Colli Altotiberini

Small Group Private Tour Specialist

Plan your Italy adventure with the small group private tour specialist. Escape overtourism and discover the back roads and authentic small towns with us. Kathy and Vernon create your perfect trip, with off-the-beaten path destinations, activities from walks and bike rides to city tours and shopping, and expert-led culinary adventures.

Food and Wine

Any tour of Italy is incomplete without indulging in the amazing food and wine. But to truly appreciate It requires an understanding of the regional history, culture and geography. All become part of your adventure with Kathy, chef, food blogger, and Certified Italian Wine Professional, and Vernon, mountain guide, MS in European Literature and avid history enthusiast.

Your Unique Adventure

Not all private trips are custom. Most tour companies don't have the flexibility to deviate from their set itineraries, so there are always compromises. With Kathy and Vernon, your adventure will be as unique as you are, and your itinerary will be personally designed us to meet the desires and varied interests of your group.

The ItaliaOutdoors Difference

Truly Personalized Service and a Custom Plan for Every Trip

Kathy and Vernon

NO MIDDLEMEN

You communicate directly with Vernon and Kathy. We know your dreams for an Italy adventure, we’ll have it ready for you when you arrive.

No Group Too Small

SMALL FOOTPRINT

Our small footprint allows us to travel like locals and enjoy spontaneous adventures as we explore the path less traveled.

Custom Plan

UNIQUE ITINERARY

Each tour itinerary is unique and serves as a framework for an exceptional journey, where a thoughtful plan adjusts to your pace.

Authenticity

KNOWLEDGE

We focus on just a few select tours to provide an exceptional level of regional knowledge and an unforgettable authentic experience.

Travel after COVID-19: How do you wish to travel in Italy when we are able to return? In a small private group of your family and friends? Plenty of outdoor explorations? Off the beaten track destinations far from tourist crowds? Private cooking classes, wine tours, small intimate hotels? That's how we've been traveling for ten years. Plan your adventure in Italy with Italiaoutdoors Food and Wine, the custom tour specialist.

Customize Your Adventure - Food - Wine - Walk - Hike - Bike

With Italy's "Best Local Guide 2013"

Read about our tours in Adventure Cyclist August 2015

Our passion is creating intimate, personalized active food and wine adventures that explore an authentic Italy
- its outdoor beauty, its hidden back roads, its small family producers, its traditional wines, at your preferred pace.
Tell Me More!

The Colli Altotiberini DOC was introduced in 1980, and revised in 2005. Located in northern Umbria, this ridge of low lying hills runs from Citta di Castello in the north almost to Perugia in the south, following the course of the Tiber River. Alto translates to ‘high’, giving the name Altotiberini.

colli altotiberini umbria private tours — Umbria countryside

This DOC covers a variety of wines, both varietals and blends, red, white and rose.

Colli Altotiberini Bianco is based on the Trebbiano grape (minimum 50%), with a higher alcohol version designated as Superiore. There are also varietal wines based on the Grechetto and Trebbiano grapes. The Bianco wines are best served with fish.

Colli Altotiberini Rosato is a Sangiovese based rose. A great wine to serve with antipasti, vegetable risottos, spicy fish soup, and eel.

Colli Altotiberini Rosso is again a Sangiovese based blend. Varietal reds from this zone include Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The Riserva designation indicates aging of at minimum 24 months. Serve with cured meats and cheese, pasta dishes with tomato based sauces, and grilled or roasted meats.

A remarkable week of new sights, new foods and new friends. Perfectly planned and executed, not a detail left to chance. I can't imagine a better vacation... spending time in one of the most beautiful regions of Italy. My deepest thanks for an unforgettable experience. Can't wait to do it all again.

S.D., Plymouth

Italy is always magical but this week created memories of a lifetime. Vernon and Kathy’s exceptional organization made for a wonderful experience. They brought order out of chaos, and allowed busy and preoccupied guests to enjoy a week of relaxation and fun. “Thanks” is inadequate to express my appreciation.

D.R., Boston

To see Italy--the real Italy--you must live like an Italian. With ItaliaOutdoors that is exactly what you get to do. Kathy and Vernon make the perfect pair with Vernon's insiders prowess of all things Italian and Kathy's quest for unknown wines and hidden artisanal treasures.

Susan Regis, Chef at UpStairs on the Square and James Beard Award winner, Cambridge, MA

What a way to spend our 24th anniversary! And altho our biking skills are at the alpha and omega ends of the sport, we are still together!! Vernon and Kathy are wonderful together and your spirit, talent, enthusiasm and knowledge (and encouragement in things sport and culinary) made for a wonderful experience.

A. and S.M., New York

We can hardly find the words to explain what a fantastic trip this has been. We were looking for a memorable way to spend our 40th anniversary and indeed we found it. The biking, cooking, eating, touring were all incredible, but it was the people that really made it special. Thanks for everything and we hope to see you all again soon.

B. and M.H., Belmont

Our passion is creating intimate, personalized adventures that explore an authentic Italy - its outdoor beauty, its hidden back roads, its small family producers, its regional cuisine and traditional wines, at your preferred pace.

Learn more about outdoor activities, history, and the regions of Italy. Visit Vernon's Italy travel guide.