This delightful and highly rewarding walk follows the Route of the Gods through green landscapes between charismatic Bologna and historic Florence.
A self-guided hike through the southern Tuscan hills, staying at the best renaissance towns - Siena, Montalcino, Bagno Vignoni, Pienza, Montepulciano. Vist the Abbeys of Monte Oliveti and Sant' Antimo, taste local cuisine and Tuscan wines.
Siena & Tuscan Gardens from CICERONI Travel. Scholarly introduction to Siena & its artistic treasures. Private visits to many of southern Tuscany’s best villas & gardens. Generous hospitality from the owning families. Wonderful historic 5* hotel in central location, the city’s finest. Gentle pace.
Le Marche, the Italian Marches, lie to the east of both Tuscany and Umbria, separated from its better known neighbours by a picturesque stretch of the Apennines. It has some of the best mountain scenery in central Italy, hidden treasures of art and architecture with particularly good food and wine.
Walk through a secret land where history waits round every corner amid spectacular landscapes of rolling hills, volcanoes, lakes and pretty villages.
Through rolling hills pierced with cypress trees, shady olive groves and neat vineyards, you follow quiet lanes and tracks through classic Tuscan landscapes with time to explore alluring Siena and savour the delights of Tuscan cuisine.
The Etruscans from CICERONI Travel ,Wonderful opportunity to discover this sophisticated ancient culture. Visit led by the Director of the British School at Rome, a noted expert on the Etruscans. Sites set in unspoilt Spring countryside in northern Lazio & southern Tuscany. Visit based in Tarquinia & Cortona. Relaxed, unhurried pace .
Visit the magnificent hill-top town of San Gimignano and the fortified hamlet of Monteriggioni before walking on to beautiful Siena.
The Puccini Opera Festival from CICERONI Travel in Torre del Lago offers the opportunity to see Madame Butterfly, Turandot & the rarely staged La Rondine. Enjoy Lucca & Pisa, two of Italy’s finest medieval cities. Private visits to three historic villas & their gardens. Superb cuisine & a relaxed pace, excellent, quiet hotel in the historic centre
Ending with the Renaissance grandeur of magnificent Siena, this delightful short break explores quintessential Tuscan scenery.
