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ART and NATURE, COAST and HILLS, CITIES and COUNTRY: CHOOSE YOUR TUSCANY TOUR
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Tuscany appeals to everybody, for one reason or the other: It can for the abundance of wines, good tuttopasto for the everyday pleasure, fresh and drinkable ones for the summer, Brunello, Nobile, and rich riservas for the richer country cuisine, or slow, pondered tastings. And concentrate, mellow, expensive IGTs (super?tuscans) for those who - in reality - cannot enjoy our real wines. It's the whealth of art everywhere, a normal everyday presence. You find masterpieces in the Uffizi, in romantic, parish churches, as in unknown little museums, practically lost in the middle of nothing. Or is it, eventually, for the picture-perfect views? From the rough rocky coasts, to the warping Pliocene terrains around Pienza and Volterra, to the famous Chianti hills, or the steep Apennine mountains? The views are nicer than real, nicer that in any book, or cheesy movie you have seen, showing how centuries of passionate work generated a perfect harmony, between human creations and natural beauties.
What tour, then?
Zapping one place after the other doesn’t work well here (if anywherelse), takes too much time in a bus, and anyhow you will never "see all what you have" in one trip.
Hence, unlike Rick Steves, we tell our friends travelers and drinkers to pick two or three destinations, and really get their taste, and collect cherished memories with you.
Choose among 8 zones that we singled out (click on map above) for their wines, landscapes and characters:
1) Florence, Chianti hills.
Chianti Classico, Rufina, Carmignano wines.
2) Siena, Crete and Valdorcia.
Nobile di Montepulciano, Brunello di Montalcino.
3) Pisa, Etruscan Coast.
Bolgheri, Monteregio, Valdicornia wines.
4) San Gimignano, Volterra.
Vernaccia, Montescudaio wines.
5) Grosseto, Maremma, Tufi.
Morellino, Ansonaca, Pitigliano wines.
6) Lucca, Apuane mts.
Colline Lucchesi, Montecarlo, Colli di Luni wines.
7) Cinqueterre, Portovenere, in Liguria.
Cinqueterre, Colli di Luni wines.
8) Rome. Frascati, Est est est wines.
In each area you can easily spend 2 to 4 days, while tasting the wines, the cuisine, and exploring cities, countryside and towns.
Over the time, we'll publish in-depth articles on each area, and on tours which linked to a particular theme: Classic Wines, Cities of Art, Sea and Land, Olives and Truffle trip...
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