Tuscan Chapter 2024

7 day Itinerary

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  • All year around

Dates – October 5– 12 2024
The small-group Tuscan experience features exclusive insider-access moments, along with the hospitality of one of our favorite farm houses. Discover Tuscany and Umbria’s most iconic cities, spend peaceful mornings and evenings relaxing in your own home away from home, and enjoy the food, the wines, and the romantic landscapes. Our small group holiday experiences are designed to immerse you in the culture of the region.

The Tuscany Chapter 2024
Here’s a quick snapshot of the itinerary we designed. A combination of Italian culture, farm life, food, wine, rolling hillsides, quaint medieval towns, villages, along with Florence, Siena and Cortona as well as the opportunity to meet the locals and experience life as it is in Italy.
Guests will also experience a world-famous vineyard with a leisurely Michelin star dining experience to follow (due to privacy and secrecy we will keep this venue a secret for now, but get ready to be blown away!). Dinners at the Villa are prepared by a classically trained chef who will gladly give you cooking lessons and pointers. You are welcome to join in or sit back and have a glass of wine, while the chef prepares your meal.
Every day will make you smile, wonder, and embrace la dolce vita.
What are you waiting for? Andiamo!
Dates – October 5– 12 2024
Duration – seven nights
Group Size – min 6 max 12
Note – This tour is suitable for couples and singles.
The itinerary can be done all year round (with the dates of your choice) for already formed groups of either 6 or 12 people. Weeks run from Saturday – Saturday. Pick up will remain in Rome.

Your Villa
Villa Bellissima

Bellissima

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The Tuscany Chapter

Day 1 Saturday October 5
You will be collected from a central Rome location in private transportation and driven to Ficulle for lunch in a family run trattoria. Then on to Villa Bellissima, your home away from home, to settle in and admire the view. Shopping and visiting the hamlet of Ficulle in the afternoon.
Dinner at the Villa.

Sunday: Oct 6
A really special day trip to Orvieto with lunch in the magnificent ancient Grottos. You will visit an archaeological dig that is closed to the general public. Here your guide and
the local head of archaeology (should he be available) will take you on a tour of 3,500 years of history, explaining the varied and storied history of Orvieto.
Dinner at the villa.

Monday: Oct 7
A day in Siena with free time to savour the exquisite beauty of this Renaissance town. Enjoy lunch in the Piazza Del Campo and to finish, a tour of the incomparable Duomo di Siena.
Dinner at the Villa

Tuesday: Oct 8
We travel to Florence, for the day. In the morning we will have a walking tour of the city with our very own guide, during which we will also get a chance to see The David. After a light group lunch the group will have free time to wander, shop, people watch, and just enjoy this magnificent city. We will meet up for dinner at one of Florence’s oldest and legendary steakhouses.

Wednesday: Oct 9
Rest day at the villa. We will have a lunch time cooking class, where you are welcome to participate, if not the villa grounds offer many options for some relaxing. In the evening the group will visit a local winery for a tour and dinner.

Thursday: Oct 10
A visit to the famous wine town of Montepulciano with wine tasting and then a lunch just off the main square. Afterwards, on to Montalcino, home of Brunello, one of Italy’s greatest red wines. When we return to the villa, the staff will be ready and waiting for us, because it is Pizza night! Where the pizzas will be made in the villa’s very own brick oven.

Friday:
The group will head to Cortona, first we will visit and enter ancient Etruscan tombs, and afterwards we will have a chef tasting menu at an award winning Michelin restaurant. Afterwards, if the group feels up to it, we will wander the beautiful streets and alleys of Cortona proper.
The day will be capped by a light dinner at the villa.

Day 8
Departure day. Transfer back to Rome.
Arrivederci

Your Bespoke Experience

Italian Villa Vacations has selected a personal Italian tour guide that speaks perfect English for the group for the week that will accompany you on daily tours in the regions and explain the sites during the course of the week. Together through out Umbria and Tuscany we will experience exclusive access to sites with locals.
You will enjoy private transportation, amazing staff, a local cook, charming guides, and a flexible itinerary.
A blend of stunning locations, culture,, shopping, food, wine,, cooking and relaxation is a part of each day.
Andiamo!

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From AUD $600 / night