Tuscany Italy Walking and Culinary Adventure
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Overview
Highlights
- Tuscan Landscapes
- Florence
- Siena Piazza
- Bagno Vignoni Hot Springs
- Wine Tastings
- Brunello, Chianti & More
- Fantstic Guided Walks and Hikes
- Small Historical Inns
- Authentic Tuscan Cuisine
- Hosted By The Walking Connection – Jo Ann Taylor
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Trip includes
- Trip hosted by the Walking Connection.*
- Expertly planned custom itinerary exclusive to The Walking Connection including visits to little known destinations not typically frequented by tourist groups.
- 8-Night/9-Day Walking/Hiking/Sightseeing Adventure including all park fees, site entry fees, sanctuary fees, government taxes and statutory charges as listed on the itinerary.
- 8-Nights premium accommodations with en suite bathrooms as designated in the itinerary.
- All meals as designated in the itinerary. Wine as indicated in the itinerary, Coffee, tea and drinking water will be provided with meals
- Luxury air conditioned transfer vehicles throughout.
- Transfers by cable car, train, boat as designated in itinerary.
- Expert Driver/Guide throughout. (Provide alternative walks and hikes when possible and practical).
- Local experienced interpretive and naturalist guide(s) on walks and hikes.
- Transfers and transportation to and from airports and train stations.(Must arrive or depart on the scheduled day of the itinerary. Otherwise transfers may cost extra).
- Arrival meet & greet assistance, departure assistance.
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Itinerary
Meals: Dinner
Upon your arrival at Florence airport, you will be met and transferred to our hotel near the banks of the Arno River. Start you exploration of the city before before our “Benvenuti” dinner at a local trattoria.
Meals: Continental Breakfast and Dinner
We depart the Firenzi for the renowned city of Siena. After touring the city by foot we’ll break for a casual lunch with some time left over for some all important shopping. Some of the most important Italian artists and ...
Meals: Continental Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
We start our day with a walk outside the town walls into the countryside that is home to intense farming activity. The vineyards surrounding San Gimignano are well known for their white wine, Vernaccia. The path fo...
Meals: Continental Breakfast and Dinner
We’ll spend the day on a guided classic country walk in the Tuscan hills and then return to Castellina in Chianti. Learn first hand what is like to cook an authentic Tuscan meal during a private cooking class and then enjoy a wonderful dinner you helped prepare.
Meals: Continental Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After breakfast we depart for Montalcino and the beginning of the next part of our Italian adventure. We will meet with a guide for an introduction walk through vineyards and olive trees to enter the Sienese Crete ...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
This morning we walk with our Guide to Sant’ Antimo, a lovely abbey, which is isolated in the middle of a pastoral landscape and is dotted with grazing flocks of sheep. The Abbey is one of the few places in the world where you can hea...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Today there is an early start as we travel by coach to a nearby trailhead. From here we begin a walk to the village of Pienza with our guide. This idyllic town is known as the place where Pope Pious II (1405-1464) was born. It is sai...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast. Walk. Wine. Today we are headed to the small hill village of Monticchiello, where we stop for lunch. Montichiello is immersed in the Sienese crete, a typical southern Tuscan landscape comprising of clay formations. Here you...
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, for those headed to the Cinque Terre, we set off for Sestri Levante Ligure. For those headed home or to points beyond, you will be transferred to a convenient train station in Empoli for direct trains to Florence or south to Rome. (Please note that the train fare is not included).
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Dates & Availability
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.
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Company owners Gene and Jo Ann Taylor have a genuine passion for active living. By that, we mean not living life sitting on a couch and watching it go by on a television screen, or staying so close to home that we could only dream about what the rest of the world was like. Always adventuresome and active, we decided to make it our life’s work. So in 1989 Jo Ann quit Nike and Gene left a national marketing and management company and together we founded The Walking Connection. From the beginning our concept was to create a community of like-minded people who enjoy walking, hiking, being outside, and for many, traveling and exploring some of the world’s greatest destinations by foot, kayak, hot air balloon or occasional zip line.
Being active and enjoying life is at the very core of who we are and what we do. Our company is not simply about fitness, exercise and being healthy. Though those are a big part, we are also about enjoying the great wines of the world, the unique flavors of local cuisine, meeting people of different cultures and taking long walks, just to see what’s around the next corner.
We are also rooted in adventure travel. We lead exciting journeys that balance active exploration with exceptional comfort. We criss-cross the globe searching for just the right places to visit and then create amazing itineraries that provide our traveling guests with authentic experiences. Whether walking through a bustling city market, the narrow passages of a rural village or hiking to a distant mountain top, we connect our guests to each other as well as to the local flavor, culture, cuisine and of course, great walks that are in nearly every corner of the world.
Walking is the connection…
…to an enriched lifestyle.
Walking is the connection…
…to the greatest destinations in the world!
As established leaders in the providing healthy living information, especially geared toward fitness walking, training and hiking, in 1992 we added a new component to our list services, which at the time was just beginning to gain popularity in the fitness, lifestyle and travel industries – active adventure travel. Our recipe for success is pretty simple. We take the existing active lifestyles of our clients, learn about their personal preferences and combined them with our professional planning skills to to create and personally lead remarkable travel adventures. Our goal is to treat every guest as special. And we do our best to make you a lifelong customer and guest by working tirelessly to earn your trust, over and over again, year after year.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- GST
- All international and domestic airfares with taxes not outlined in the above inclusions.
- All items of a personal nature including beverages, guide gratuities, laundry and shopping.
- All passport and visa application fees, vaccination and medical consulting fees.
- All international departure taxes collected at airport of departure.
- Gratuities for the local guides, drivers, baggage handlers.
- Travel insurance
- Early check in & late check out of rooms
- Optional tours or items of a personal nature such as drinks
- Airport transfers and transportation are NOT included if you arrive or depart on any dates other than the scheduled arrival and departure days of the itinerary.
- Photographs & phone calls
- No discounts or refunds on any unused portion of the tour.
- Anything that is not expressly stated in the itinerary or on the inclusions page as included.
Cancellation, Penalty & Refund Policies:
Should you have to cancel your tour the following terms will apply: Due to the exclusive and small group nature of this adventure, all cancellation requests will incur a $300 per person administrative fee.
For cancellations from 91 -120 Days prior to the trip: deposit is forfeited.
For cancellations from 61 -90 days prior to the trip 40% penalty of the total trip cost.
For Cancellations and no shows 60 days before trip, no refunds.
No refunds will be made for any unused portion of the tour.
All cancellations must be made in writing and delivered to The Walking Connection via e-mail and/or United States Post Office. Your cancellation date is the date your notice is received and confirmed by The Walking Connection, not the postmark date.
Should this trip be cancelled by The Walking Connection: 100% Refund.
4 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches and 6 Dinners
Itinerary:
Please note that the details of this itinerary are subject to change. Many of the planned activities are organized according to availability, events or seasonal dates, appropriate weather conditions, schedules of hosts, or the discretion of our guides. We make every effort to provide the experience described in the itinerary with the understanding that some things may change.
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