From Portoferraio, the charming, medieval villages of the island of Elba lead the way to La Chiusa, a 17th-century wine estate where rumor has it, Napoleon once stayed during his exile. The enchanting scenes of the UNESCO-listed Cinque Terre beckon from its "sixth town", Porto Venere.

Stops in ports like Cartagena, Alicante and Almería bring you to destinations less traveled. Find your way to the Alicante Central Market to sample delicious, local seafood, produce, meat and other Spanish delicacies. Discover the Tabernas Desert of Almería, the setting of many Hollywood Westerns of the 1960s and 70s, with a late night in port.

Welcome to the Iberian Peninsula, home to some of the world's freshest seafood, finest wines and most flavourful local produce. On this 17-day trip across Northern Spain and Portugal, tingle your tastebuds as you eat and drink your way through cities and towns made famous by their cuisine. Hop from taperias to wine bars, learn how to cook authentic and delicious local meals, explore ancient wine cellars and fresh food markets and wander the fields of a farm before sitting down to a home-cooked meal. From sweet Portuguese tarts to savoury Spanish jamon, delight all your senses on this food-forward adventure.

Uncover the flavours of Galicia and Portugal on this eight-day adventure full of culinary delights, local wines and European hotspots. Take a tour of the central markets of Santiago de Compostela and enjoy a francesinha dinner in Porto. Discover how centuries of invasion and trade have given Portuguese cuisine a mixture of Mediterranean, African and Middle Eastern influences. Sip port and local wines among the terraced vineyards of the Douro Valley and roll up your sleeves for a cooking class at an Alentejo farm stay. Explore coastal Lisbon, rubbing shoulders with locals at a canned fish hotspot and tuck into a glass (or two) of ginjinha (wild cherry liqueur) and the famed Portuguese tarts.