Only four days and nights to tackle one of the world’s richest and wildest culinary cities? No problem. Here’s the plan: start strong, end hard, rely on our smartest and most well-connected friends in the city to show us how to cook and eat and drink well, Chilango-style. And we’ll be spending deep moments at the remarkable Hacienda San Andrés for a dive into the rich rural and culinary heritage that surrounds CDMX.
A deep week of Castillian grace, from our start in the stately and vibrant city of Salamanca into the sacred rural heartlands of Spain’s greatest product: jamón. This is an insider tour of a world-famous delicacy, and all the rich countryside that created it.
Travel to Thailand for a week of culinary exploration that is sometimes rustic, sometimes luxurious, but always fascinating. By foot, by plane, by private vehicle, by speedboat: this is a kinetic journey through the heart of the South. Your hosts Andy Ricker and Phongsila “Mapeng” Comack are the perfect guides through the big history and bright flavors of the region, mixing places you think you know with locations that few outsiders get to visit.
A full-throated celebration of Tasmania, an island of big landscapes, pure waters, and absurdly good produce. Leading this trip are Palisa Anderson, the pioneering Sydney-based farmer and restaurateur, and Nathan Thornburgh, longtime foreign correspondent and co-founder of Roads & Kingdoms. From island-hopping to leisurely breakfasts overlooking Mount Wellington to intimate dining experiences with local culinary luminaries curated by Roads & Kingdoms, every moment is a celebration of Tasmania’s rich products and human geography.
Gelato for breakfast. Evening aperitivos. Leisurely late-night meals: Lean in to the rhythms of Sicilian life with an unparalleled food bounty shaped by the Mediterranean and centuries of conquest and exchange. Many of Italian cuisine’s best-loved dishes are rooted in Sicilian soil—join us for a tour of some of the best ingredients and meals Europe has to offer.
This week is a full celebration of the best of central and western Morocco. The coast, the mountain, the city. All with charismatic local hosts and deep food experiences alike, highlighted by the iconic cook and author Anissa Helou.
Madeira is the main island of an archipelago more than 400 miles off the coast of North Africa, a place so green that one of the first Portuguese sailors to see it exclaimed that it was just “one large garden”. And a garden it has remained, through nearly six centuries of human habitation, through slavery and sugarcane, through extinctions and evolution and the current cultural rebirth. Your hosts on this one-of-a-kind journey will be the Portuguese culinary icon André Magalhães and renowned PokPok chef and frequent League host Andy Ricker.
The heel of the boot has mainland Italy’s longest coastline, white-sand beaches, winds from the Sahara desert—and the perfect climate for its centuries-old olive groves. Puglia’s rich agricultural legacy includes the fairytale stone villages of the Valle d’Itria and a hearty cuisine that gave the world burrata and orecchiette. Spend some time in Puglia’s laid-back embrace.
Insider access to the gallant feria celebrations in Seville. The timeless tuna hunt of the almadraba. Some of Spain’s best eating and drinking around Cádiz and Jerez. Andalusia is a kaleidoscope of history, culture, and cuisine, and Spring is its finest season.
Tuna hauled fresh from the sea. Cheesemaking that has no equal in Europe. Crystalline waters, lighthouse hotels, beautiful traditions from south to north on the island. Embarking on this culinary adventure are two of the most distinguished food writers in the industry. On one hand, we have Rafa Tonon, the visionary journalist behind Food Revolutions. On the other, Eugenio Signoroni, who has been at the helm of the Osterie d’Italia guide since 2010. Both are not only masters of their craft but also proud recipients of the prestigious Best Food Writer award from Identità Golose, promising a journey as rich in flavor as it is in narrative.
Feast your way from the riverine capital Tbilisi to the miracles of southern Georgia, where cave monasteries and an ancient wine culture collide. Hosted and inspired by the adventure, curiosity, and connections of Georgia’s most celebrated chefs and winemakers.
From the future-facing heart of contemporary Cape Town to the winelands of Stellenbosch and Bot River, this is a weeklong journey across one of the most naturally abundant and culturally complex places on this planet. Our guide is none other than Reuben Riffel, one of the country’s most celebrated chefs whose success would have been unimaginable under the Apartheid system into which he was born. Joined by Roads & Kingdoms cofounder Nathan Thornburgh and the Angolan writer Cláudio Silva, Reuben will bring us behind the scenes of his culinary world—culminating in a hilltop Braai at sunset with descendants of southern Africa’s first people.
From the vibrant capital of Luanda, one of the oldest cities in sub-Saharan Africa, to verdant, volcanic Lubango and onto the desert beaches of Namibe, this is a weeklong journey through a country in the midst of an epic rebirth. Guided by Chef Helt Araújo, one of Angola’s great culinary minds and a leader of its current reinvention, we will dine in open-air markets and elegant urban restaurants, taste Angolan wines at a private chef’s dinner on the beach, and join an indigenous tribe for a whole-goat roast, traversing this righteous land to meet the people rewriting its destiny.
