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In March 2023, I started a collaboration with Alida from Vagabonda Travel. I will be hosting various group trips to Europe over the next year. Our first in-person meeting was for a FAM trip to Malta, which is a potential destination for future group trips. You can see everything we did in the vlogs below.
After Malta, I went on a solo FAM trip to Sicily in order to familiarize myself with the destinations that will be part of an upcoming trip I’m hosting. The second half of my trip consisted of visiting old friends and hosting my very first group trip, “Wine and Bliss in Tuscany” with a fantastic small group of 3. I will be hosting this trip again in April 2024, so if you want to join or see what other group trips are available, get all of the details here.
Malta and Italy Itinerary Overview
Itinerary
Day 1: Flight from Atlanta to Malta
Day 2: Malta (St. Julian’s)
Day 3: Malta (Dingli Cliffs, Rabat, Mdina, Mosta)
Day 4: Malta (Meridiana Wine Estate, Valletta)
Day 5: Malta (Valletta, St. Julian’s)
Day 6: Malta (Marsaxlokk, Blue Grotto, St. Julian’s)
Day 7: Malta (St. Julian’s)
Day 8: Malta (3 Ancient Cities, Birgu, Valletta)
Day 9: Malta (Gozo, Crystal and Blue Lagoon)
Day 10: Malta (St. Julian’s)
Day 11: Malta (St. Julian’s)
Day 12: Malta to Taormina, Sicily
Day 13: Taormina, Sicily
Day 14: Taormina to CefalĂą to Palermo, Sicily
Day 15: Palermo, Sicily
Day 16: Palermo to Corleone to Agrigento, Sicily
Day 17: Agrigento, Sicily
Day 18: Agrigento to Siracusa, Sicily (Ortigia)
Day 19: Ortigia, Sicily
Day 20: Ortigia to Catania to Florence, Italy
Day 21: Florence, Italy
Day 22: Florence, Italy
Day 23: Florence, Italy
Day 24: Florence to Bologna to Milan, Italy
Day 25: Milan to Siena, Italy
Day 26: Siena, Italy
Day 27: Siena to San Gregorio da Sassola, Italy
Day 28: San Gregorio da Sassola, Italy
Day 29: San Gregorio da Sassola, Italy
Day 30: San Gregorio da Sassola, Italy
Day 31: San Gregorio da Sassola, Italy
Day 32: San Gregorio da Sassola to San Gimignano, Italy
Day 33: San Gimignano, Italy
Day 34: San Gimignano, Italy (Siena, Montereggione)
Day 35: San Gimignano, Italy (Montalcino, Pienza, Montepulciano)
Day 36: San Gimignano, Italy
Day 37: San Gimignano to Pisa to Lucca to Florence, Italy
Day 38: Florence, Italy
Day 39: Florence, Italy
Day 40: Florence to Marta, Italy
Day 41: Marta to San Gregorio da Sassola, Italy
Day 42: San Gregorio da Sassola, Italy
Day 43: San Gregorio da Sassola, Italy to Atlanta
Accommodations
Coming soon.
Experiences
Arancino Class in Taormina, Sicily
Find the tour here.
Pasta Masterclass in Sciaccia
Find the tour here.
Fiat 500 Tour Florence to Chianti
Find the tour here.
Pasta Making Class in Tuscany
Find the tour here.
Packing List
Find my Amazon list of all the items I packed here.
Daily Vlogs
Blog Posts
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