CULTURAL DINING | CULTURAL TRAVEL

Presenting an expanding portfolio of unique + bespoke cultural dining experiences, complemented by off-the-beaten path cultural travel experiences.

Antica Australis.

The acclaimed and award-winning Italian slow-food cultural heritage dining experience from Australia has been transported from the tiny village of Carcoar in New South Wales, Australia to the enchanting 16th Century Emirati heritage pearling village of Al Jazeera Al Hamra in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE for the past three years as one of the signature events of the the Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival held each February.

“The Antica Australis Ciociarian cuisine [is] infused with artisanal Emirati flavours and light Aussie punches, creating a new culinary benchmark - and one that reflects the multi-cultural UAE.”

THE NATIONAL UAE, February 2025.

One of the ten best regional restaurants in Australia worth travelling for

Travel + Luxury Magazine
It's a unique dining experience unlike anything else. It's a feast, a history lesson, a cultural immersion

Neil Varcoe @neilwrites
The food is deliciously different, the flavours superb

First Class Magazine
The experience is a joyful coming together of culture and cuisine

Travel + Luxury Magazine
Rich in flavour, fun and history

Delicious Magazine Australia
This is the kind of experience that makes you feel like standing up and saying 'Bravo!' at the end

First Class Magazine
You will talk about it for years. The food will haunt your memories.

Neil Varcoe @neilwrites
Kelly & Paolo take you deep into the heart of central Italy and immerse you in the incredible history of the Ciociaria region to understand the great civilisations that inhabited this area of Lazio between Rome and Naples over the centuries

Wild Heart of Italy guest 2018

Antica Australis.

“The Antica Australis Ciociarian cuisine [is] infused with artisanal Emirati flavours and light Aussie punches, creating a new culinary benchmark - and one that reflects the multi-cultural UAE.”

One of the ten best regional restaurants in Australia worth travelling for

It's a unique dining experience unlike anything else. It's a feast, a history lesson, a cultural immersion

The food is deliciously different, the flavours superb

The experience is a joyful coming together of culture and cuisine

Rich in flavour, fun and history

This is the kind of experience that makes you feel like standing up and saying 'Bravo!' at the end

You will talk about it for years. The food will haunt your memories.

Kelly & Paolo take you deep into the heart of central Italy and immerse you in the incredible history of the Ciociaria region to understand the great civilisations that inhabited this area of Lazio between Rome and Naples over the centuries

Antica Australis | Al Jazeera Al Hamra

Antica Australis | Carcoar

Antica Travel Co.

Wild Heart of Italy

Antica Experience