SMALL GROUP CULTURAL TOURS
THROUGH EUROPE
Experience the Craft
Inspired by the Emmy Award-winning PBS series, Made With Love Tours offers small group tours through Europe, limited to 20 guests. In Italy, Ireland, Spain, and beyond, you will meet artisans in the places where their work is made: workshops, farms, kitchens, studios, and family tables. These craft-focused cultural tours offer close access to the people, materials, and traditions that shape each destination, with time to listen, observe, and travel at a more considered pace.
Private Access Experiences
Get a behind-the-scenes look at artisan workshops, working farms, kitchens, and studios in a small group of 20 guests or fewer.
Cultural Immersion Tours
Step deeper into Europe’s craft traditions through hands-on experiences, regional food, family stories, and time with the makers themselves.
Expert-Led Planning
Travel with deep in-country knowledge, thoughtful pacing, and expert guides who understand the people, places, and traditions behind each stop.
Boutique 4- and 5-Star Hotels
Stay in carefully selected boutique hotels and estate properties chosen for comfort, location, and sense of place.
Regional Food and Wine
Savor the food and wine of each destination, from artisan tastings and cooking demonstrations to meals that reflect the region, season, and table.
24/7 In-Country Support
Travel with 24/7 in-country support, so help is just a call away throughout your tour.
EXPERIENCES
Italy Food Tour: Bologna Food & Artisan Experience
The Italy Food Tour takes you through Bologna and the surrounding Emilia-Romagna region, where food, craft, and family traditions are closely connected. Walk Bologna’s historic streets, visit the Quadrilatero market district, and join hands-on cooking experiences, including pasta-making at Le Sfogline. From traditional balsamic vinegar at Acetaia San Matteo to wine tasting at Umberto Cesari in Castel San Pietro Terme, the Bologna Food & Artisan Experience offers a flavorful introduction to one of Italy’s most respected culinary regions.
What’s included:
7 nights at 4-star or above boutique hotels.
All cooking classes, tastings, and tours.
All artisan experiences.
All breakfast, lunch and dinners, including wine and beer.
Signature Experiences
Tortellini Cooking Class at Le Sfogline
Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese Experience
Artisanal Italian Shoemaking Experience
Exclusive Ferrari Museum Experience
Italy Artisan Tour: Umbria & Tuscany
The Italy Artisan Tour in Umbria and Tuscany takes you into workshops, studios, kitchens, and tasting rooms across two of central Italy’s most craft-rich regions. In Umbria, you’ll experience truffle hunting and a cooking class with the Bianconi family in Città di Castello, hand-weaving with Marta Cucchia at The Giuditta Brozzetti Workshop in Perugia, and ceramics at L’Antica Deruta in Deruta. In Florence and nearby Signa, the journey continues with Master goldsmith Paolo Penko, Florentine mosaic work with Catia and Leonardo Scarpelli, and hat-making with the Grevi family.
What’s included:
6 nights at 4-star or above boutique hotels
All artisan experiences
All breakfast, lunch and dinners, including wine and beer.
Signature Experiences
Truffle Hunting & Cooking Demo
Hand-Weaving Artisan Experience
Olive Oil and Wine Tasting
Artisanal Leather Purse Making
Ireland Artisan Tour
The Ireland Artisan Tour travels from Dublin through County Monaghan, Sligo, Galway, and Kilkenny before returning to Dublin, with artisan visits woven into each part of the route. Along the way, you’ll meet makers and producers at Martina Hamilton Jewelry in Sligo, Sligo Oyster Experience, a traditional harp-making demonstration with Natalie Surina of Ériú Harps at Aughnanure Castle, and Cushendale Woollen Mills in Graiguenamanagh. The journey also includes castle and estate stays, including Castle Leslie Estate, which gives the itinerary a strong sense of Irish place, craft, and hospitality.
What’s included:
7 nights at 4-star and above boutique hotels, castle stays, and estate properties
All artisan experiences
All breakfast, lunch and 5 dinners, including some beer & wine
Signature Experiences
Stay at castles straight out of a fairytale
See a traditional harp-making demonstration
Experience a traditional Irish Woolen Mill
Journey into the world of Ireland’s famous oysters
Spain Artisan Tour
The Spain Artisan Tour begins in Madrid and continues through Seville, Córdoba, Granada, and Toledo, connecting Spain’s craft traditions with its food, architecture, and family-run workshops. Along the way, you’ll experience a paella presentation in Seville, flamenco dress embroidery with Jesús Rosado in Écija, gold gilding with Francisco Javier González in Seville, guitar-making with Daniel Gil de Avalle in Granada, and blacksmith restoration work with Juan Antonio Sánchez at Toledo Cathedral. Each encounter offers a closer look at the materials, techniques, and living traditions behind Spanish leatherwork, gilding, embroidery, music, and metalwork.
