Tuscany wine tour in Italy
This trip can be tailormade to create a unique holiday for your individual requirements by travel experts with intimate knowledge of the destination. It is a more luxurious trip that will suit those who enjoy immersing themselves in new cultures and environments before relaxing in comfort in some of the best and most characterful local accommodation! Quality and value are the hallmark of these trips.
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
Our office building is solar powered: 100% of the energy we use for our office operations is produced by solar panels. We strive to have a paperless office. We are very careful not to waste any paper for our prints (and we always use both sides of each paper sheet); we try to minimize the use of paper brochures. We recycle all our waste (paper, plastic, organic). We drink “filtered” tap water instead of bottled water, which allows us to reduce of 95% the use of plastic bottles. Our Tours are designed exclusively for very small groups (from 6 to maximum 12 travelers). Small groups allow travelers to get in close contact with the places visited, easily interact with local people, while not overburdening them with visitors.
This means greater opportunity for cross-cultural understanding. Small groups have a much “softer” impact on the environment: less pollution (they travel by small bus and public transportation rather than by a large coach; walking tours can be more easily organized); less waste (it is easier to give waste guidelines and control a small group of people). We only use small hotels, ones that have a much lower impact on the environment. We prefer accommodations that formally adhere to the sustainable tourism principles or that can demonstrate efforts to reduce their environmental impact. We use as reference the guidelines indicated by “Legambiente Turismo”: waste reduction, through less single portions versus more refillable containers and separate waste collection; water saving, through saving appliances and indications to customers for rational use; certified-quality detergents and indication to customers for rational use; energy saving through energy saving lamps and appliances; healthy food (local fresh products; typical local food; organic food); noise abatement.
Our local guides agree with our responsible tourism principles and will help the travelers to respect the environment while enjoying their visits (encourage travelers not to litter, by indicating the proper way to recycle waste, even in public areas; encourage travelers to respect the places they visit: art pieces, architecture, environment).
Community
This wonderful ten day wine tour across one of the most beautiful parts of Italy is a very enjoyable tour for wine aficionados as well as those who have a lot more to learn about Italian wines. The trip is a great way not only to explore more wines but also to discover breathtaking scenery and landscapes throughout Tuscany and Umbria. The wines are naturally accompanied with food at the local vineyards and cooking classes come as part of the package as well so that you learn a basis for cooking Italian food.
Since our tours are designed exclusively for small groups, we ensure that visitors will come into close contact with the places visited and because of this will be able to easily interact with local people rather than being an outsider as a tourist. Because the daily routine is abundantly intertwined with the lives of the locals, there is a greater opportunity for cross cultural understanding while still being able to feel relaxed like on any other vacation.
Most of the wineries that will be visited on this trip have for generations been small, family-owned businesses were the employees care immensely about how their products taste as well as how they are produced and so bring out the best results. Some of the wineries in these regions have also recently been introduced as producers of certified organic wines. Organic wines are made of 100% organically grown grapes without unnecessary sulfites added.
In every tour we include one or more “Slow Food” Restaurants (Slow Food is an Italian Association, founder of the international "Slow Food" movement, whose aim is to combat fast-food globalization by promoting local products, traditional cuisines and ways of life). We participate to local Chambers of Commerce Programs aimed to sustain the tradition and the work from small local artisans and in every Tour we include visits to local artisans workshops: this enables travelers to understand the tradition and buy true handmade crafts from local artisans; and enables artisans to show their talent and get a fair reward for their valuable work.
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