Wine and Food Tour
Tuscany - The peaceful Tuscan landscape is primarily rolling hills, with vineyards, olive groves, cypress trees and hilltop villages all bathed in a soft, amber light. The rustic Tuscan farmhouse and the silent medieval hill towns, with their fortified castle walls and church steeples visible in the distance, are a part of the landscape: San Gimignano, Volterra, Montepulciano, Cortona. Tuscany's olive groves yield some of Italy's finest extra virgin olive oil, but the heart of the region is in its vineyards, where you can visit fattorie (wine estates), to sample and purchase their wines. The Umbrian countryside is a rainbow of colour. The fortified medieval hill towns are rich in art, history and architecture, and many are relatively untouched by tourism: Gubbio, Spello, Todi, Spoleto, Orvieto - all are unique and worthy of a visit. Perugia, the capital, is one of Italy's best preserved towns, with a strong artistic and cultural tradition. Umbria is primarily mountains and hills, streams and valleys, with terraced vineyards, orchards and miles of olive groves.