Your Dream Italian Holiday, Designed Just for You

A relaxing, hands-on culinary holiday with wine tasting and a rustic hotel, a real Italian short-break for all occasions.

Puglia, a popular region for charming Trulli houses, fine Baroque architecture & beautiful coastline, is now making itsí mark on gastronomy holidays with a recent introduction of small boutique farmhouses and family run wine cellars offering unique opportunities to taste real flavours of the region with simple but tasty recipes that have been passed from one generation to the next!

With this holiday, we will be offering you the chance to learn about rustic Italian cooking in a typical farmhouse from a local cook, enjoy the flavours of your cooking accompanied with tasty local wine, a small walking tour in Conversano, a medieval town where your hotel is located, and a horse and carriage countryside tour along with your delicious four course tasting menu welcome dinner at your hotel.

Nature has carved out a secret corner of paradise and this is it! Peaceful, romantic and a perfect place to forget the daily grind. Boutique Borgo Naturalis with only 8 rooms including a two-roomed suite, offers an authentically Puglian escape for a short Spa break in a lovely setting.

Less than half an hour from Lecce and just over 20 minutes from Otranto, Borgo Naturalis is perfectly placed for exploring Puglia's Salento. The beautiful beaches at Torre Sant'Andrea are only about 15km, as well as the famous Stacks of Torre Sant'Andrea, where the coastline becomes rugged, with spectacular rocky outcrops in the crystalline turquoise sea.The gardens, lawns and terraces are sheer delights. The pool is magnificent. The intimate spa is a dream. Reserved only for you when you book it, the water circuit, emotional shower, plunge pool with jacuzzi and steam room make it the perfect place to while away the time and wash away every trace of the daily grind ' a place where the body and the soul can relax. The spa is Anna's kingdom and she is an expert at the 'four elements' treatments she also offers. Your biggest problem will be that you never want to leave it!Everything is done with nature in mind. Not only does Borgo Naturalis bombard your senses with nature's perfumes and colours, but it also serves up the traditional Salento and Southern Italian cuisine. The food and wine are excellent, from the delicate breakfasts to the more elaborate four-course dinners. Exquisitely flavoursome, the traditional recipes, local ingredients and home-grown produce combine to present unforgettable meals.

Milan to Rome (North Route) This Four City Explorer enables you to visit four of Italy's best and well known cities including Milan, Verona, Venice and Rome. You will travel on board the modern and stylish Italo trains by Prima Class, offering comfortable seats, spacious leg room and complimentary hot drinks and snacks throughout your journey.

Your rail journey will begin in the chic and cosmopolitan fashion capital of Milan, where art, style and design are a life form. It is home to the beautiful and decadent Galleria Vittorio Emanuele shopping arcade, filled with designer boutiques, world famous fashion brands and plenty of restaurants and cafes to keep you energised after a day of shopping. The Duomo is possibly Milan's most famous attraction, with its gothic architecture and impressive steeples, you should make a point to stop and admire from the outside or venture inside to see some fantastic works of stain glass art and the most impressive views of the city below from the cathedrals rooftop.

Nothing says history and romance quite like Verona. It is the setting where poet and playwright, William Shakespeare chose to set his famous tragedy, Romeo & Juliet and each year sees thousands of tourists flock to Juliet's balcony from the plays famous scene. Verona may often be overlooked by some of Italy's more well-known cities but it has some stunning bridges, narrow streets and an impressive amphitheatre now used for theatrical productions and world class operas. You will also stop off at Venice, a city built on water, it is a metropolis of winding canals and beautiful bridges, including the beautiful Rialto Bridge, one of the oldest bridges in Venice. Sail back on a gondola down narrow waterways or take in the sights of St Marks Square. Each year the city welcomes hordes of international travellers for the annual Venice Carnival, a colourful spectacle of masque parades and characters dressed in traditional fashion of days gone by.

No trip to Italy would be the same without a visit to its ancient capital, Rome. Once the centre of politics, the city today is a modern world built against an ancient backdrop, including the Colosseum, the Spanish Steps, St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican, home to Michelangelo's outstanding work of art, the Sistine Chapel. A visit to the famous baroque Trevi Fountain should not be missed and don't forget to throw a coin into the water to guarantee your return to Rome in the future.

This hand-picked itinerary allows you to visit three contrasting parts of Sardinia, for a wonderfully diverse holiday experience. for a traditional Sardinian experience. Su Gologone is the only mountain National Park in Sardinia, and it's the perfect place to stay for a traditional Sardinian experience. You'll have the chance to try your hand at pottery, breadmaking, and other crafts and cookery. The beautiful inland scenery of the eastern part of the island is simply unmissable. Villa Mosca is a designer boutique hotel in a historic house with an amazing location by the sea in Alghero, Sardinia. Here at Completely Italy, we love its incredible quality & sumptuous luxury, so close to Alghero yet so relaxing, with its own mini botanical garden. Villa Mosca is a designer boutique hotel in a historic house with an amazing location by the sea in Alghero, Sardinia. Here at Completely Italy, we love its incredible quality & sumptuous luxury, so close to Alghero yet so relaxing, with its own mini botanical garden. Gabbiano Azzurro is a stylish, modern hotel with a wonderful family feel ' the staff know their clients by name. Ideally located right on the sea, close to the small resort of Golfo Aranci, it boasts a beautiful private beach, as well as excellent service.