Short Breaks with The Walking Party

Below are some further details but please do call us for more information.

Unusual Walking Holidays

Join us for this unique opportunity to see one of the most beautiful floral displays in Italy when the 'gran piano' plateau of Castelluccio is aflame with flowers in the early summer sunshine.  Around this floral event, The Walking Party have arranged a wine tasting in the famous Enoteca of Roberto Angellini at Spello as well as glorious fresh Italian food in small carefully chosen restaurants.  It is a week full of flowers, great Italian characters, impressive scenery and wonderful walks.

Or enjoy a number of other walking holidays arranged by our partners, The Walking Party' in Catalunya, Haut Quercy, the Dordogne, Suffolk or other unusual destinations.

The Truffle Hop

In February each year, take part in a famous Truffle Hop, a five day gastronomic feast at the height of the truffle season in one of the great black truffle areas of France.  You will be cooking, eating, hunting and buying what is regarded as the greatest fungus in the history of gastronomy.  You will make truffled foie gras to take home with you and drink beautiful wines during the truffle dinner and the legendary seven course truffle brunch.

Cooking in France

A fantastic slice of French life with four chefs and your hosts James and Diana Tamlyn.   Set in the idyllic countryside of the Dordogne Quercy region in an eighteenth century chateau and a beautiful Manor House.  Cooking with fresh ingredients from the markets your chefs and hosts guide and invite you to get your hands into the sublime art of French cuisine renowned as being the greatest in the world. 

Email or call our Escorted Journeys Team on 020 7386 4646 for further information and reservations on any of the above.