Tuscany Family Experience
Multi Activity week on the Tuscan perfect landscapes
Our tour is based in the Valdarno at the charming tenuta Il Gavillaccio, a perfect base to explore as well the world famous area of Chianti and the fascinating Arezzo with its rich history. We’ll meet winemakers, farmers, shepherds and real locals that will let us know their quintessential Tuscan lifestyle.
Highlights
Visit of a real italian farm
The gravel roads of Tuscany
Hunting to the truffles
Swimming in the river
Day to Day
| 1 | Benvenuti in Toscana! | Warm up ride or walk | D |
| 2 | The cheese farm | Visit and easy ride | B L D |
| 3 | The “Eroica” lands | Easy ride 20Km | B L D |
| 4 | Tuscan villas and basket weavers | All day | B L D |
| 5 | Pina and the Truffles | All day | B L D |
| 6 | Swimming in the river | All day | B L D |
| 7 | Arrivederci! | Departure | B |
Tour Map
Day 1: Benvenuti in Toscana!
Walking or Cycling to Warm Up
Upon your arrival, we’ll pick you up in Florence airport or station according to your logistics, and we will transfer you to Figline di Valdarno. We will choose a property with swimming pool and a beautiful garden. Our local guide will introduce the tour, then we’ll go for a short walk or short warm up bike ride around the property. We will finish the first day with an aperitivo and a dinner by the pool or al fresco.
Overnight: Figline ValdarnoIncluded: Dinner
Day 2: The cheese farm
Today we’ll ride our bikes to a pecorino cheese farm. The ride is quite easy with no difficult hills. We’ll make a tour of the farm, seeing the flock of sheep and listening how the shepherd raises his animals.
After that, and may be the kids can pet a small lamb, we’ll have a tasting based on the products of the farm: several kinds of pecorino, from fresh to seasoned, Ricotta cheese and other products of the farm. We’ll have our first typical Tuscan lunch, then we'll take a bike ride along the Arno River. The ride can be as long or short as we like.
Overnight: Figline ValdarnoIncluded: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 3: The “Eroica” lands
Today we’ll start with a bike ride along the epic routes of the Eroica, the fascinating bike ride featuring, each year on first sunday of October, up to 10 thousand people. They wear vintage cycling clothes and ride vintage cycling bikes, riding up to 200 km on this part of Chianti. The bike ride (we’ll pedal less than 200 km!) will take us up to the small village of Meleto where we can visit its Castle, an important location during the medieval time. After the lunch at Figline di Valdarno, we’ll transfer to Arezzo in afternoon for a chocolate producer visit, kids will love. And we guess parents as well 🙂
Then we’ll have a guided tour of Arezzo, discovering the marvelous frescos of Piero della Francesca, one of the most important italian painters of all times, and one of precursors of renaissance. Today we’ll have dinner in Arezzo, then we’ll be back at our base.
Overnight: Figline ValdarnoIncluded: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 4: Tuscan villas and basket weavers
Today we’ll hike about 2 hrs to the home of a traditional Tuscan basket weaver, checking out Sting's home along the way, and tasting his wines. Then we’ll have lunch at Malò's. She is a basket weaver and she will be pleased to show us her lily garden. We’ll have a relaxed afternoon with an optional walk back or transfer to our accomodation.
This day we can add as well horseback riding.
Overnight: Figline ValdarnoIncluded: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 5: Pina and the Truffles
Sorry kids, today we have an early wake up!
But you’ll forget it when you’ll meet Pina, a lovely dog expert on truffle hunting. With her owner Antonio, we’ll walk in the woods to know this product, and discover how it grows under the soil. After the walk we’ll have a tasting of local products, organized as pic-nic lunch - in the woods.
In the afternoon we can decide to go for a hike near Figline di Valdarno, or for a short bike ride. But we’ll make sure to have enough time for the pool as well.
Included: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 6: Swimming in the river
This is probably the best day.
We can get to Loro Ciuffenna, a small neat village along the Ciuffenna river, visit the colourful village then walk along the river and dip in its swimming holes.
As simple as that, but it’s an experience of freedom.
Here we can have a picnic.
If time allows we could complete the afternoon visiting a “schiacciata” bakery in Chiassaia or will have a gelato in Loro Ciuffena.
Overnight: Figline ValdarnoIncluded: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 7: Arrivederci!
Well, it’s time to say goodbye, but we are sure this part of Italy will touch your hearts and you’ll come again to visit more!
Overnight: Figline ValdarnoIncluded: Breakfast
This is a Sample tour
These itineraries are original tours created for real guests, so you may want something different specifically designed to suit your own wishes.
The price of every tour is available upon requests, and varies by time of year, number of guests and level of guiding.
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