On your culinary/wine vacation, you will explore the different cuisines of many cultures, and experience many magical moments along the way. Whether you're a professional sommelier or a budding gourmand, vacations built around the culinary arts are a perfect way to immerse yourself in a country or region. After all, you can learn much about the history and ethos of the people by the methods and ingredients they use in their cooking. Not to mention that culinary/wine tours are perhaps the most, well, civilized way to travel. Yet they're still very much adventurous vacations - not the ones that elevate your heart rate or give you an adrenaline rush, but ones that pose a challenge to your senses!