that will suit whatever need you have to browse Italy. They have special tour groups that will range from 6-16 people and will discuss the history and the architecture of the area. On its website it has a survival guide that is very handy for first time tour goers that I highly recommend. The tours were founded by Michael San Filippo, who is also the content provider for About Italian Language. They will reserve you a spot in the tour for $750. More information on the different tours, the photo gallery, and the reservation forms can be found on the website.

Why a food tour?
Italy is home to 130,000 square miles, 55 million people, and some of the finest food on earth. Americans know spaghetti, but do they know their il dolce from their il contorno? Can they point themselves toward one of the most exclusive food tours available? They will in the next few minutes.

Italian You Have to Know to Survive in a Restaurant
Some phrases you just have to know. While most will be able to understand and speak English, there are some key phrases that every food loving tourist must know.
Potrei vedere il menù? - May I see the Menu?
Cosa ci consiglia? - What would you recommend?
Cameriere/cameriera! - Waiter/Waitress
Può portarci il conto, per favore? - May we have the check please?

Know Italian Menus
Most Italian restaurants do not need reservations called in for dinner arrangements, and you should expect the food to be brought out to you in a specific order. Just remember that expresso is a train; order espresso.

L'antipasto - appetizer- example: crostini or bruschetta
Il primo - first course- example: pasta or zuppa (soup)
Il secondo - second course- example: meat or fish
Il contorno - side dish- example: eggplant or salad
Il dolce -dessert- example: tiramisu

Eating in Italy Tips
Breakfast is mainly continental
Coffee is not served with dessert, only after
Milk based coffees (lattes, etc) are not drunk after noon
Food and drinks at a bar are cheaper than at a table
"Chiuso" shows the day the restaurant is closed. All restaurants must close one day a week.

Cantalupo Tours to Italy
Now that you are ready to read a menu in Italy, now you need the means to use this newfound knowledge. Enter Cantalupo Tours to Italy. For an average price of $3600 per person your tour will include:
Nine nights of lodging
All breakfasts
7 lunches and 7 dinners which includes wine, coffee, or tea
All entrance fees to the various museums
Spectacular views of greek ruins and rugged coastline

What it doesn't cover is the airplane ticket, the transfers, the room service, any tips, passport fees, or travel insurance.

Sicily's Culinary Splendors
So what is Sicily's Culinary Splendors and why do I recommend it? It's a tour of Sicily's local specialties and dishes. It gives you the chance to have Michele Scicolone (author of The Soprano's Family Cookbook, La Dolce Vita, and more) as a tour leader throughout the center of the Mediterranean. You can savor the local flavour and visit famous pastry making demonstrations. You can get a guided tour of Palermo and tour the Valle deo Templi (a UNESCO World Heritage site). See well preserved Roman mosaics and view Mt. Etna. Also accompanying you is Michael San Filippo, the founder of Cantalupo Tours To Italy and the author of Everything Learning Italian. He studied Italy as a graduate student and his enthusiasm for the countryside rubs off on the sightseers.

Cantalupo Tours To Italy has other tours such as Sicily: Island in a Sea of Light; Bologna, Parma, and the Emilia-Romagna Region; Rome, Naples, and Southern Italy; Florence, Tuscany, and Umbria; plus you can design a tour for your own group. Just call them and let them know your ideas! viaggio indimenticabile

For more information and to get your travel shoes tempted go to:
www.cantalupotours.com
Cantalupo Tours To Italy
1500 Lexington Avenue, Suite 10B
New York, NY 10029
info@cantalupotours.com