Learning traditional recipes and eating delicious Tuscan cuisine, cycling through Tuscan countryside and stone-walled hill towns, visiting Renaissance Pienza and medieval Montepulciano.
Experience life the local way and you’ll experience a Tuscany that most tourists miss. This trip offers plenty of opportunity to get your hands dirty in the kitchen as you’ll learn to shop for, prepare and enjoy this picturesque region’s culinary and viticultural delights. Peruse the local markets and delis in search of the finest organic fare, sample wines in the very vineyards that spawned them, and work off all that deliciousness with active walks and bike rides across some of the world’s most beautiful scenery. Just start forwarding your mail here now.
What's Included
- Cooking class of local organic produce, winetasting with local meats and cheeses, cycling trip in Tuscan countryside including visit to Pienza, local hiking trails, visit to Montalcino and abbey of Sant'Antimo, 5 home-cooked dinners at our Agriturismo.
- 6 Breakfasts, 5 Dinners (Allow EUR120-170 for meals not included.)
- Small locally-owned farm house/agriturismo (6 nts)
- Local bus/train, walking, cycling
- Chief Experience Officer (CEO) throughout
- Small group experience; Max 12, Avg 8
Places Visited
- Italy
Day 1 Rome (1D)
Meet in Rome, transfer by train to our agriturismo in the Tuscan countryside. Welcome dinner crafted with produce from the farm itself.
Days 2 Chianciano Terme (B,D)
Enjoy a local Italian breakfast before a walk into the village of Chianciano Terme. Free afternoon to relax around the pool or explore the grounds of the farm. In the evening, our host Stefano will take us through a cooking demonstration of some local specialties, which may include gnocchi or faro - the local regional grain, which you will then enjoy for your evening dinner.
Day 3 Chiancano Terme/Pienza (1B,1D)
Cycle to the classic Renaissance town of Pienza, experiencing the quintessential Tuscan landscape. En route enjoy a picnic of local specialties. Dinner with our host Stefano.
Day 4 Chianciano Terme (1B)
Free day. Options include visiting Siena, Florence, borrowing a bicycle for a local ride or enjoy a relaxing traditional spa treatment in one of the local spas.
Days 5 Chianciano Terme (1B,1D)
Tour the agriturismo's orchards, fields and cellar with our host Stefano as he shows us local produce from the ground up and explains his traditional organic methods of cultivation. Season-dependent, you may see olive oil and wine in production. Afternoon wine and olive oil tasting at a local family's cellar before another delicious dinner prepared by our host.
Day 6 Chianciano Terme/Montalcino (1B,1D)
Travel to the Tuscan hill town of Montalcino, home to the famous Brunello wines. En route, stop at the Abbey of Sant'Antimo, where we may hear the local monks chanting if we're lucky.
Day 7 Chianciano Terme (1B)
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