What’s included:
7 nights at 4-star or above boutique hotels
All cooking demonstrations, tastings, tours, and artisan experiences
All breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, including some beer and wine
Expert local guide and 24/7 in-country support
Transportation during the tour in a private, deluxe motor coach
Signature Experiences
Blacksmith Restoration Tour of Toledo Cathedral
Flamenco Dress Embroidery & Dance
Artisanal Leather Making Demonstration
Paella Making & Tasting Experience
Testimonials
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This was truly a unique trip that allowed us to see behind the scenes. Thank you for all the love and passion you put into this unique travel experience!
Susan Lordi
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This was a phenomenal tour. It was everything I hoped it would be and more. The opportunity to meet the artisans and watch them work was amazing.
Tricia MacGregor
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Many thanks to the five star travel team & accommodations. The food was beyond amazing, restaurants down little alleys that had prepared perfect dishes just for us.
Pat Conner
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Made With Love Tours creates small group cultural tours through Europe, including Italy, Ireland, Spain, and beyond. Each itinerary is built around private access to working artisans, their workshops, farms, studios, kitchens, and the craft traditions they represent. Each tour is inspired by the Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary series Made With Love, with groups limited to 20 guests on every departure.
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Current Made With Love Tours travel to Italy and Ireland. In Italy, tours include Bologna and the Emilia-Romagna region, as well as the Italy Artisan Tour in Umbria and Tuscany. The Ireland Artisan Tour travels through Dublin, County Monaghan, Sligo, Galway, and Kilkenny. The Spain Artisan Tour itinerary includes Madrid, Seville, Córdoba, Granada, and Toledo, though 2026 Spain departures are sold out. New destinations, including France and Portugal, are in development for 2027.
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Every Made With Love Tours departure is capped at 20 guests. That limit is deliberate: the small group format helps make access to family workshops, private estate stays, small-production farm tastings, and conversations with makers possible. These tours are built for closer conversation, thoughtful pacing, and meaningful access rather than the scale of a large coach tour.
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Yes. Made With Love Tours are inspired by the Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary series Made With Love, which follows artisans across Europe and explores the craft traditions they continue to preserve. Some of the artisans you may meet on tour have appeared in the series, while each itinerary is shaped by the same respect for handmade work, cultural heritage, and time spent with makers.
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Made With Love Tours generally include 4-star or above boutique accommodations, scheduled artisan experiences, listed cooking demonstrations, tastings, and tours, an expert local guide, and private motor coach transportation during the scheduled tour itinerary. Meal inclusions vary by itinerary, but typically include breakfasts and lunches, plus select dinners, with beer and wine included only where noted. Airfare is not included. Because each itinerary is built differently, guests should review the individual tour page for the complete list of inclusions before booking.
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Currently, the available Made With Love Tours start at $6,300 per person for the Italy Artisan Tour in Umbria and Tuscany. The Italy Food Tour: Bologna Food & Artisan Experience starts at $6,500 per person, and the Ireland Artisan Tour starts at $6,900 per person. The Spain Artisan Tour has a published starting price of $6,999 per person, but the 2026 departures are currently sold out. A $500 reservation deposit is required to hold your place. Because pricing, payment schedules, availability, and inclusions vary by itinerary, guests should review the individual tour page or schedule a Discovery Call before booking.
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Made With Love guests are curious, well-traveled people who want more than sightseeing and have a genuine interest in culture, craft, and the stories behind the food, objects, textiles, instruments, and traditions they encounter while traveling. They are not looking for a highlight reel. They want to sit in the workshop, meet the maker, and understand what it actually takes to produce something by hand, whether that means shaping a guitar, weaving cloth, making pasta, gilding by hand, or learning from a family that has carried a craft for generations.
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Visit the tour page for the itinerary you’re considering to review available departure dates, current availability, inclusions, and pricing. When you’re ready, you can reserve your place with a $500 reservation deposit. Deposits are fully refundable within 7 days of purchase, less a 10% processing fee. After that period, deposits may be applied toward a future Made With Love Tours trip.
Fifty percent of the tour balance is due 120 days before the tour begins, and the remaining balance is due 100 days before the tour begins. Full refunds are available up to 120 days before the tour start date. You can also schedule a Discovery Call with the Made With Love Tours team to talk through the itinerary, pace, travel style, and details before reserving.
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