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Guided tour with a local guide. Pienza is a charming compact little Renaissance town which was the birthplace of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II). It is also famous for the Pecorino cheese from Pienza. Pecorino is an Italian hard cheese produced from sheep's milk. The name pecorino derives from pecora, which means 'sheep' in Italian.

Guided tour of Montalcino. Montalcino is in the province of Siena in the southern part of the region of Tuscany, in central Italy. It's on the western edge of the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Val d'Orcia (Orcia Valley) and it is an interesting medieval town also known for its famous red wine called Brunello.

Spannocchia is a unique integration of historic architecture and landscape: a working organic farm, a center for education and enrichment focused on both ecological and cultural history, and a multinational community. Their focus is on raising native breeds of animals at risk of extinction, including the Cinta Senese pigs. The tour includes the historical tour, the Cinta Senese tour and tasting.

Guided tour of Pisa, including Campo dei Miracoli, the Cathedral, the Baptistery and the Camposanto.

(overnight excursion): Guided tour with the local guide of Venice. Tour the sites and monuments of Venice, including Peggy Guggenheim collection; the Jewish Ghetto and Synagogues; St. Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace. The Venice Biennale, a bi-annual International Art Exhibition.

(overnight excursion): Guided tour with the local guide of Bologna. Tour the sites and monuments of Bologna, including Basilica of San Petronio; Basilica of Santo Stefano; San Giacomo Maggiore and Santa Maria della Vita.

Visit of the museum and gardens of the Castle followed by the wine tasting at the winery. The neo-gothic castle was built at the request of wine pioneer Baron Bettino Ricasoli in the 19th century. Baron Bettino Ricasoli, who we might call the “father” of modern Chianti, codified the recipe for Chianti production.

Guided tour with the local guide of Volterra. The town lies in a magnificent position on a precipitous hill with open views in every direction across a splendid yellow and grey landscape of rolling clay hills. It is an austere medieval walled town, the successor to an Etruscan city of much greater extent. Almost all the buildings are constructed out of panchina, a kind of limestone which is the matrix of alabaster, and which is found here in abundance.

Perhaps the most famous of the medieval Tuscan hilltop towns. It is famous for its historic center with beautiful towers (inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List) and great art. The tour includes the visit to the following sites: Museo Civico & Torre Grossa.