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  • WINE EXPERIENCES
    • Wine Tours and tastings >
      • Montepulciano Wine Tour
      • Brunello di Montalcino Wine Tour
      • Chianti Experience
      • Cortona Wine Trail
      • San Gimignano Wine Tour
      • Montefalco Wine Tours
      • Custom Wine Tours
    • Premium Experiences >
      • Super Tuscan Journey
      • Vertical Tastings
      • The ultimate Tuscan Wine Journey
    • Wine Education >
      • Tasting Workshops
      • Wine Pairing Classes
      • Sommelier Experience
      • tasting dinner with sommelier
  • Food Experiences
    • Coking Classes >
      • Cooking Class at your accommodation
      • Tuscan Cooking Class
      • Pasta making class
      • Pizza Workshop
      • Cooking in Winery
      • Private Chef Experience
      • Private Wine tasting
    • Food Tours >
      • WALKING FOOD TOURS
      • Cheese Making Class
      • Cheese Tasting
      • Truffle Hunting
      • Olive Oil Experience
    • Special Food Events >
      • Farm-To -Table Dinners
      • Food Festivals
    • Multi-days Itineraries >
      • CULINARY TUSCANY IMMERSION
  • City Tours
    • Day Trips >
      • Florence
      • Siena
      • Cortona
      • Arezzo
      • Val d' Orcia
      • Orvieto
      • Montepulciano
    • Multi Day Tours
    • Custom Itineraries
  • Outdoor Activities
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      • Mountain Bike Tours
      • E-Bike Tours
      • Walking & Trekking Tours
      • Horse Riding
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      • Vespa Bike Car Rentals in Tuscany
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      • Lake Trasimeno Boat
      • Photography Tours
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Autumn is here and we are ready

9/24/2017

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.Autumn is the the gourmet season in Tuscany. You can notice it by the huge offers of  amazing festivals and sagre celebrating the season of chestnuts, mushrooms, olive oil, potatoes tortelli, truffle. Those who are more curious will see that there are several hidden places that can let discover the essence and the richness of our territory. Imagine a Tuscan farm, where grapes, olive trees, pomegranate grows, where you can stroll in a grove rich of truffles or pick vegetables from the garden, loose yourself in the private forest searching for chestnuts and porcini mushrooms. 
Precious things are shown to few people. That's why our proposals are for intimate, private groups that want to enjoy a foodie day where a knowledgable guide will make them live and learn the secrets behind a typical Tuscan  product of the land, touching with their hands the efforts of the men and the gifts from the land, letting them taste the best that our territory can offer. 
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Tuscan Postcards 

6/7/2017

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​Stunning colors, enchanted atmosphere and a sense of peace and eternity are the ingredients that make Tuscany so unique.

Don't miss the opportunity to live moments like these and ask us for last free villa weeks in such charming countryside or choose to stay in vibrant city center in cozy apartments.

Send your request to our Kirsten: [email protected]  and she will help you find the perfect accommodation for your group and you. 

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Archidado: The Medieval Joust in Cortona, Tuscany 

2/28/2016

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Every spring, Cortona and its people are lead back  in time, to the ancient medieval splendor of the city.  Walking on the streets you could meet ladies and knights, flag flyers and soldiers all dressed with fine costumes. This amazing event is the result of  the pure passion and love for the  city of a group of citizen that dedicate to it their energy, skills and time .
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Cortona is divided in 5 quartiers (Quintieri),  according to the number of main streets (five) that linked the entrance gateways on the city walls to the town centre. Each Quintiere is representative of the different areas of the town: Sant'Andrea,  San Marco e Poggio, Peccioverardi, San Vincenzo  and Santa Maria.  Nowadays they do not have any institutional function but their activities are mainly cultural and recreational. 

The Archidado  was officially created in 1397 to celebrate the wedding of Francesco Casali, the Lord of Cortona, and Antonia Salimbeni, a noble woman from Siena. The Joust itself takes place on the second Sunday of June and is always anticipated by the Offer of Candles to S. Margherita (that with S. Marco is the patron saints of Cortona) that this year will take place on April 29 and 30. 
It's from June the 2nd until the 12th the Cortona is officially turned into a medieval wonderland, starting with the Medieval Market during wich you can taste delicious  old flavours,  be enchanted watching craftsmen shaping copper or making basketry, satisfy your shopping cravings with medieval jewels  paying with florins of Cortona, which are used as currency of exchange. A time of fun for all ages! 
Things start to be more serious during the Saturday preceeding the joust (that actually is a competion!): during the Tratta delle Verrette infact the moment of deciding the shooting order of the joust come and tension is visible on crossbowmen's eyes!  They are the primary protagonist of the Archidado, on Sunday, when they will show their ability, trying to hit the centre of the target, a slightly imperceptible dot to most of the people, but perfectly visible to them and their arrows.  It's a true emotion, staring at them while a crowded Piazza Signorelli is completely silent.

Courious to know who will win this year and celebrate during the conclusive Medieval Costume Dinner?
Live these emotions in your home right in the heart of Cortona, have a look at our proposals here  and start planning your experience. 