From the misty matsutake-rich mountains of Ma Pin Guan to the hidden Bai enclaves of ancient Silk Road towns, this is a weeklong journey through China’s most varied province, a biodiversity hotspot home to more ethnic groups than any other. Yunnan: land of mushrooms, birthplace of tea. Led by the Chinese writer Jane Yang and Roads & Kingdoms co-founder Nathan Thornburgh, we begin in Shanghai and end in Dali, traversing four ancient towns that ring the storied Lake of Erhai—culminating in an extraordinary multi-course dinner in a secret restaurant for Chinese chefs.
The Oaxaca they want to sell you is just one of the many Oaxacas that are now thriving, jostling, and innovating in this future-facing region with roots deeper than time. Not just any tour for any travelers, our League of Travelers adventure in Oaxaca is an expression of the beautiful world of Ana Paulina Garcia. She’ll bring us into her life of creative chefs and distillers and artists—new visionaries in an ancient culture—with the League founder Nathan Thornburgh as her co-host.
Autumn in Northern Portugal is the time of harvest for the most famous fruits of the region: grapes in the vineyard and olives in the orchards. It’s the ideal time to feel the region’s easy and soulful way of life, presented with the insider access provided by one of the region’s most illustrious food writers.
Sri Lanka is Sinhalese for “Resplendent Island,” a fitting title for the lush teardrop-shaped landmass off the coast of India that’s emerging out of hardship as one of the most vibrant and compelling travel destinations on the planet. From the seaside metropolis of Colombo to the ancient Spice Route fort of Galle up to the emerald tea trails of Sri Lankan hill country, this trip goes hard and deep. Led by the charismatic culinary scout Gonzalo Gil Lavedra and Mark Forbes, a curator and researcher descending from a long line of Sri Lankan tea planters, we will dine in family homes and tea field bungalows, meet Tamil orators, Sinhalese naturalists, planters of cinnamon and Ceylon, and Sri Lankan chefs of all stripes, learning as we go the stories, secrets, and cherished food traditions of this enigmatic island nation.
The only part of Spain never to fall to the Moors, Asturias remains defiant, delicious, distinctive. Our collaborator José Andrés comes from these mountains, and his ideas, passions and people are woven throughout this magical weeklong journey from the coast to the hills and back again.
From the patinaed grandeur of Old Hanoi to the deep hilltribe valleys of Lao Cai province, this week is a master class in the vibrant present and the ancient past. Our hosts will be Hanoians, Hmong, Red Dao, and the people behind Song Cai spirits, the most knowledgeable culinary minds in Vietnam’s north. We’ll track down the roots of phở from black cardamom fields to water buffalo markets. We’ll dine on blue plastic chairs down Bun cha alleys and private dining rooms with Vietnam’s most dynamic chefs. An unforgettable deep dive with the people who know it best.
Ice cream for breakfast. Evening aperitivos. Leisurely late-night meals: Lean in to the rhythms of Sicilian life with an unparalleled food bounty shaped by the Mediterranean and centuries of conquest and exchange. Many of Italian cuisine’s best-loved dishes are rooted in Sicilian soil—join us for a tour of some of the best ingredients and meals Europe has to offer.
Peru is a place where alternate histories live on. In the right light, looking over the same valleys as Inca Pachacutec did, you can squint and dream that the Spanish never arrived. And in Lima you can see the inevitably mestizo future, where Quechua and Japanese and Andalusians and countless other seekers arrived to tap into something deeper. To paraphrase Vargas Llosa, it’s impossible to know what’s really happening here, so stories and illusions become a refuge. We’ll follow those deep narratives and the people who tell them through this remarkable week of Peruvian food, drink, and dreams.
Cool mornings and verdant mountains make this the very best moment of the year in Thailand’s cultural capital. Our host is Andy Ricker, longtime resident of Chiang Mai who popularized this region’s cuisine in the U.S. with his Pok Pok restaurants and is ready to show you what makes this place amazing. He will be joined by Mapeng Commak, an avowed environmentalist and “culinary connector” with an extraordinary network of farmers and chefs in the region.
This is a week of the prime cut of Northern Italy, from classic Torino to the rolling vinelands of the Langhe up to the high mountains of Valle d’Aosta. The story of this region in autumn is the story of osterias and ochre forests, white truffles and big red wines. This journey unfolds easily, sumptuously, from one day to the next, staying in the finest hotels and drinking with the most renowned producers as we dive headlong into the Very Beautiful Lifestyle of the north.
