Slow Tours to Italy and Croatia...
Offers the discerning traveller a more personalized
itinerary with attention to detail.
Favourite restaurants of Italian and Croatian cuisine, and traditional specialities.
Food & Wine Tours, Cooking Schools with a difference.
We meet the winemakers, the locals, the artisans, we share their culture and immerse ourselves in their way of life.
Relaxing, enjoying and indulging in Italian and Croatian
warmth and hospitality.
About Robyn Vulinovich
Ex restaurateur
Giulio's Italian Ristorante Broadbeach. Qld.Australia
"Ever Since my days in the restaurant industry, my first love has always been taking care of people, making sure to the best of my ability they had a great dining experience.
My present work is simply an extension of my restaurant, making sure that those who place their trust in me have a wonderful and memorable time in a part of the world that is so close to my heart and has become my second home."
Robyn Vulinovich - Gold Coast Australia
Testimonials
"La dolce vita! Thank you Robyn for helping to make our dream come true. We've had a most wonderful week full of history, delightful countryside and beautiful people"
Thank you again. You've been a gem! With much appreciation,"
Glynis Hargreaves - Hurlstone Park NSW Australia
"Croatia was awesome! It was all you said it would be and much more! Thank you Robyn for all your helpful advice. We loved it and want to return again and again. We particularly loved the Island of Hvar and could have happily stayed for much longer. The Croatian people we met along the way were so warm and welcoming. Thanks so much."
Vanessa and Peter Wilkinson - Auckland, New Zealand 
"I've read the books, seen the films, now I've lived the experience of a holiday in a Tuscan villa and I'm definitely under the Tuscan spell! Robyn looked after us brilliantly
and took us to some wonderful little Tuscan towns, each with their own distinctive personality, and lovely restaurants.
If anyone is interested in holidaying in a villa in Tuscany I will
happily put you in touch with Robyn. She is an absolutely
charming woman who will look after you well."
Carol Johnstone- Wollongong NSW
"On Wednesday, we drove North to Tuscany, meeting our old friend Robyn Vulinovich in the little town of Greve in Chianti. Of course you know Tuscany will be beautiful, but even so it takes your breath away.
Arriving into Greve and following Robyn up the winding hills to the wine estate of Villa Branca, we were stunned by it all. The rows of cypress pines lining the winding roads, the beautiful little villages, the vines lining every slope, the olive groves, the colours of Tuscany"
Maureen Gardner- Darlinghurst , Sydney, NSW
"Everywhere I went in Italy I loved, and felt quite soulful about it. I loved our time in Tuscany at Villa Branca and the lovliest of days spent with you in Siena and Florence, and of course the wine festival in Greve were highlights. You are lovely company Robyn, and very good at what you do.
The blue scarf I bought in Siena I always think of as 'Robyn's scarf'', and you were right, the blue suits me well." - Lee Moloney, Gold Coast, Queensland
"From the minute we got off the plane, into the coach and on to Villa Branca, our first (I say first) trip to Tuscany was unforgettable, as my husband Jeffrey said "However beautiful you have heard Tuscany is - DOUBLE IT!!".Our trip was planned for our daughter Tiffany's birthday, and we knew from other trips we have done in her company nothing would be left out specially in the hands of Robyn as well.
We visited the most beautiful towns, ate the most delicious meals, tasted great wines, specially Villa Branca's product and a great conviviality was shared by all of the 21 people there, people from South Australia, Victoria, Colorado USA, UK and Queensland, the age span was from 23 yrs to 73 yrs young. The special day for the celebrating of Tiffany's birthday went off without a hitch, we pooled our furniture from our different apartments so we could make a long table on the patio of our apartment, to overlook the wonderful view of the valley, everyone was deligated to doing a course and bringing their own place setting, it was definitely a 'slow food' day as the lights started twinkling in all the little villas around us before we started to pack up, the food, wine, company, everything was 'BElLISSIMO!'
One of the most wonderful places we went to with Robyn was Pienza, we all decided we could live there for 6 months of the year!
Thanks to Robyn, Paolo, and the team from Villa Branca, for a most memorible time and for looking after us all so beautifully."
Lady Frances and Sir Jeffrey Wilken The 'Champagne Girls' in Pienza
Gold Coast - Queensland
"Thankyou for the undivided attention you showered on our group in Italy. I had a wonderful time and enjoyed all the arrangements you made for us, in fact I don't know which part I enjoyed most. The villa was fantastic and having my morning coffee on the terrace overlooking the vineyards was near perfection.... you made the trip a very memorable one. Thank you"
Candy Brown, Ashmore, Queensland
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Special Thanks
Very special thanks for the superb photography by Davide Dutto featuring wine photos of the Luciano Sandrone Estate in Piedmonte and Claudio Correvetti's collection of photos at
Berardino Lombado's Villa Terre di Conca in Campania.
Please visit the magnificent websites of these two very special Italian photographers
www.davidedutto.it and www.postcart.com and enjoy their excellence in creative artistic photography. - Robyn Vulinovich, Gold Coast, Queensland Australia.
Croatian yachting photos courtesy of Miljenko (Peter) Kisic of Dubrovnik |
