If you like chocolate, you'll love this seven-night cruise around Italy on Windstar Cruises' 312-passenger sailing ship Wind Surf.
American master chocolatier Fran Bigelow will be on board, talking about how she creates chocolates and conducting tastings.
She will also host a shore excursion to the Gay-Odin Chocolate Factory in Naples, where you'll be taken on a guided tour but more importantly get to sample the stuff.
If you've never heard of Bigelow (and I hadn't) she has apparently been credited for sparking a chocolate renaissance - since when did chocolate need a renaissance? - partly through her cookbook Pure Chocolate.
Just a guess, but I'm thinking you'll be able to buy a copy while on board.
The cruise departs Civitavecchia, the port for Rome, on May 2 and visits Porto Vecchio in Corsica, and Messina, Sorrento, Capri and Ischia, all in Italy, before returning to Civitavecchia. Prices start from £1,640 per person including flights and transfers.
For more information, see your travel agent, call 020 7292 2369 or click here.
Jane Archer
