From the preservation of traditional arts to sustainable farming, renovation projects and community initiatives, cooking classes to dance lessons, we guarantee your visit will leave a positive and lasting impact, and you will meet fabulous people and have loads of fun!
“Our MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences are a beautiful exchange of values between our guests and the people that we meet,” explains Lucie Dalila, Sustainability Manager, Travel Experiences at Insight. “This is a two-way experience – a sharing of stories, ideas and knowledge that shines a whole new light on your destination. We all leave feeling empowered, inspired and keen to contribute even more.”
Read on to discover some of the exciting new MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences added for 2022. And, true to Insight, most of them involve some seriously tasty food…
The Wonder Grottole Project – Grottole, Italy
Visit the Wonder Grottole project on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience and you will meet Silvio and Michela, locals who are striving to bring back the traditional way of living of the area. As you step into their home and explore the historic old town together, you’ll gain fascinating insights into the work taking place to breathe new life into Grottole. During your visit you will get the chance to sample delicious local produce over lunch and enjoy a wine tasting, all helping to preserve the local culture through your custom.
Fika at Café Dickson – Gothenburg, Sweden
Opened by a community group with the aim of supporting people of low income and the unemployed, the cafe offers both jobs and resources to enable people living in poverty to gain recognition in the job marketplace. Language skills and computer courses take place, along with events and concerts from local artists, making this a dynamic and welcoming space.
See and support this great initiative for yourselves on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience. You will meet with one of the leaders to hear about the history how they support the community. Learn all about Swedish fika, enjoy the afore-mentioned sumptuous cinnamon rolls and come away knowing you have contributed to the success of the project and impacted people’s lives in a truly positive way.
A Walk for Diversity – Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal’s effervescent capital is a truly multicultural city, triggered by the country’s ancient history and geographical proximity to the African continent. In the beautiful Mouraria quarter, the narrow alleyways and intricate staircases weave through a vibrant and welcoming community with an intriguing history. Considered Lisbon’s most multiethnic neighborhood, migrants make up around 30 percent of the local Mouraria community, with over 50 different nationalities living together side by side.
Choose to take a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience on our Country Roads of Portugal premium guided tour and be taken on a memorable exploration of this colorful neighborhood. Hear stories from recent immigrants, discover the neighborhood’s rich and multifaceted cultural history which has been shaped over centuries by its multiethnic makeup and customs and traditions from all around the world, and learn how the community supports the active integration of refugees.
Brookfield Farm honey tasting – Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Ailbhe has a deep interest in farming as a holistic, regenerative activity and, at Brookfield Farm, runs a wide variety of sustainability projects. The land boasts a stunning mix of wildflower meadows, beehives, sheep, orchards, arable crops, a native broadleaf tree plantation and a truffle orchard.
For Ailbhe, her project innovation is all about the transformation of the farm. She recently told the Irish Farmers Journal: “My aim is not only about running different enterprises and making an income from the farm, it is also about integrating the enterprises into a climate-friendly and biodiversity-supporting regenerative agriculture whole.”
Enjoy a delicious Farm-to-Table lunch and leave with bags of new knowledge, and probably some honey too.
Inspired to Make Travel Matter?
To us at Insight, premium travel means much more than amazing destinations, stylish hotels, delicious dining and a seamless travel experience. It also means a richer experience, enabling you to come away with a deep connection to your destinations and opening a new window on the world. We guarantee that our MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences are something you will never forget.
Our MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences and framework has been the recipient of several awards, we’re proud to have recently won a prestigious WTM World Responsible Tourism Gold Award for “Growing the Local Economic Benefit.”
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