Food and Wine Holidays

Overview

One of the best ways to experience local culture is to try the food and wine. Our holidays will tickle your taste buds, whether you’re enjoying gourmet cuisine at a stylish country lodge in Iceland, dining on ice in Swedish Lapland, wine tasting in New Zealand or feasting on fresh fish in Canada.

Nordic cuisine is strongly influenced by fresh, seasonal produce. Sampling Sami food and culture in the wild woods of Lapland is just one of many culinary adventures we can arrange for your holiday.

While one of the pleasures of our long-haul holidays to New Zealand or Australia is the range of opportunities for wine-tasting, browsing local markets and sampling gourmet cuisine.

Is it bun? Is it a cake? It’s "voisilmapulla" a traditional Finnish sweet bread which is the perfect afternoon (or morning) treat, delicately flavoured with cardamom - enjoy with hot chocolate for a proper feel good feeling

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Dining experiences around the world

In Iceland, both the sea and land are a source of delicious ingredients. Grazed on mountain slopes where wild herbs infuse their meat with rich flavours, organic lamb and reindeer frequently appear on menus, along with wild berries plucked from the tundra and freshwater fish like Arctic char and salmon.

You can never go wrong with seafood in Iceland – the coastline is riddled with fishing harbours where lobster, sea trout and cod are landed daily.

Follow the Boutique Wine Trail in New Zealand on a delicious self drive featuring wine tours in Hawke’s Bay, Martinborough and Marlborough. Or perhaps choose to explore Western Australia taking a self-drive through the vineyards of Australia’s Margaret River region.

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Dining in Lapland

Experiential is the watchword for at stay at the Icehotel, which is also true of the dining. Housed in a nearby warm building, the Icehotel Restaurant has an exquisite Ice Menu with gourmet treats like smoked ptarmigan and reindeer with chocolate sauce, all beautifully presented, with the cold dishes served on plates of crystal clear ice. The restaurant was rated by the White Guide as one of the top dining experiences in Swedish Lapland. You’ll also want to simply chill out at the Icebar – the totally cool social hub of the Icehotel.

Other top places for culinary adventures in the far north of Europe include Brandon Lodge and the Treehotel as well as the Aurora Sky Station which offers an exclusive four-course dinner as the perfect prelude to northern lights watching in Abisko National Park.

Dine like a local

The historic city of Trondheim in Norway is where to head in search of off-the-beaten-track taste sensations. With its striking cathedral and colourful wharf, this city that was once a Viking stronghold, is gaining a reputation in the culinary scene. Two Michelin-starred restaurants provide the glamour while the local festival showcases locally-sourced produce in activities across the city.

Embrace the flavours of Costa Rica – well known for its coffee and chocolate – on an authentic self-drive giving you a sneak peak into a Blue Zone lifestyle.