Alma Italia Exploring Tuscany Day Trip

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Duration: 1 day
Group size: 2 - 25
Alma Italia Exploring Tuscany Day Trip
Tuscany

Alma Italia Travel
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29 reviews

€350
Duration: 1 day
Group size: 2 - 25

About this trip

Explore the best of Tuscany on this fabulous day discovering fabulous organic food and wines that Tuscany has to offer. Meet the locals who make the produce surrounded by the timeless beautiful landscapes and villages that Italy is known for throughout the world. 

What’s included

  • Trip Driver-Host
  • Light Lunch
    With local wines
  • Olive oil tasting
    At an organic olive oil farm

What’s not included

  • Travel Insurance

Available Packages

Trip Price
€350

Itinerary

Morning
Greve in Chianti Market and organic olive oil farm lunch

Tuscany is known for 3 things - beautiful countryside, beautiful people and beautiful food - Today you will experience all three!


Your trip host will pick you up from Florence at 09:30am to drive you through the most iconic wine country of Chianti to reach Greve in Chianti, in time for their monthly farmers and artisans market. Enjoy a browse around the pretty town square and a coffee for an hour or so before your driver takes you back through into the beautiful vineyards and olive groves hidden in the hills surrounding Florence to the estate of the Calamai family have produced olives here on the first hills outside Florence for more than 200 years. 


The Calamai family live and farm at one of the most historic and prestigious olive groves in all of Tuscany. Run by the same family for 200 years from their Renaissance villa high on a hill overlooking Florence, reportedly the birthplace of the mother of the Mona Lisa, it is a unique place.



Your hosts will recount to you some of the fascinating history of the family and the villa while you try some of the freshly pressed oil.  After a look around the farm and villa, and perhaps even an encounter with 'Baffo' the goat, Eleonora, ‘la Mamma’ and expert Tuscan cook,  will take you into the kitchens of the beautiful villa overlooking Florence for a cooking class to share with you some of their family secret traditional Tuscan recipes including freshly made pasta.


Lunch will be in the garden of the villa or in the 'cantina' depending on the weather. What could be a more satisfying way to spend a relaxing morning than feasting on the fruit of your labours enjoyed with a sprinkling of 0 km’s fresh oil and a bottle of local wine that we picked from the neighbouring vineyard.



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Reviews

We are very happy with Alma Italia and Alessio's and Tim's planning and executing our one month adventure to Italy. From the quick response from Tim and initial phone conversations with him regarding our interest to the detailed itinerary that Alessio put together and arrangement of every detail, we were very please with our decision to go with this company. We had a lot of anxieties about traveling to a foreign speaking country and handling trains, tours, etc. Alessio carefully thought out every situation and made them seamless. One example was in Pompeii - our private driver stopped in a mass of people to let us out and I panicked wondering where in the world we were supposed to go when before we could even get out of the car our guide came from behind the car to introduce herself to us! My husband got to the seven (yes, seven!!) auto museums he was interested in and I got my photoshoot in Venice! It was a lovely vacation we will have warm memories for the rest of our lives.
By Margaret S for Peggy and Steve's one month Grand Tour of Italy on Nov 09, 2024
Best vacation we've ever had. Tim was great putting the trip together for us, including an amazing boat trip in Lake Como, wine tour outside Florence and the cooking school in Sorento. Alessio, was a life saver when we were in Italy. Extremely responsive. He got us a private driver during train strike. The private drivers were always there when got got off the plane and trains. All hotels were 4 star properties. If I could give them 10 stars, I would!!!
By Eric Z for Eric Zivitz Como, Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast - 13 day tour on Oct 26, 2024
Most of the trip nd tours were superior. A few minor disappointments, but I have communicated those to the organizer. I definitely recommend Alma Travel
By Louise K for The best of Sicily From Noto to Palermo in 10 days on Oct 24, 2024
Alessio, who organized our trip was wonderful! He was very helpful, flexible and easy to communicate with for planning and while we were on our wonderful trip to Italy. He recommended a cooking class that was incredible. The hotels he helped us choose were located in great areas, easy to walk to sites. All the tours and drivers he arranged for us were professional and contacted us via Whats App to organize. Highly recommend using Alessio and his travel company.
By Terri C for Rome and Tuscany tour - Terri Cerami on Oct 11, 2024
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Memories for a lifetime……sounds so cliche but it was perfect from the beginning to end! Alessio such a pleasure to work with. He was open to our modifications and suggestions. The accommodations were very nice. Our local guides including transportation were so knowledgeable and just fantastic! During my initial research in finding a small company, I could not find many reviews on Alma. Look no further if you want a first class vacation/experience.
By Erica t for Rome and Tuscany tour 2024 5 stars Version - Erica Thurman on Oct 05, 2024
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I put a lot of thought into planning this vacation and in choosing Alma Italia. I'm so glad I did because our planner, Alessio Mazza, far exceeded my expectations. This trip is everything my wife and I could have asked for and more! As our first trip to Italy, there are many places and things my wife and I wanted to experience. We did not want to go with a group, so we booked the personal tour. Alessio tailored our trip to give us exactly what we were looking for. The transfers were always there and on time, the accommodations were superb, the food was outstanding, the guides were friendly and knowledgeable, and Alessio always made himself available if we had a question or request. Honestly, I do not have a single negative thing to say and give it the highest of recommendations! If you're doing research and reading this, stop looking - you should book through Alma Italia!
By Patrick C on 13 Jun, 2024