Grand Tour of Molise
Grand Tour of Molise: Between History & Taste
Explore how land, cuisine, and tradition shape daily life across one of Italy’s most intact regions as you trace Molise’s ancient pathways of craft and culture, from transhumance routes and Benedictine abbeys to bell foundries, cheese dairies, artisan workshops, and Tintilia vineyards, learning from the people who steward this land and its stories.
Itinerary Overview
7 days, 6 nights; year-round, in partnership with Molitour
- Arrival in Naples or Rome & transfer to Castel del Guidice
- Dinner & overnight stay at hotel in Castel del Giudice (4 nights)
- AM: Capracotta & Giardino della Flora Appenninica
- Lunch at family-run farm (including pezzata)
- PM: Palazzo Baronale (Baronial palace) & Museo della Civiltà Contadina (Museum of Peasant Civilization) in Capracotta
- Dinner & overnight stay at hotel in Castel del Giudice
- AM: Museo di Arte Casearia e della Transumanza (Museum of Dairy Art & Transhumance) & Caseificio Di Nucci in Agnone
- Typical lunch
- PM: Artisan workshops & library (Palazzo Minutolo, Palazzo San Francesco, etc.); Marinelli Pontifical Bell Foundry
- Dinner & overnight stay at hotel in Castel del Giudice
- AM: Castel San Vincenzo & Benedictine Abbey
- Lunch at Locanda Belvedere
- PM: Scapoli & Museo Internazionale della Zampogna (International Museum of the Reed-Pipe); National Museum of the Palaeolithic & tour historic center of Isernia
- Dinner & overnight stay at hotel in Castel del Giudice
- AM: Frosolone & Museo Civico dei Ferri Taglienti (Museum of Knives)
- Lunch at La Taverna
- PM: Visit Azienda Agricola Colle Sereno in Petrella Tifernina & learn about Tintilia wine
- Dinner & overnight stay at La Piana dei Mulini in Colle d’Anchise (2 nights)
- AM: Busso & truffle-hunting at Di Iorio Tartufi
- Lunch at Di Iorio Tartufi
- PM: Saepinum Archaeological Area & Sepino
- Dinner & overnight stay at La Piana dei Mulini in Colle d’Anchise
- Breakfast & return to Naples or Rome
What’s Included:
- Six nights in a 4-star hotel with breakfast and dinner
- Five lunches at typical inns/restaurants (drinks included with meals)
- Transfers via private shuttle for the entire duration of the tour (& airport pickup & dropoff)
- Qualified tour guide for the entire duration of the tour and for all scheduled visits
- Entrance fees for all activities and visits included in the program
- Pre-departure, 24-hour on-site, & re-integration support
- Optional extensions prior to or following your program
- Difr Dive Intercultural Citizenship Short Course
- 4-hour virtual pre-departure workshop
- Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) & debrief
- Facilitated AFS Global Up Abroad program leading to the Global Competence Certificate
- Reflective workbook & Difr IC microcredential
Cost: Starting at $2,495/person
- Enroll with a friend or partner and get $50 off for each of you!
- Consider combining with another Adult Study Abroad, ASA Extension, Italian Language course, or Digital Nomad stay and receive $100 off!
- Contact us for group rates!
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