Whisky · ITALY WHISKY TOURS
Every trip has one spare day too few. These 6 italy whisky tours earn the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.
Visit Zu Plun Distillery near Castelrotto for a 90-minute guided cellar tour in English. Learn how gin, grappa, liqueurs, and other spirits are made, then taste selected premium products. Paul, a young industrial chemist, explains the process, family traditions, and Alpine and Mediterranean ingredients in a group of no more than 10 people.
Visit Distillerie Aragonesi in Ischia Ponte for a private, 45-minute tour with artisan producer Alessandro. Learn how local fruits become liqueurs and spirits, see the copper pot still, hear about Ischia’s distilling tradition, and taste several products with sweet pairings. The tour is in English and for adults only.
“We had a great visit - very informative guide taking an inspirational approach, using traditional and modern techniques in distilling and in the resultant spirits.”
Spend 90 minutes with Hugo and the Alma team learning how Sicilian sugar cane becomes rum, from pressing through aging. Taste fresh cane juice, three Agricole rums, a Botanical Rum, and a Mediterranean London dry gin, all paired with Modica chocolate. The tour is offered in Italian, English, Spanish, and Catalan.
“Il proprietario e la moglie due persone squisite ! Lui ci ha spiegato fino al minimo dettaglio il processo della distillazione! Degustazione fantastica! Straconsigliato”
Step into Distillerie Aragonesi in Ischia Ponte, near Aragonese Castle, for a 15-minute English-language visit with tastings of handmade island liqueurs. Alessandro may guide you through local recipes, including fig liqueur and Purtuall orange wine. The visit is free, with a refundable reservation fee applied to a purchase or voucher.
“Due ragazzi giovani…. In un progetto unico. Distillati fenomenali”
Meet your licensed English-speaking guide beneath the Immaculate obelisk at Piazza del Gesù Nuovo. Over about four hours, you’ll visit the Royal Palace area, walk the Lungomare Caracciolo, and enter the Bourbon Gallery, where an underground canal is crossed by raft. Palace and tunnel tickets cost extra.
“Guida molto simpatica e preparata, aneddoti e curiosita sulla storia della città di Napoli. Tour molto interessante e piacevole, da fare!”
Walk Naples’ political and royal center with a private English or Italian guide, then spend 90 minutes inside the Royal Palace with skip-the-line entry. Monica is one named guide associated with the experience. Expect exterior views of Castel Nuovo, Teatro San Carlo, Galleria Umberto I, and the Basilica of San Francesco da Paola.
“Monica was a great guide, very knowledgable and open, we enjoyed the tour with her a lot!”
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