About us

Le Baccanti is a tour operator and organizer of luxury Italian vacation packages and day tours with a special emphasis on high-level Italian crafts: food, wine and art. Le Baccanti was a travel agency born in London in 1994 and became a licensed Italian tour operator in 2004. The 2 owners, Filippo Bartolotta and Vanessa Held, have a fine history in Italian food and wine. Filippo has for years been a master of ceremonies for hundreds of wine events and team building events in countries all over the world. Vanessa is the behind the scenes manager who customizes and plans every detail for client, corporate and celebrity vacation packages.


The team of Le Baccanti is comprised of the finest drivers, art guides, experts in wine and gourmet culinary arts, chefs, motivational speakers and professional masters of team building activities.
Over the years, Le Baccanti has expanded its experience organizing food and wine educational events worldwide, with a particular focus on the United States, Russia, Germany, Britain and China. At our international events, topics of particular interest focus on nutrition and the Mediterranean diet as a paradigm of well-being with influences from Alice Waters and the White House Chef. This, together with training experiences, lectures on Experiential Marketing and corporate events, has led way to the success of Le Baccanti today.