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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

2023 is SOLD OUT!
​2024 is SOLD OUT!

 
UPDATE June 26,2023: 
2025 Trips Announced!!!!!
Email me for trip details
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I know 2025 seems like eons and eons away.  But it will be here before you know it.  Several of you requested 2025 trip info, so I created them a bit earlier than I normally do.  I often book small accommodations with just enough room for my groups so it is imperative that I book my trips in advance.  If, like me, you are a planner and love having something to look forward to on the horizon... jump in!  If you don't like booking so far in advance, send me your email address.  I will add you to my list of folks to contact in the event of a cancellation.  I'll also reach out down the road if the spots do not fill up quickly.  Cin Cin!  Let's go to Italy!

UPDATE May, 2023:

I recently returned from 7 weeks in Italy.  I had three consecutive group trips and am went a little early to do some research on Calabria and eastern Sicily.  I am bringing a group there in the fall and always like to familiarize myself first if I have not yet been.

I'll return to Italy this fall with two groups.  I have 6 SOLD OUT trips scheduled for 2024.

It's exciting to be creating some new itineraries.  I have not done that in a couple of years.  In 2024 I will bring groups to Lake Garda & The Dolomites for the first time.  As well as Sardinia.  
Many years ago I read about a fabulous walking/bike path on Lake Garda.  Serendipitously, the path happens to start very close to the hotel I chose!  And the Dolomites.... I have wanted to go for such a long time.   The last time I was there was 1987!  I look forward to returning to & exploring these mountains!
I have been itching to get to Sardinia for years.  A couple of months ago, a friend who has joined me on two prior trips emailed me a link describing su filindeu, the "rarest pasta in Italy."  The specific origins of su filindeu are unknown. However, members of the Abraini family, who live in Sardinia, in the village of Lula, near the town of Nuoro, have made it for more than 300 years. The women of the family have passed down the recipe and techniques over the centuries, with each woman taking care not to share the secret to anyone else.
Paola Abraini is one of the remaining members of the family who still creates the labor-intensive dish. When the time comes for the Feast of San Francesco—the only time and place to serve the meal—Abraini works five-hour days for a month and creates 110 pounds of su filindeu pasta.The pasta is served twice a year to pilgrims who undertake an 8-hour overnight walk to a sanctuary in the hills of central Sardinia.  
My friend said, "you organize a trip, to go do this and I'll go!"  
So I did.  
I have already sold it out and I have yet to price it!  
After the overnight walk, we will arrive at the sanctuary.  All who undertake the pilgrimage will  receive a foot bath.  And a bowl of soup made from lamb broth, the pasta and pecorino cheese.

​Super, super cool.

Four groups of women have also asked me to create private trips just for them.  So fun.  I've also been busy creating itineraries for clients who prefer to travel to Italy on their own but want help hatching up a plan.

That's the news! 

--Karin 

Drop me a line if you'd like to be on my mailing list.  You will be the first to know when future trips are announced.
kwm1966@gmail.com

And as always, I invite you to gather a group of friends and we will create a private trip for you all!  I am absolutely open to suggestions.

Karin Mallory Presents
Intimate trips to Italy
kwm1966@gmail.com



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Spring 2025
Tivoli/Tuscany/Umbria
May 8 - 18, 2025
** SOLD OUT **

Eastern Sicily/Calabria/Rome
May 23 - June 2
​(Taking 8 guests.  8 spots available)

Early June: Private Trip
​** SOLD OUT **

Tivoli/Tuscany/Umbria.... 
I discovered Tivoli this past Spring and am so looking forward to returning for a night.  Villas, Gardens, and a fabulous first dinner in the shadow of ancient ruins while overlooking a waterfall.  Yes, please!  Tuscany and Umbria will feature wine,   my favorite hot springs in Italy, a festival & a truffle hunt!

I explored Eastern Sicily for the first time this past spring and It pretty much blew my mind.  Ruins. The Sea.  Mt. Etna.  Most importantly I established a relationship with a wonderful group of guides.  Then Tropea.... oh, my is Calabria a gem!  I went in search of their famous onions and found so much more!  

Email me: kwm1966@gmail.com for all the deets on either trip.




 
                                                                                   

Fall 2025
Lake Garda/Dolomites/Benedello
September 4 -15 
** SOLD OUT **

Puglia/Basilicata 
September 15 - 26
(Taking 7 guests.  3 spots available)

Western Sicily
​October 2 - 12
​(Taking 9 guests.  1 spot available)

I LOVE Puglia and I LOVE Georgio our guide.  Returning is like coming home to spend time with family.  Puglia in September is the best.  Most of the tourists have gone.  The sea is as warm as it will get.  Figs are in season.  And I've made so many incredible connections over the years that I love returning to & sharing with guests.  We will also have a couple of nights in Castelmezzano, dubbed "the Dolomites of the south."  Absolutely magical!

Western Sicily will be a new trip for me.  One that I've been eager to seek out for some time now.  We will begin and end in Palermo which is one of my favorite cities in all of Italy.  It is the most ethnically diverse places I have ever visited.  Vibrant and alive!  Then we will have a big chunk of time hunkered down in a slice of paradise.  In a tiny town that is decidedly void of tourists.  Walking distance to the sea & surrounded on both sides by two nature preserves. We will day trip to fabulous places and have bikes at our disposal to go to town or the sea!  Pretty freaking dreamy!!!

​Email me: kwm1966@gmail.com for all the deets on either trip.





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