Tuscany & Umbria
Venture through the heart of the Italian countryside while enjoying private tastings at hidden wineries, rustic-style feasts and exploring local farms, majestic hill towns, artistic treasures and more.Taste your way through the Italian countryside on a one-of-a-kind adventure perfect for beer lovers! Enjoy private, special access brewery tours and tastings, rustic feasts of regional specialties, and off-the-beaten path adventures to uncover hidden gems throughout Umbria.
Receive special access private tours and tastings at local wineries and enoteche
Get your apron dirty with a hands-on cooking class in the hills above Assisi
Enjoy special culinary experience changing with the season, such as olive oil pressing and tasting, truffle hunting or wine harvesting
Tour through Umbria's Sibillini mountains and national park, with breathtaking countryside views.
Morning car pick-up in Rome, heading north into Umbria. Stop for lunch featuring typical Umbrian dishes in the town of Montefalco, Bevagna or Spello. Winery tour and tasting in Montefalco (home to the Sagrantino grape and some of the best wines of Umbria), and then arrive at your accommodations to relax, settle in and enjoy dinner on your own.
Explore deep in the heart of Tuscany with a visit to the medieval town of Pienza (known for its sheep farms and pecorino cheese) or Montalcino (home to the Brunello). Winery tour, tasting and lunch at a countryside estate, with a fine selection of Tuscan wines and regional delicacies. Then a drive through the panoramic rolling hills before stopping in Cortona (setting for Under the Tuscan Sun). Free time to explore and dine on your own in the historic center.
Free time in the morning, then head to the town of Assisi for a visit to the magnificent Basilica di San Francesco with time to explore on your own, shop and grab some lunch. Then, experience a family-run cooking class and Umbrian feast at an off-the-beaten-path agriturismo (local farm) in the nearby hills.
Excursion into Umbria's Sibillini mountains and national park, with breathtaking countryside views. Afterwards, visit the town of Norcia, a culinary epicenter in Umbria known for truffles, cheeses, wild boar and other local delicacies. Lunch on your own in an authentic paninoteca featuring meats and cheeses of Norcia. In the afternoon, visit the medieval city of Spoleto, famous for its fortress, tower bridge and Duomo set against a backdrop of Umbrian forest. Then dinner in the town of Spello at a local pizzeria.
After breakfast, head back to Rome, with possible stops along the way at the Umbrian hill town of Orvieto or Civita di Bagnoregio (a one-of-a-kind remote village with a striking position overlooking the Tiber River valley).
Four nights stay in listed sample accommodations (or similar) with daily breakfast
Daily food, wine and cultural excursions
Four meals (lunch or dinner) featuring regional specialties and local wines
Two private winery tours and tastings
Wine tasting at a local enoteca
Hands-on, family-run cooking class
Local guide, driver and ground transportation
Pick-up and drop-off near center of Rome
One special culinary experience (changing seasonally), such as visit to a chocolate factory or prosciutto di norcia aging factory, olive oil pressing and tasting, truffle hunting or wine harvesting