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Gastronomic Tour of Italy

A ten-day tour in Tuscany and Umbria in the heart of Italy, home to the scenery that travellers from all over the world dream of vacationing in.

Accommodation throughout is offered by characteristic farmhouses and historic residences, run by inviting people who will envelop the guests with their well-known hospitality.

Moreover the itinerary allows guests to get in touch with the Italian gastronomic tradition full of tasty dishes. Once cooked with patience and love by housewives and countrywomen these dishes now find their revival in the family run Farmhouse restaurants. The opportunity to attend two lessons of a cooking course is also offered, making this tour a unique chance to discover the real Italian cooking secrets!

The trip doesn't miss the opportunity to let you discover the beauty of the inner Tuscan countryside, its old vineyards, its historic mediaeval villages and the most famous art cities, of course! You will be fascinated by the inspiring scenery of the religious cities of Umbria, land of saints and monasteries but also of artisans and good food.

And what about Italian fashion? Outlets of the renowned Italian atelier (Gucci, Fendi, Prada, Dolce e Gabbana, etc.) are nearby some of the places you are going to stay and they are waiting for your visit.

All that before a two-day stop on the Tyrrhenian coast, near Piombino, from where it’s easy to get the Isle of Elba, whose endented coastline is dotted with small beaches where the sea is transparent...

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1st day - Pisa
2nd - 3rd day - Florence
4th day - Chianti - San Gimignano
5th day - Arezzo

6th day Siena
7th day Assisi

8th - 9th - 10th day Massa Marittima


Cooking Lessons are available on request in the same residences as our accomodation
     
     
 
 
     
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