Slow travel was born from the slow food movement that started in Italy as a reaction against the first McDonalds to open in the eternal city of Rome. Slow travel in Italy is about creating a genuine connection between the traveller and the best of Italy’s regions, people, culture, food and lifestyle.

In our hectic world where work and life constantly overlap and days are spent multi-tasking to meet demands and deadlines, we are seeing an increase of travellers using their vacation time to escape their frantic day to day lifestyles. Rather than choose a holiday where they aim to cram in as many cities and sites as possible the trend is to take the foot off the pedal and immerse themselves into the lifestyle and culture of an Italian region or even smaller town or village.

Italians are passionate about their food, wine, culture, history, design and lifestyle and will welcome all that want to immerse themselves into La Dolce Vita. And with such a rich abundance on offer Italy is the perfect place for slow travel. In fact, you are spoilt for choice for regions that are ideal for slow travel including the obvious regions of Tuscany, Umbria and Sicily regions but we are specialists in using our knowledge to offer lesser-known but equally as great options.

One of these is the Le Marche region in the East of the country. Snow-capped mountains, sandy cove beaches, medieval hilltop towns and rich farmland awaits the traveller wanting to take time to stop and smell the flowers. Famous for its truffles, wine favoured by Roman emperors and cuisine that is based on centuries-old recipes using only local ingredients Le Marche is our choice recommendation for the perfect Italian slow travel experience.