Taste Trails for couples
Private tables, harvest sunsets and slow weekends for two.
43 of 43 trails
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Douro Harvest Day
Pick grapes with the crew at a family quinta, then take a rabelo boat from Pinhão.
Full day · from Porto · Harvest mid-September to early October; vineyard days April to November
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Pintxos & Txakoli: Basque Coast
Walk the Camino del Norte cliffs to Getaria, taste txakoli above the sea and eat turbot off the grill.
Full day · from San Sebastián · April to October
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Truffle Hunt & Chianti Lunch
Hunt with a truffle family and their dogs, then a long lunch on a Chianti farm.
Full day · from Florence · October to December (white truffle season)
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Seascapes & Skies: Kerry Weekend
Seafood suppers, then a guided night in Ireland's Gold Tier Dark Sky Reserve.
2 nights, 3 days · Cahersiveen · September to March (darkest skies)
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The Albariño Camino
Walk the Camino Portugués into Albariño country, cross the estuary by boat past the mussel rafts, and finish in Santiago.
9 days, 8 nights · Tui to Santiago de Compostela · April to June, September to October
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Armagh Orchard County
Walk the Bramley orchards, press apples and taste Armagh cider.
Full day · from Dublin · May (blossom), September to October (harvest)
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Cork Coastal Food Trail
English Market breakfast, Ballycotton fish landing, Kinsale supper.
Full day · from Cork · April to October
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Porto Wine & Dine
Bolhão market tastings, then a port lodge cellar.
3.5 hours · from Porto · Year-round
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Vinho Verde Day
Walk granite-terraced Alvarinho vines, then lunch at a solar (manor house).
Full day · from Porto · May to October; harvest days early September
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Alentejo Olive Morning
Hand-pick Galega olives, taste the farm's oil and sit down to an Alentejo brunch.
Half day · from Lisbon · October to December
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Arrábida Cheese & Moscatel
An Azeitão cheese dairy, a Moscatel de Setúbal cellar and a coastal lunch.
Full day · from Lisbon · Year-round
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Flavours of Faro
Olhão market, Ria Formosa clams by boat and the orange groves of Silves.
Full day · from Faro · Year-round; oranges December to April
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Rías Baixas Mussels & Albariño
Boat out to the mussel rafts, then an Albariño tasting in Cambados.
Full day · from Santiago de Compostela · May to October
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Orchards of Valencia
Pick oranges in a 19th-century grove, then paella by the Albufera lagoon.
Full day · from Valencia · November to March
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Sóller Orange Valley
Ride the vintage train over the mountains, then pick oranges and juice them in the grove.
Full day · from Palma · November to May
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Puglia Olive Press Day
Pick olives in the morning, follow them to the frantoio and taste the oil as it comes out.
Full day · from Bari · Late October to December
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Harvest & Grape Stomp, Provence
Pick grapes, stomp them barefoot, then lunch on an organic farm.
Half day · from Avignon · September to early October
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Route des Grands Crus by Bike
Cycle between Grand Cru villages, then a cellar tasting in Meursault.
Full day · from Beaune · April to October
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Normandy Cider Route
Pays d'Auge orchards, cider and Calvados cellars, and a Camembert farm.
Full day · from Caen · September to November (harvest), May (blossom)
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Herefordshire Cider Day
Perry pear orchards and a cider-maker's barn tasting.
Full day · from Hereford · September to October
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A Berrylicious Weekend
Two picking mornings, a jam-and-baking workshop and a country-house stay.
2 nights, 3 days · Co Wicklow · June to August
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Puglia Olive Harvest Weekend
Two harvest mornings, your own oil from the frantoio, Ostuni and the Adriatic coast.
2 nights, 3 days · Ostuni · Late October to December
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Alentejo Stars & Olive Oil
The olive harvest by day, the Alqueva Dark Sky Reserve by night.
2 nights, 3 days · Monsaraz · October to November
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Garden of England Weekend
Pick-your-own fruit, an English vineyard tasting, Whitstable oysters and an oast-house stay.
2 nights, 3 days · Faversham · June to September
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Douro Valley Harvest Walk
Walk between quintas, join the harvest and stay among the terraces.
8 days, 7 nights · Porto and the Douro quintas · September to October (harvest), April to June
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Seascapes & Skies: Kerry
A seafood supper every night and two guided dark-sky nights on the Skellig coast.
7 days, 6 nights · Cahersiveen to Killarney · May to September for walking; September to October for walking and dark skies
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Route des Grands Crus
E-bikes along the vineyard lanes, a grower's cellar each afternoon and a Hautes-Côtes blackcurrant farm.
7 days, 6 nights · Dijon to Santenay · May to October
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A Taste of Tuscany: Via Francigena
White truffle in San Miniato, Vernaccia in San Gimignano, Chianti farm stays and a pici class in Siena.
7 days, 6 nights · San Miniato to Siena · April to June, September to November
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Chios Mastic Villages
Walk the mastic fields at harvest and see the resin 'tears' that grow on one island only.
2 nights, 3 days · Chios Town · June to September; harvest mid-August, often a second in September
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Aegina Pistachio Island
Take the ferry from Piraeus to a working pistachio farm and taste the island's famous nuts.
Full day · from Athens · Year-round; harvest in late summer
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Messinia Olive Harvest
Harvest Kalamata's olives, follow them to the mill and learn to taste oil with a certified taster.
2 nights, 3 days · Kalamata · November to December
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Ston Oysters & Ancient Salt
Rake salt by hand at dawn in 4,000-year-old salt pans, then eat Mali Ston oysters on the bay.
Full day · from Dubrovnik · Oysters year-round; salt harvest July to September
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Istrian Truffle Weekend
Follow a truffle family and their dogs into the forest below Motovun.
2 nights, 3 days · Motovun · White truffles autumn into winter; black truffles in summer
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Zinfandel's Birthplace
Taste Crljenak in Kaštela, the Dalmatian vine DNA research showed is Zinfandel.
Full day · from Split · April to October
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Hardanger Fruit & Cider Weekend
Walk farm to farm through fjord-side orchards, tasting each maker's cider.
2 nights, 3 days · Ulvik · May (blossom) to October (harvest)
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Fjord Safari & Undredal Goat Cheese
Ride a RIB boat into the Nærøyfjord, then taste goat cheese in the tiny village that makes it.
3 hours · from Flåm · 1 May to 20 September
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Île d'Orléans: Cassis, Cheese & Berries
Pick island strawberries, then taste blackcurrant wine at the family distillery that pioneered it.
Full day · from Quebec City · June to October; strawberries in early summer
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Niagara Icewine Weekend
Taste icewine outdoors among the frozen vines.
2 nights, 3 days · Niagara-on-the-Lake · Niagara Icewine Festival, mid to late January
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Fundy Tides & Valley Wine
Walk the ocean floor at low tide where the world's highest tides are recorded, then taste Annapolis Valley wine.
Full day · from Halifax · Mid-May to mid-October
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PEI Oyster Weekend
Tong your own oysters from a dory, then shuck and eat up to two dozen.
2 nights, 3 days · Charlottetown · Summer and autumn; confirm dates with the host
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Okanagan Cherries & Wine
Pick cherries in the morning, then taste in the vineyards above the lake.
Full day · from Kelowna · July
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Hudson Valley Orchard & Cider Day
Ride Metro-North up the Hudson, pick apples in the orchard, then taste cider in Beacon.
Full day · from New York City · September to October
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Finger Lakes Riesling & Gorges
Walk the gorge in the morning and taste Riesling by Seneca Lake in the afternoon.
2 nights, 3 days · Watkins Glen · September to October (harvest)
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