Discover the World of Food, One Trip At a Time

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We’re excited to bring you the unique opportunity to travel with Food Network Travel Guided Vacations to Northern California, Italy and France.

Food Network Guided vacations operated by Trafalgar Tours, offers guests truly unique experiences: from hands-on cooking classes, to exclusive wine tastings, to food destinations visited by Food Network stars, you’ll enjoy a unique vacation unlike any other.  Each trip packs culinary highlights and offers the ultimate pairing of gastronomy and cultural insight.  Come along, explore what each destination has to offer and see why traveling on a Food Network Guided vacation is the only way to see the culinary world.

Create truly unforgettable lifelong memories.  Experience first-hand authentic food culture and share the power and joy of food with people who share the same passion as you.

Pack your bags: relax, pick up a few cooking skills from local chef’s and have a great time!

Learn more about Food Network Travel packages and don’t forget to enter to win the Food Network Travel Sweepstakes.

Why Food Is at the Heart of Great Travel

At Atlas Travel Center, we believe that the best travel memories are often made at a table. The food you eat on a trip — whether it’s a bowl of fresh pasta at a trattoria in Rome, a perfectly crafted seafood dish aboard a river cruise, or a local street food market in Southeast Asia — connects you to a place in a way that sightseeing alone rarely does. Our advisors plan with food in mind, recommending destinations, ships, and hotels based in part on their culinary reputations.

The recipes we share on this blog are inspired by dishes our clients and agents have encountered on their travels — aboard cruise ships, at destination restaurants, and in the homes of locals who opened their doors. Recreating those flavors at home keeps the travel spirit alive between trips, and for many of our clients, a beloved dish becomes the seed of a new travel idea. You make the ship’s signature dessert at home; you start wondering what else you missed onboard; you call us to book the next sailing.

Travel Itineraries Built Around Food and Wine

For travelers who want to make culinary experiences the centerpiece of a trip, we design food and wine vacations that go well beyond restaurant reservations. Think cooking classes in Tuscany, wine-harvest experiences in Bordeaux, sake brewery tours in Kyoto, or culinary-focused river cruises with AMA Waterways. We also know which cruise lines genuinely excel at dining — and which ones inflate their culinary reputations in marketing materials.

Ready to Plan Your Next Culinary Adventure?

Contact Atlas Travel Center to speak with an advisor who understands that great travel and great food go hand in hand. We’ve been planning extraordinary travel experiences since 1987 — CLIA-certified, ARC-accredited, and A+ BBB-rated — and we’d love to help you taste your way around the world.

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Sue Lobo
Sue Lobo is a four-time Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialist (2023, 2024, 2025 & 2026) and Senior Travel Advisor at Atlas Travel Center, one of the most decorated travel agencies in the United States. With more than 35 years of experience in the travel industry, Sue has planned, booked, and personally accompanied trips for thousands of clients — from first-time cruisers to seasoned luxury travelers who have circled the globe multiple times. Sue's areas of deep expertise include ocean and river cruising, European tours, group travel coordination, luxury travel, honeymoon planning, and family vacation design. She is a CLIA-certified cruise specialist and works within an agency that holds IATA and ARC accreditation and maintains an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. Over her career, Sue has been involved in more than 30,000 bookings and has personally coordinated over 200 travel groups — from faith-based group cruises and HBCU alumni trips to women's retreats, family reunions, and corporate incentive travel. What sets Sue apart is not just the credentials — it is the firsthand experience behind them. Sue has personally traveled to more than 20 countries across three continents, including Cuba, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and throughout Europe. She has sailed on dozens of cruise ships across nearly every major line, walked the river cruise routes she recommends, and eaten at the restaurants she suggests to clients. Her recommendations come from personal experience, not brochures. In addition to advising clients, Sue writes extensively about travel for The Traveler's Atlas blog — covering everything from cruise line comparisons and overtourism trends to destination guides and practical travel tips. Her writing is grounded in the same expertise she brings to every client conversation: honest, specific, and built on decades of real-world travel experience. Sue is based in the United States and available to help travelers plan cruises, European tours, group trips, river cruises, honeymoons, family vacations, and more. To work with Sue, contact Atlas Travel Center at atlastravelweb.com.