Find the complete calendar here: http://www.giostraarchidado.com/en/the-programm.aspx
Accommodations: http://www.rentintuscany.it/rentals/italy-23424853/checkIn:2016-06-02/checkOut:2016-06-13/sort:relevance 
Informations: click here ​
Organizers: http://www.giostraarchidado.com/en/the-protagonists/consiglio-dei-terzieri.aspx  and  http://www.sbandieratoricortona.com/​
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5 Romantic getaways for your next holiday in Tuscany 

2/14/2016

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A Valentine's  Day is not perfect until you find your next vacation perfect getaway with your loved one.  Wheter you prefer an heavy on romance private villa with indoor pool immersed on Tuscan rolling hills or a cozy and modern apartment in vibrant city center, we have compiled a list of the top 5 accommodations to enjoy an unforgettable one-on-one time with your sweetheart.

Villa Lavanda - Cortona, Tuscany 

Beautiful property located in one of the most evocative sceneries of Tuscany. The villa dominates the Valdichiana from an elevated position that will give you a breathtaking view surrounded by nature in complete tranquility, the property is fully fenced and surrounded by a park of 5 hectares planted with olive trees.

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Villa Desiderio - Pienza, Tuscany 

Dating back to the 18th century, Villa Desiderio, is a beautiful farmhouse, lovingly restored by the owners with taste and elegance in order to give their guests a rich environment of comfort and design but at the same time leaving the characteristics of these typical houses of the past intact. The villa is located within a property of five acres in the heart of Val d’Orcia, just minutes from Pienza and all the main tourist resorts and spas of the area. 

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Casa Bellavista - Cortona, Tuscany 

Get away from the stress of everyday life and enjoy a moment of relax immersed in the green and quiet of the Tuscan hills. The house is a lovely rustic, beautifully decorated and extremely well cared for inside and outside, surrounded by a garden full of flowers and plants. It is situated in the beautiful hills surrounding the ancient Etruscan town of Cortona, about 3 km from the historic center, along an old Roman road that linked the Valdichiana with the Valtiberina. From the house there are many paths and trails ideal for hiking and mountain biking, suitable for both sports enthusiasts and nature lovers or those who want to go to the research and discovery of Cortona’s territory in peace.

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Casa la Fonte - Cortona, Tuscany 

Casa La Fonte will become a place to spend an unforgettable vacation and come back year after year, immersing yourself in the colors and scents of the Tuscan countryside.  The hill on which it’s situated is one of the most exclusive and well-known areas in the district of Cortona, a small shelter suspended between hills, mountains and plains, rich in olive groves and cypresses and oaks that surround the property.
The original structure of the house dates back to the 1600, but it is only in 2004 that the owners rediscover the ancient abandoned foundations and decide to give birth to a major restructuring, aimed at a careful use and recovery of the original materials. 

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Apartment il Teatro - Cortona, Tuscany 

The apartment Il Teatro is located in the heart of the old town of Cortona, overlooking one of the most beautiful squares of the city, Piazza Signorelli which, with its beautiful scenery theater and museum Maec, gives the location a unique and fascinating atmosphere.
Comfortable thanks to its central location, the apartment is situated on the first floor of an ancient building, which will allow you to enjoy all the conveniences of the city and at the same time have a secluded and quiet place to relax and enjoy your holiday.

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5 delicious Tuscan dishes you will surely love 

2/7/2016

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There are few secrets to Tuscan cooking. Most dishes need no adorment or special seasoning but rely on the quality of the primary ingredients: fresh fruits and vegetables, green olive oil, meat, game, mushrooms, just to name a few. 
Some of these ingredients are prized and expensive but several of the best known and tasties dishes are based on leftovers,  memory of a time when Tuscan housewives couldn't afford to let anything go wasted. 
Consider for example the ingenious use of stale bread:
Bruschetta, for example, is sliced stale bread, toasted, rubbed with garlic and doused with extravirgin olive oil.  Crostini Neri, too, slices of toasted bread with chicken liver patè flavoured with capers. Panzanella, typical poor summer dish that combines stale bread soaked in water and crumbled with fresh red tomatoes, onions, cucumber and basil, dressed with extravifìrgin olive oil. 
Maybe the most famous of all leftovers meal is Ribollita : a vegetable soup with delicious Tuscan black cabbage, carrots, beans, pieces of bread.  It is a typical "poor " dish of peasant origin , whose name comes from the time when Tuscan women  at the beginning of the week cooked  a lot of vegetable soup reinforced with bread and then, the following days, it was "stewed " in the pan, from here it  takes the name of reboiled (ribollita), because the real soup is heated and boiled twice, (otherwise it would be a trivial soup of bread and vegetables !). 
Pappa al pomodoro is based on the same concept except that fresh tomatoes are used in place of the other vegetables. 

​Yummy, isnt't it? 
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

12/15/2015

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It's start to feel like Christmas all around Tuscany! 
It's a time of good cheer, streets are full of lights, houses are decorated, kids are writing ( still?) letters to Santa and we, people from Cortona, want all togheter to send our greetings to everybody  that  lives, came or is planning to come in our lovely Cortona.

​May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmas be White!

Grazie a tutti gli amici che hanno partecipato (dai costretti ai volontari!) alla realizzazione dei video auguri...... Buon Natale & Felice Anno Nuovo da Cortona!

Posted by AF-Travel Ideas on Sabato 12 dicembre 2015
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