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Marco De Luca

Marco De Luca

European Culture & Culinary Expert

15
Years Experience
Wanderlust Advisory
Agency
4
Regions
3
Languages

Born in Naples, raised between Rome and New York, I've been translating Europe for American travelers for fifteen years. I know which trattorias don't put tourists in the back room, which châteaux have opened their cellar doors to select guests, and which train routes through the Swiss Alps are worth timing to the minute.

My approach is curatorial — I'm less interested in covering ground and more interested in depth. A week in Bologna eating, cooking, and learning from local chefs will change you more than three countries in ten days. I build trips around that philosophy.

Specialties include private villa rentals in Italy, wine-focused journeys through France and Spain, and multi-generational family travel across the continent. I have a particular passion for the lesser-visited corners: the Marche, Puglia, the Basque Country, Transylvania.

Specializations

Culinary TravelWine ToursCultural ImmersionVilla RentalsFamily Travel
ItalyFranceSpainEastern Europe

Languages

EnglishItalianFrench

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Stories by Marco

Trip stories from Marco De Luca

Bologna in Four Meals
Mid-Range

Bologna, Italy

Bologna in Four Meals

La Grassa — the Fat One. Bologna's nickname is also its philosophy. Over five days, I ate my way through the world's best food city, and came away with a new understanding of what hospitality means.

Marco De Luca
Marco De Luca
5 days · Autumn
The Basque Country: Where Spain Gets Serious
Luxury

San Sebastián & Bilbao, Spain

The Basque Country: Where Spain Gets Serious

San Sebastián has more Michelin stars per capita than anywhere on earth. But it's the pinxto bars and the txakoli wine poured from shoulder height that make the Basque Country the world's most serious food culture.

Marco De Luca
Marco De Luca
7 days · Spring