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SECRET TUSCANY
Travel consultants
Division of
Logos Holidays Inc.
New York
Email:
info@secret-tuscany.com
Contact:
Mrs. Mariaclaudia Gherardini
Phone/Fax +39-055-291237
Cell phone +39-338-5490672
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These tours are designed to offer you two activities that have nature as an essential common element - walking and wine tasting.
The Tour starts in the morning and you will be escorted directly in the heart of the Chianti region. The drive will take you
through the beautiful and classic Tuscan landscape of cypresses, olives trees and vineyards.
Luca Granucci, your trekking guide, native of the area and English speaking, will greet you and accompany you along the most
beautiful and seldom visited trails in the high hills of the Chianti region. He will talk to you about the indigenous animals,
smells, plants and history of the natural places. The tour includes the transportation to the meeting point with the guide,
a delightful Tuscan meal and a wine tasting of the superb local Chianti. The half day tour includes as well wine tasting and lunch.
Your driver and guide for the day can pick you up in Florence and will take you back there at the end of the day. We have created 6
itineraries, different in difficulty, distances and areas. Please ask for more information.
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CHIANTI CLASSICO: LUNCH AND TASTING WITH A SIENNESE WINE PRODUCER
This tour is made for those of you who want to learn about one of the most famous wines of Tuscany, the Chianti Classico. Produced in the Chianti region, a broad hilly area between Florence and Siena, this red wine has gained respect and become well known throughout the world. The tour starts in the morning, when......
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SIR BRUNELLO WINE TOUR
This is the home of Brunello di Montalcino. ontalcino is a beautiful medieval hilltop town that has gained great renown thanks to this wine. Brunello, was developed by Ferruccio Biondi Santi a little more than a century ago and immediately caught the attention of connoisseurs. Brunello di Montalcino is produced exclusively within the Comune di Montalcino, from Sangioveto
Grosso grapes (a specific Sangiovese clone uniquely suited to the local terroir), and is aged for four years, at least two of which must be in wood, before release. The untouched beauty of Montalcino and the surrounding countryside are truly impressive.
In a nearby isolated valley is the Abbey of Sant'Antimo, one of .............
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TUSCAN VIEWS TOUR
The Tuscany's Views day tour explores the region called Val d'Orcia, specifically, the Crete senesi (The Siena clay hills), located Southeast of Siena. This is a region of high quality wine and rich with ancient abbeys and castles, whose roads were once travelled by Christian pilgrims on their way to Rome. The first stop will be in.....
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CHIANTI CLASSICO: IN THE GARDEN OF THE COUNTESS
Secret Tuscany offers the possibility of booking a special wine tasting in the Chianti Classico area, at the private home of a noble ancient florentine family.
Home of the Counts since its purchase on May 23rd 1524, the estate is the heart of the family with members of each generation giving new life to the fields, woods, vineyards and cellars just as each Spring brings new abundance to the soil.......
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HORSEBACK RIDING IN THE CHIANTI RUFINA AREA
LIVE AND TASTE THE FARMING TRADITIONS OF THE TUSCAN HILLS
The origins of Chianti wine are lost in centuries past, but the wine was sanctioned in the 19th century, and the D.M. (Departmental Executive Order) dated 31st July 1932 established the first territorial boundaries with the geographic specifications.
Rufina is the smallest of the specific geographical Chianti areas, covering a surface area of 12,483 hectares. Viticulture has very ancient origins on these hills which stretch towards the Apennines, and the wines from the Rùfina area were renowned even before the Grand-ducal period.......
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MEDIEVAL CHURCHES TOUR
The Medieval Churches tour takes our visitors off the beaten track to a lesser known area called Val d’Elsain the Tuscan hills between Florence and Siena. The area was once home to the Etruscans and later became an important stop on the Francigena route, the main road connecting all northern Europe to Rome during the Middle Ages. For this reason, this area is endowed with several important Medieval Churches which your tour escort will be able to show you, revealing to you the mystery and the history of these splendid temples. During the day, you will visit the small town of Colle val d’Elsa which played a leading role in the politics of Tuscany during the Middle Ages and was the birthplace of many artists such as Arnolfo di Cambio. Colle val d’Elsa is also a unique example of urban architecture and now a world famous producer of cut crystal.......
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SIENA, SAN GIMIGNANO & CHIANTI
The excursion will start in the morning with a pleasant trip through the Tuscan hillside stopping first in the city of Siena , where you will have the possibility to walk around for a couple of hours. The famous and immense Piazza del Campo is fan shaped rather than squared and the eleven streets surrounding it converge into the piazza like the spokes of a massive wheel. It is in this gigantic piazza that the colourful Palio delle Contrade, takes place. Dating back to the 11th century, the event occurs twice a year and its famous horse race is only a part of the spectacle of medieval costumes, impressive banners, and parades. You will then proceed to San Gimignano, where......
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