Taste your way around
Enjoy farm visits, wine tastings and a cooking class in cypress-studded hills shrouded in vineyards
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Experience the very essence of Italy on a visit to Tuscany and the Val d’Orcia, with its fascinating history, exquisite art and architecture, breathtaking scenery and delicious food and wine.
This tour will show you the very best of the region with a focus on food, immersing you in Tuscan life with culture-packed tours, wine tastings and farm-to-table dining. Throughout your trip, you’ll be travelling in a small group of up to 16 guests, staying in carefully chosen three- and four-star hotels, all perfectly located for your excursions.
Explore captivating Siena with a guided walking tour, pay a visit to a local pasticceria to learn the stories behind traditional Sienese treats such as ricciarelli and discover the hilltop town of San Gimignano, where you’ll taste award-winning gelato. You will also be welcomed to a family-run farm for a cooking class, teaching you traditional techniques that will enable you to take the flavours of Tuscany back to your own kitchen.
Then there are multiple wine tastings to look forward to, including at the
magnificent Ricasoli Wine Estate, which produces excellent Chiantis. There will also be tastings of Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Italy’s first DOC wine.
VAL D’ORCIA
Travel between cities and villages and enjoy breathtaking views of the Tuscan countryside. As you drive south, take in the classic panoramic landscapes of the Val d’Orcia, with green rolling hills, hilltop towns, white gravel roads, avenues of cypress trees, vineyards and olive groves.
WINE TASTINGS
There are several wine tastings on this tour, including at the magnificent Ricasoli Wine Estate, where the fragrant Chianti Castello di Brolio is produced, and at the Vernaccia di San Gimignano Wine Experience at the Rocca di Montestaffoli, where Italy’s first-ever DOC wine is produced.
TRAVEL IN A SMALL GROUP OF UP TO 16 GUESTS
Look forward to a day in enchanting Siena. The city centre is traffic-free, making it ideal to explore on foot on a guided walking tour, marvelling at its Gothic architecture and stopping to sample some of its famous cakes as you go.
The fascinating village of Buonconvento sits on the Via Francigena, an ancient pilgrim route connecting Canterbury with Rome. Savour local dishes including panzanella (a salad of bread, onion and tomatoes), pappa al pomodoro (a thick bread soup) and pici con le briciole (pasta with breadcrumbs).
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