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Unusual Tuscany (7 Days)
Florence, Chianti, Lucca
  • 7 days private program in Florence, Lucca, Chianti region
  • 4 star hotels
  • Wine spa therapy
  • Active program, Hiking Horseback riding, Tours by Segway scooter and bike
  • Wine tasting
  • Cooking lesson
Days 1-4Days 5-7

Day 5: Riding Lesson and Tuscan Country Lunch

FlorenceToday you continue your Tuscan adventure with a morning of horseback riding in the countryside. Your driver guide will take you to Pontassieve not far from Florence. Here you will meet with a riding instructor who will assess your riding ability and plan an appropriate route. You will have a relaxing ride through the beautiful hills cultivated with wines and olive trees.


Your morning will end with a delicious country style Tuscan lunch before returning to Florence. Afternoon free in Florence.

Day 6: Florence Uffizi Gallery Visit and Farewell Tuscan Dinner

FlorenceThis morning you will be met at the hotel by your guide who will take you to the Uffizi Gallery for a tour. The Palace, started by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 and completed by Buontalenti, who planned here the celebreted Tribuna, was devised by Cosimo I de' Medici as the new center of the administrative State offices ("Uffizi"), for which Palazzo Vecchio, that faces Piazza della Signoria too, had become too small. Francesco I, Cosimo's son, started the palace's conversion into a museum, and in 1581 closed the second floor Gallery with big windows and collected some of the grand-ducal collections, composed of ancient statues, medals, jewellery, weapons, paintings and scientific instruments.

 

The Medici's family, untiring collectors, constantly enriched the Gallery: amongst the most considerable bequests, we have to mention those due to the patrimony left by Vittoria della Rovere (1631), Ferdinando II's wife, and to the acquisitions made by the Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici (1617-1675), thanks to which it was possibile to lay the foundations of the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe "Drawings and Printings Cabinet" at the ground-floor of the Gallery, where once the royal Court Theatre, built up by Bernardo Buontalenti, was situated) and of the collection of Self-Portraits that nowadays can be admired along the Corridoio Vasariano, that connects the Uffizi Gallery to the royal Palazzo Pitti. The afternoon is free.Florence


In the evening you will be transferred to the town of Figline Valdarno just half an hour from Florence and the restaurant Torre Guelfa. The restaurant is situated in a restored 13th century building and has an expert cooking staff. The restaurant has a superb wine-cellar with more than 1500 different kinds of wines.


Tonight the staff will prepare for you an exclusive dinner featuring the best typical Tuscan dishes and wines! A fitting way to say a Tuscan arriverderci with a hope that you will come back some day soon!


Day 7: Departure

You will be transferred to the airport or rail station.

 

 

Tour Price
Based on 2 passengers
EUROS: 3,225
Based on 4 passengers
EUROS: 2,490
Based on 6 passengers
EUROS: 2,225
(Prices may vary with different season, weekend, holiday or trade fair date surcharges)


INCLUSIONS:



  • Transfer from airport or rail station to Florence hotel
  • 6 nights accommodation at 4 star hotel in Florence with breakfast daily
  • Florence tour using Segways
  • Dinner in Florence
  • Full day trip with English speaking driver/guide in the Chianti region
  • Walking tour with nature guide
  • Wine therapy session & lunch
  • Winery visit with Oenologist, wine tasting and dinner
  • Visit of Balsamic vinegar producer
  • Full-day excursion to Lucca, San Miniato and Cooking lesson.
  • Bike rentals in Lucca
  • Truffle factory visit and tasting
  • Half day horseback riding excursion with lunch included
  • Guided visit of Uffizi gallery
  • Farewell Tuscan dinner including wines
  • Assistance from our Rome office and local representative in Tuscany
  • Personalized itinerary booklet and vouchers

    NOT INCLUDED:

  • Airfare
  • Tips and gratuities for guides and drivers
  • Cancellation insurance
    (strongly recommended)
  • Meals not specified in itinerary
Customer Perspective:
"We just wanted to thank you for your help in arranging our trip to Italy. We all had a wonderful time and can't wait to go again, hopefully soon. The trip was as stress free as we had hoped it would be thanks to some great drivers"

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