Garlic Mike’s Spring 2025 Italy Tour

Join Traci and I for an unforgettable annual Garlic Mike’s Italy Tour this spring 2025 as we mark Garlic Mike’s 30th year in business and Michael Busse’s 60th birthday. Experience the best of Italy across three weeks, with each week offering a unique itinerary. Choose one, two or all three! Explore the Amalfi Coast, Tuscany, Umbria, and more. Book your selections using the links provided below. The finalized itinerary for Sicily will be shared soon. Get ready for a once-in-a-lifetime cultural and discovery-filled journey!

These trips are smaller, intimate groups of less than 20 or so people. So, book soon!

Feel free to email me with any questions. mike@garlicmikes.com

Amalfi Coast Vacation | May 3rd - 10th, 2025

Garlic Mike’s Adventures in Paradise on the Amalfi Coast

This is not your Mother’s Italy tour group with 3 bus loads of people. Be prepared for intimate, small groups.
We score this vacation week a 10 out of 10!

See full proposed itinerary here!

Please include purchase code FOGMAT when booking your trips.

Wine & Cooking Under the Tuscan & Umbrian Sun | May 10th - 17th, 2025

This week-long vacation will consist of a very small and intimate group of no more than 18 people. It is an 8 day, 7 night all-inclusive experience that offers a wonderful mixture of some of Central Italy’s highlights with some truly off-the-beaten-path treasures unique to our area.

See full iteniary here for this trip.

Please include purchase code FOGMAT when booking your trips.

Trapani, Western Sicily and the Undiscovered Sicilian | May 18th - 25th, 2025

Northern Coast

Sicily, The Motherland – Wine, Cooking, Culture & Adventure – 7 Amazing Days in the Northern Coast!

See full proposed itinerary here!

Please include purchase code FOGMAT when booking your trips.

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Vacation Calendar
Dates		Name
May 3 – 10, 2025 8 Days / 7 Nights Private Group		Private Group: Cooking in Paradise on the Amalfi Coast with Garlic Mike and Traci! It truly is like living the dream… Live like Royalty with Garlic Mike and Traci during this Exciting Vacation Week with the Exclusive use of an Historic 12-Room Villa perched in the hills above the Spectacular Amalfi Coast. Cook, Dine, Dance, Swim and Sing with Family and Friends in Iconic Coastal-Italian Style. Cruise on Private Boats to Beautiful Positano and the Fabulous Island of Capri – Enjoy Wine and Lunch at a Vineyard near Ravello – Explore the Ruins of Pompeii – Make Limoncello – Buffalo Mozzarella – Pizza Napoletana All delicious – From Scratch – Made With and By Locals. More Info / Register
May 10 – 17, 2025 8 Days / 7 Nights Private Group		Private Group: Wine & Cooking Under the Tuscan and Umbrian Sun with Garlic Mike and Traci! Highlight: Welcome Back to Soriano with Mike and Traci! Another culinary and culturally imersive vacation week! With lots of new experiences! Your All-Inclusive, Immersive Vacation Week based in a Hilltop Central Italian Village features Three Hands-On Cooking Classes – Exclusive Lunch Experiences at Family-Run Tuscan Vineyards and Wineries & Umbrian Olive Oil Mill – Pottery Lesson at a Deruta Ceramics Factory – Excursions to Assisi, Pienza and more! More Info / Register

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Amalfi Coast Vacation | May 3rd - 10th, 2025

Garlic Mike’s Adventures in Paradise on the Amalfi Coast

Wine & Cooking Under the Tuscan & Umbrian Sun | May 10th - 17th, 2025

Trapani, Western Sicily and the Undiscovered Sicilian | May 18th - 25th, 2025

Northern Coast

SELECT YOUR PRIVATE GARLIC MIKE TOUR BELOW!

Private Group: Cooking in Paradise on the Amalfi Coast with Garlic Mike and Traci!

Private Group: Wine & Cooking Under the Tuscan and Umbrian Sun with Garlic Mike and Traci!

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