Wine & Food

Indulge yourself in the Tuscan lifestyle and discover the region’s passion for food and wine. While staying on a 16th century estate, you can enjoy the most beautiful countryside in the world, de Val di Chiana en de Val d'Orcia. With the famous cities like Montepulciano, Pienza and Montalcino.

This tour offers a stay full of experiences dedicated to wellness, cookery, fine wines, and a truffle hunt. You have plenty of time to walk the cobblestone streets of villages, shop at local markets,  visit wineries and cheese makers, see historical sights and stop for a cappuccino or delicious gelato.

Wine is the protagonist

Programme

This package consists of four culinary activities.
The villa and wine tour takes you through the monumental villa. Starting with the centuries old kitchen with the monumental fireplace, the coats of arms room and the room built for the secret loves of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. But also the Italian garden and of course the wine cellar where you will taste three excellent wines.
For the truffle hunting, the truffle hunters and their dogs will lead you inside the woods in search of the precious truffles. On the estate there are five truffle reserves along the small streams.
The cooking class is in a very pretty mediaeval hilltop village nearby. In a small cosy place, together with the chef, you will spend a few hours cooking and enjoying the company of other people. You will learn some of the secrets of Tuscan/Italian cuisine and can then taste the food which has been prepared together.
The wine therapy is a unique experience. In an intimate setting, a juniper wood bathtub is prepared for two people. Here wine becomes the absolute protagonist. The wine bath is a regenerating treatment based on Montalcino red wine.
You can expand these four elements yourself with a wide range of culinary experiences in the immediate area. Dine in one of the many local excellent restaurants. Visit a cheese farm of the famous Pecorino di Pienza, a wine estates of the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano or the Brunello di Montalcino. Or have your own coffee blend put together at a small local coffee roaster.

The most beautiful landscape

Accommodation

A monumental mansion dating from the 16th century, with the farm outbuildings, wine cellar, beautifully landscaped garden and surrounding forests, take you back in time.
Experience the authenticity of the Tuscan countryside while staying in an organic wine producing agriturismo in the rolling hills of the Trequanda area in the province of Siena. The double rooms are all with a bathroom and furnished with authentic antique furniture.

Dates

This package is valid for the entire month of April and May 2024.
The arrival date is freely selectable.

Price € 625,- p.p.

Tip

Do you feel like you're on holiday too short? Extend your stay or combine it with another Spring Holiday.
For 5 days based on a double room.

Inclusive:
  • 4 nights stay in a double room
  • 4 x breakfast buffet
  • Cooking workshop with a real chef in the cooking studio, including meal
  • Guided tour of the monumental villa of the winery and the wine cellar, including wine tasting
  • Truffle hunt with dog in the woods (truffle reserve) at the agriturismo
  • Vinotherapy experience, a regenerating wellness bath based on red wine from Montalcino

Exclusive:
  • Supplement for single room
  • Contribution to the STO Garant guarantee scheme: €15

Transport

You can come by own car or by train or plane in combination with a rental car on site. Check our special train page for travelling by train to Tuscany. The nearest airports are Pisa and Florence. Participants use their own (rental) car for the program.
This offer is covered by the STO Garant guarantee. You can find the conditions for this guarantee
scheme on STO Garant’s website (www.sto-garant.nl/en/downloads).
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