OFF THE BEATEN TRACKS

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference" 

(The road not taken), Robert Frost

Arezzo-Cortona

The past and the present: following the Etruscans, the mysterious people that lived in Tuscany before the Romans.

Livorno - Isola d' Elba (Macchiaioli Painters' Museum)

If you are interested in knowing who was the best painter of Tuscany and Italy of last century you should go to Livorno and not the Uffizi: Giovanni Fattori and the "Macchiaoli" were the artists that better followed Giotto. In the afternoon we take the ferry to the lovely Island of Elba...

Medicean Villas (Lunch in Carmignano)

Tour of the Medicean Villas around Firenze with a delicious meal at Carmignano

Val d'Orcia (2 days)

Two days in the Orcia Valley, south of Florence, driving on the Cassia road, a stop in Siena and then in San Quirico d' Orcia, Bagno Vignoni to visit the ancient abbey of Sant' Antimo.

Maremma-Parco Uccellina

Two days in  the South Coast of Tuscany,  the wildest area of the region, where Nature is still respected and where you could meet legendary farmers riding horses called "butteri".

Chianti Rufina Tour

A tour in the area of Nipozzano wine, by family Frescobaldi's castle. Enchanting rolling hills away from "Chianti Classico" mainstream tours.

Carrara-Lucca

The impressive scenaries of quarries marble and museum of marble on the Apuane Alps

Caprese (Michelangelo Hometown) - La Verna S. Francis's sanctuary

A day on the mountains of Pratomagno to discover the birth town of Michelangelo and Anghiari where Firenze defeated Arezzo in 1440. A visit the Monastery of La Verna founded by San Francesco and where the Saint died.

Ville Lucchesi and Garfagnana

When you drive on the villa's road these pearls appears suddenly behind trees and beatiful gardens and keep on driving to the heart of unexplored region of Garfagnana, populated in the past by bandits ...

Vinci-Prato-Pistoia

Vinci, hometown of Leonardo, visit to the museum, where the machines projected by this extraordinary man have been faithfully reproduced. Prato's medieval castle built by Federico  II, and beatiful frescos by Filippo Lippi.

Parma-Ferrari Gallery

Parma, discovering homeland of Parma Ham and Parmesan with then opportunity to visit a farm house where Parmesan cheese is produced.

Maranello world-known Ferrari cars headquarter.

Fiesole-Mugello Demidoff Park

Fiesole, hills above Florence, once a major Etruscan city with an archeological area.

Mugello, spectacular countryside north of Florence, where Medicis family came from.

Demidoff Park a stroll in this enchanting park of a Renaissance villa.