The movie of Call Me By Your Name touched a deep chord for many people, especially (of course) for many members of the gay community.   It reminded us of the pain—but also the beauty of early romances.  And of course, it was also set in a beautiful area, the historic small cities and lovely countryside of  *Northern* Italy—the area along the Po River and around the lakes between Milan and Venice.

In fact, this is a fabulous area of Italy, though less visited than Rome or Florence or Capri.  It contains a long string of stunning, historic cities, a wealth of cultural history (think Stradivarius, Palladio, Verdi, Giorgio Armani), amazing local cuisines—as the home of famous dishes like ragù, lasagna, and risotto, foods like prosciutto di Parma, parmigiano, and aceto balsamico, and wines like Barbera, Dolcetto, Amarone etc—and also a lot of LGBTQ+ history, from Leonard Da Vinci to Death in Venice to Luca Guadagnino  (and if we can mention someone who is just a gay icon, Thomas Ceccon too!)

So come let Oscar Wilde Tours help you discover this fantastic region in May 2025.  We will explore Milan and Venice, but also other cities like Verona and Vicenza, two of the lakes in Italy (and Switerland’s) beautiful lake region, great cathedrals, architectural masterpieces, 1 prison (where Casanova was in jail!), several regional cuisines, and a heaping helping of LGBTQ+ history, from Leonardo’s Milan to Thomas Mann’s Venice, and including of course a tour of the beautiful places where Call Me By Your Name was filmed.

Take the vaporetto with Gustav von Aschenbach.  Stroll to the watering hole where Elio and Oliver kiss.  And have a coffee in the square where they hang around flirting, on Oscar Wilde Tours’ Call Me By Your Name Tour of Northern Italy, May 16-26 2025