Cooking and Walking in Tuscany
Personalize this tour to your travel dates and activity level
Ingredients: six wonderful days, a gorgeous 15th century private villa, three hands-on cooking lessons with a master chef, excursions into Chianti and the Val d'Orcia with your own private guide, walks in the Tuscan countryside each day. Add them together, mix well, and then go relax by the pool with a glass of Brunello. Serves you and whoever else you'd like to bring. Our cooking and walking in Tuscany tour is the perfect Italian vacation – great fun, totally relaxing, and fulfilling to the point of...well... just try to eat another gnoccho – we dare you, just try! Hmm, now THAT wasn't too hard!
Highlights
- Stay in a private 15th century villa near Fiesole
- Learn to cook a full Italian feast
- Explore Fiesole, Florence, Chianti, the Val d'Orcia, San Gimignano and Volterra
- Enjoy countryside walks each day
- Visit wineries for private wine and olive oil tastings
Itinerary Outline
Here is an outline of a suggested daily itinerary. You can shorten or lengthen this tour to fit your travel dates. Request a detailed itinerary using the contact form below:
- Day one: You are met by your guide upon your arrival in Florence and transfered to the villa where you spend the next six nights. After a light Welcome lunch, you explore Fiesole, followed by a walk to Settignano.
- Day two: Following a walking tour of Florence's historic center, you return to the villa for your first cooking lesson: the preparation of antipasti and primi. In the evening, you dine on what you prepare.
- Day three: Featured today is an excursion into Chianti, with a walk near Greve and Montefioralle. After lunch in an historic residence, you visit a winery for a private tasting of wine and olive oil.
- Day four: You begin the day with a cooking lesson concentrating on the preparation of secondi and contorni. After a lunch of what you've prepared, there's a guided excursion to San Gimignano and Volterra.
- Day five: The morning is free to further your explorations of Florence, Fiesole or to simply relax by the pool of the villa. In the afternoon, you enjoy your third cooking lesson: the making and uses of various types of breads.
- Day six: Your guide helps you on your way to your next destination with a transfer to Florence train station or airport.
What's Included
- 5 nights first-class villa accommodations with en-suite facilities
- 5 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 4 dinners
- full-time, professional Tour Leader
- cooking lessons with a local chef
- guided walks each day
- special, personal tours hosted by local experts
- wine and specialty foods tastings
- paid entrance to all included activities
- all land transfers to and from tour area, and during tour
- all taxes and service charges at hotels and restaurants
- travel guidance for pre/post-tour activities
(Not included are airfare, wine and other beverages with alcohol, personal purchases such as laundry, phone calls, frigobar items etc., and anything not specifically included above.)
Pricing
We price this tour for the following category of accommodation. We also tier-price based on the tour's final group size. You can keep your tour private to your own group or you can open your tour for other travelers to join, thereby taking advantage of our tier discounts. All prices are quoted per person in USD. Note that for this tour discounts apply November through March.
| accomm. level | 2-3 p | 4-5 p | 6+ p | sing. supp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first class | 2790 | 2430 | 2320 | 490 |
Scheduling
You can schedule this tour to start on any day of the week, all year long. As with all our tours, you tell us the dates you would like to start your tour, allowing you the maximum in flexibility and convenience.
Check for open departures of this tour already scheduled by other travelers. Or schedule your own departure and open it for others travelers to join.
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