Our guide Sergio is passionate about food. (And anyone who's traveled with him as a guide on our

Amalfi Coast or Sicily tours will chuckle at that understatement.) So when we set out to plan a special itinerary that combines beautiful walks with an emphasis on the cooking and culinary traditions of the Amalfi peninsula, whom did we ask? Imagine it: There you are, settled into a lovely hotel in a fishing village on the steep and sunny coastline. You take walks that reveal Positano, Ravello, the Isle of Capri, and even Pompeii with an archaeologist friend of ours. And oh the seafood, the lemons that grow on trees lining the streets, the cheeses. With Sergio we've arranged informal cooking sessions in the home of one of his favorite cooks as well as some hands-on tutoring with a professional chef. Like a great Italian meal, this week is a long, happy, satisfying event that you'll wish would never end.