Partnership Programs for
Italian Cultural and Language Organizations

What we offer

Italian language-based travel programs: 1-2 week language immersion in the village of Verucchio, Emilia Romagna, Italy, featuring:

  • Classroom instruction

  • Direct interaction with local residents, artists, artisans, chefs, wine makers and farmers, dedicated to their community, heritage and staying true to tradition

  • Visits to nearby towns and villages

Benefits for partners

  • Your followers and members will have an opportunity to immerse themselves in the Italian language and culture in a small Italian village.

  • Possible compensation from referrals or discount for staff members.

  • Your followers will fall in love with rural Italy and appreciate your facilitating role.

Partners contribution

  • Promotion of Esperienza’s travel programs to your membership, such as:

    • Online open house for your members hosted by Esperienza

    • Announcement in your organization’s e-newsletter

    • Listing and/or links on your website

  • Potential future collaboration in ways that benefit both organizations, such as a co-sponsored trip.

About Esperienza

Esperienza, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit travel organization, was created to offer a new kind of tourism, which not only nurtures and inspires travelers, but also celebrates and sustains the local communities we visit. Esperienza focuses on slow, immersive, meaningful travel experiences in selected villages and small towns in Romagna, Italy. In addition, we support a variety of charitable projects in rural Romagna.

Esperienza financially contributes to the region via:

  • Focus on independent chefs, farmers, artisans and small businesses.

  • Donation of sustaining funds for cultural vitality in The World of Tonino Guerra Museum and other cultural organizations.

  • Support for biodiversity through Isabella dalla Ragione’s Archeologia Arborea Foundation. 

  • Direct donations to local nonprofits to help rural communities affected by the 2023 floods. We also donated directly to 4 artists in Faenza who lost their studios due the unprecedented floods.

  • Planting trees in the Sasso Simone e Simoncello regional park, to assure our tours are carbon neutral.

Our Other Tours

  • 1-week culinary immersion in Emilia-Romagna (farmers to classroom to winery to table, including 2 classes with Michelin chefs followed by dinners at Michelin-rated restaurants as well as class and lunch at Casa Artusi, the unique center and foundation dedicated to home cooking and to the father of Italian cuisine, Pellegrino Artusi.

  • 11-day hiking experience on the Cammino di San Francesco, from Rimini to the Sanctuary in La Verna, plus two days in a mountain spa town.

  • 1-week ceramic arts and culture tour, in the capital of ceramics in Italy, Faenza, featuring exclusive museum visits, behind-the-scenes conversations with artists, and an opportunity to participate in the bi-annual international festival of ceramics, Argilla.