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CULINARY TRAVEL

Culinary adventures
around the world

Culinary travel tours to feed your soul, nourish your mind, and delight your palate. Our tour groups travel with acclaimed chefs, and include carefully curated week-long itineraries filled with unforgettable cultural and culinary experiences.

Oldways Cultural Food Traditions
Oldways Cultural Food Traditions

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Suzanne Stavert

“The tour you created was pure magic. So much delicious food, working hand in hand with valuable knowledge and helpful cooking techniques. The perfect trifecta!

Suzanne Stavert Traveler to Veneto, Italy

“Traveling with Oldways on their Naples and Amalfi Coast Culinaria was a dream come true. Spending a well-organized, action-packed week with like-minded foodies fed my appetite for travel, adventure, camaraderie, and delicious food from different cultures. I’m already dreaming about another trip!

Liz Weiss, MS, RDNTraveler to Naples and Amalfi
Joan Trute

“Oldways provides a fabulous, in-depth cultural and authentic “food” immersion travel with unique experiences that are paired with local artisanal products such as cheese and wine so that the participant truly feels like a local.

Joan Trute, MA, RD, CDETraveler to San Sebastian and Switzerland
Alisa Finkel

“I love the combination of food, but also putting the history of the country and the culture together. Everyone’s become a little family, so there’s such a community as well, and I would go on another trip in a second.” 

Alisa FinkelTraveler to the Aegean Coast of Turkey
Carolyn ONeil

“If you love to travel the world with a focus on delicious foods with an in-depth emphasis on culinary culture and heritage cuisine then Oldways Culinarias are designed with you in mind!

Carolyn O’Neil MS RDTraveler to Pantelleria, Morrocco, and Spain
Minerva Kim

“Oldways is a preeminent organization that promotes well-grounded nutrition education, embraces the uniqueness of cultural recipes, all while hosting the most enlightening culinary travels around the world.”

Minerva Kim, MS, RD, CDN Traveler to Naples and Amalfi

“We’ve seen things that we would never have gotten to on our own. It’s been fantastic. We feel like we really got to know Switzerland.”

Lori and Roger KingTravelers to Switzerland

“What’s so great about the Oldways Culinaria and traveling as a family is that we are going to talk about this for the rest of our lives. We’ve learned some great new things we hope will become a part of our family traditions.”

Robert and Alexa O’NeillTravelers to Switzerland

How we run our trips

Oldways Culinarias are planned with our belief that the heart of any culture can be understood by exploring its food, wine, and culinary traditions.

Oldways Cultural Food Traditions

Culinary Experts to Guide You

Each trip features a well-known culinary expert, chef, or cookbook author intimately familiar with the regional cuisine, who will cook, teach, and tour alongside us.

A Small Group of Congenial Travelers

Meet your new foodie friends! Oldways trips are limited to about three dozen participants—enough to interact with a variety of interesting people without feeling that you’re part of a crowd. New, close friendships among travelers are not uncommon.

Historical and Cultural Context

We may focus on the food, but visits to museums, ancient ruins, and artisans provide fascinating context. On every trip, you’ll learn from local historical guides.

Rare, Outside-the-Guidebook Experiences

You might just get to spend the night in an Italian castle, cook in the kitchen of a countess, or enjoy a pot-luck lunch cooked by home cooks in Turkey. With Oldways’ extensive culinary connections around the world, you’re in for “pinch-me” experiences unlike any others. 

See our past trips

Questions about culinary travel?

You’re always welcome to email us with your questions at [email protected], but most common answers are also in our FAQ section. Check it out and let us know if you need help.