Italian Roots Journeys runs small-group tours through Campania, Calabria and Sicily — the regions most Italian-Australian families actually left, and the ones standard Italy itineraries skip past for Rome, Florence and Venice. Real towns, real pace, real food, off the well-worn tourist trail.
Campania, Calabria, Sicily, Puglia and Basilicata each have their own dialects, histories and food traditions — distinct from one another, and a world away from Rome, Florence and Venice. Explore each below.
Our founding circuit tours through Campania, Calabria and Sicily. If you're drawn to Puglia or Basilicata, join the waitlist below — interest like this shapes what we build next.
A single overland-and-ferry route down through the mainland south and across to Sicily — not a checklist of cities, and not a custom itinerary built around any one family.
We start inland and along the quieter coast — Cilento's cliffs and villages, Irpinia's vineyards — the Campania most tour buses skip entirely.
South through Aspromonte's mountain villages to the Tyrrhenian and Ionian coasts — Tropea, Reggio, and towns most Italy itineraries have never heard of.
A ferry crossing to Sicily's Baroque interior and Etna's foothills — a different Sicily to the Taormina resort circuit.
8–12 travellers, proper hotels, long lunches, and time to actually be somewhere — not a bus window view of six towns a day.
We're opening one founding departure before we build the full booking platform. Your deposit is fully refundable and simply confirms genuine interest; we'll follow up individually before any final payment.
We're validating demand before we build out full operations. Reserving a spot puts down a fully refundable deposit and gets you priority access and a say in the circuit — it does not lock you into travel.
Most southern Italy touring gets squeezed into a couple of days after Rome, Florence and Venice. We do the opposite — three full regions across Campania, Calabria and Sicily, at a pace that lets you actually be somewhere, not just photograph it from a bus window.
We're starting with Campania, Calabria and Sicily based on where interest points us — join the waitlist below and note your background. We're planning to expand region by region over time.
Yes, in full, at any point before a final trip is confirmed and booked. It exists to help us plan a real departure around genuine interest rather than guesswork.
We'll email you within a few days to confirm details before anything is charged. Grazie mille — welcome to Italian Roots Journeys.