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The following tours highlight some of the regions greatest
sights and experiences. Choose one of these tours, or
contact
us to arrange something tailored just for you.
Carrara Marble Quarries – half
day
 A spectacular trip
with amazing views, driving through old tunnels dug out of the mountains for
the railway. A chance to visit three important
marble basins in the Apuan Alps: Colonnata, Fantiscritti, and Ravaccione.
Lunch in Colonnata to taste the local cuisine including the
famous DOP Lardo di Colonnata (pig fat seasoned in herbs in marble vats)
and the award-winning wines from the Apuan Alps.
Services:
- Transport
- Professional guide
- Lunch in local restaurant
- Min. 4 participants
- Euro 69 per person
Lucca City Tour and Wine Tasting – full day
 Lucca
is one of the prettiest fortified cities in Italy and
is also the birthplace of Giacomo Puccini, one of Italy's
greatest opera composers. After a guided tour or a “self-catering” bike
tour and a little shopping, we will meet in the old cellars
of a historical Palace of Lucca to taste some local specialities.
After, we will take you to one of the best stocked Italian
wine cellars of Lucca to sample, with the help of a sommelier,
three of Tuscany's best wines: Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino,
and Bolgheri. The wines will be accompanied by Italian
cheeses, from mozzarella to the spicy gorgonzola.
Services:
- Transport
- Professional guide for town or bicycle with map
- Wine and cheese tasting
- Min. 5 participants
- Euro 85 per person
Art and History in Pietrasanta – half day
 We will take you to Pietrasanta, a
charming medieval town where Michelangelo once sculpted. Since then, Pietrasanta has been much loved by many
international artists, including Henry Moore, Mitoraj, and Botero. Today the town, also known as the
“little Athens”, is a centre for contemporary art. You will visit the workshops and see the process
involved in making a piece of sculpture in stone or a mosaic in marble. You will also see the various
stages in making a piece of sculpture including clay modelling, the preparation of plaster and wax moulds,
and the final bronze making at the foundry. To finish we will sip on an aperitivo in the cathedral square.
Services:
- Transport
- Guided tour of sculpture workshop and foundry
- Aperitivo
- Min. 4 participants
- Euro 55 per person
Florence: It Never Loses Its Charm – full day
 We start at the corner of Via del
Parione and Via Tornabuoni for a coffee in one of the oldest and
most exclusive caffè-chocolate houses in Italy. Then we visit the Roberto Capucci Museum set in the Villa Bardini
with its magnificent gardens
and views of the city. Roberto Capucci’s extraordinary collection of over 400 works of art of contemporary
fashion have recently been moved to Florence from Rome and the museum was designed by architect Michele De Lucchi.
We'll have lunch at a restaurant with a long tradition in Florentine cuisine with a good selection of Tuscan
and Italian wines. We'll either finish with a guided visit to the Uffici Gallery or a visit to a shopping outlet,
The Mall, outside Florence.
Services:
- Transport
- Professional guides
- Coffee, lunch, and drink
- Entrance fees
- Min. 6 participants
- Euro 185 per person with Uffici Gallery visit
- Euro 170 per person with visit to The Mall
Home Cooking: Fresh Pasta and More – half day
 Learn
to make ravioli or tordelli as they are known in Versilia
and cannelloni with spinach and ricotta. Our short, entertaining
cooking lesson will teach you how to make the dough and
the stuffings. A hands-on class, you'll roll out the pasta,
cut it, fill it, and cook it. This class is, of course,
not without risks! However, our chefs will
always save the day and you'll enjoy a splendid three-course
lunch with other local specialities.
Services:
- Transport
- Recipes, chef's hat, apron, and notebook
- Three-course lunch
- Min. 6 participants
- Euro 120 per person
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