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Holidays
in Lucca

to discover Tuscany


Self guided bike tour of Pisa, Lucca and Tuscany coast, Italy

DAYS/NIGHTS
8 days/ 7 nights
LEVEL:
Easy
ACCOMMODATION
Charming hotels 3/4 stars
GUIDE
Information Pack with Road book and maps
LUGGAGE
Transportation between hotels
TOURS
40/50 km mostly on local roads or cycle tracks
MEETING
briefing upon arrival at a 4 stars hotel in Tirrenia (Pisa)

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Tuscany mountain bike holidaysMountain Bike holidays

Great days of mountain bike tours around the wildest areas of Lucca, Garfagnana and Apuan Alps, coupled with typical foods and wines experiences

 

transfers with top-level minivanTransfer and Limousine service

Wedding in Lucca, Tuscany: wedding venues accommodations and 1000 ideas

 

Easy Bike and Wine tour in Lucca hills

- 30 km 2 easy climbs - trekking bike with helmet
+ guide +
visit in the cellar and wine tasting

 

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Our tours & holidays are a collection of feelings, images, sounds and much more through Tuscany.......they are planned to let you meet Tuscany through different points of views, getting inside its culture day after day. Each one of them is thought to satisfy your own needs, providing purposes designed around you, that we will be glad to personalize according to your special requests. Walking through Tuscan country, stopping at a farmhouse to taste bread and oil and a glass of wine, enjoying an art masterpiece, working together with an handicraftsman in his studio and much more, you will experience this land, falling in love with it… Have a nice journey!

You can reach this winery in Lucca countryside driving, biking or walking (after a short transfer by bus)You can reach this winery in Lucca countryside driving, biking or walking (after a short transfer by bus)

Self guided bike tour of Tuscany, Italy - road book - maps

Self guided bike tour of Pisa, Lucca and Tuscany coast, Italy

Art cities and medieval villages of Pisa and Lucca provinces

The elegance of Versilia coast

Wine roads through the famous “Super Tuscan” vineyards

Seaside villages, parks and pinewoods flowing into wild endless beaches

Activities on Request

Personal chef

Cooking Lessons

Painting lessons

Personal Shopper

 

Focus Zone

Wine, oil and typical food Wine, oil and typical food
What is Tuscany famous for all over the world? Art, food and wine of course! So, what a better way to know it than a journey through its vineyards, where several kinds of vines are cultivated, visiting award-winning wineries where sipping intense reds or fruity whites guided by expert wine tasters?
We also suggest you not to forget extra virgin olive oil, traditionally produced and used to cook in Tuscany since always. Stopping at an old oil mill is one of the most curious experiences you could do: it often happens to discover that in some small farms olives are still collected by hands and cold pressed with ancient millstones. But a gourmet tours in Tuscany reserves many other surprises to a traveller: excellent restaurants, country osterias, city wine bars offer the best of the local wine-and-food production, great chocolate artists make this territory “The Chocolate Valley”, fish is superbly cooked along the coasts and mountains give you strong almost forgotten flavours.
You do not have but to leave and come to taste all this…

  • Oil and wine tours in Lucca countryside: Tours along Lucca countryside, beetween farmhouses, wineries and ancient villas, tasting excellent extra-virgin olive oil, quality wines and typical products...............more info
  • Bike and Wine around Lucca:
  • Wine tour in Chianti : Guided visit to Chianti Classico wineries and lunch at typical stone farmhouse tasting extravergin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, bread, cheeses, salami, prosciutto, focaccia...................more info
  • Super Tuscan Wine tour in Bolgheri : Guided visit to Chianti Classico wineries and lunch at typical stone farmhouse tasting extravergin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, bread, cheeses, salami, prosciutto, focaccia...................more info
  • Bike and Wine weekend in Lucca:Biking along Lucca’s countryside, having break at country wine bars for sipping good wine, taste excellent food and having special dinner with Italian fiends preparing pizza...........................................more info

 

 

Partners' offers zone

Ducati ToursDucati Tours

A new way to enjoy your holiday in Tuscany. A preferential way to discover wonderfull landscapes, typical Tuscan villages and great food. A not ordinary way to taste Tuscany.
Ducati motorbikes, expert guides, Tuscan landscapes, professionalism and much fun: these are our tours by motorcycle main ingredients. Here are some example of our "classical" tours:

 

  • Classical Tuscan Ducati Day Tour: This day trip takes you on a ride through Tuscany's classical countryside in a way you will never have experienced before. During the day you will see the historic towns of Volterra, San Gimignano and Siena as well as experiencing the sights, the flavours, the sounds and the smells of Tuscany. Starting point: Lucca ...............................................................more info
  • Alpi Apuane Ducati Day Tour : This day trip takes you on a ride through the high hills to the North of Tuscany through areas you have never seen! During the day you will see lesser known towns, high mountains and dramatic countryside. We will stop at Piteglio, Abetone, Castiglione di Garfagnana and Castelnuovo di Garfagnana. Starting point: Lucca..............................................more info



Cooking tours in ChiantiCooking tours in Chianti

 

Great ideas by our friends in Chianti to enjoy the countryside, discover traditions and ancient works and taste Chianti typical products, vegetables, olives and wines.

 

  • Friendly cooking lessons in a Chianti stone farmhouse : hands-on cooking lessons to enjoy the wonderfully intense flavours of traditional Italian dishes cooked in an evocative stone farmhouse in the hills of Chianti, surrounded by vineyard & olivegroves.
  • Visit to an Italian market in Chianti : Discover an Italian open market, stopping for a classic coffee break in a typical coffee shop and having lunch at a Chianti farmhouse ......................................................more info
  • Herbs, vines and olives walking tour in Chianti : an easy walking along Chianti countryside, discovering aromatic herbs, different varieties of olive trees and learning how to recognize and use them, passing through vineyards, discovering different vine trees, reaching a “boutique winery” familiar estate to enjoy wine and oil tasting in its garden..........................................................more info

 



SailingSailing

Wonderful sailing holidays to relax and have fun on a boat, guided by an expert skipper, along the picturesque villages of Cinque Terre, Lerici, Tellaro, Portovenere...

 

 

  • Weekend sailing along Portovenere, Lerici and Cinqueterre: A wonderful weekend to relax and have fun on a sailing boat, guided by an expert skipper. From the nautical base in Bocca di Magra, to the picturesque villages of Cinqueterre, we will sail on a modern and comfortable boat, along the wonderful East Ligurian Coast...more info
  • Five stars sailing cuise along Costa dei Poeti, Lerici, Portovenere and Cinqueterre : Two mainly features originated these special sailing cruises along the East Ligurian coasts: Annamaria’s love for cooking and Alberto’s passion for sailing. They will welcome you on board of a splendid Cyclade Beneteau, an over 13 metres sailing boat: 3 double cabins, provided with private shower bathrooms, completely furnished in good taste by the home owners..............................................more info
  • One week sailing along Elba isle and Capraia isle : A week sailing along Tuscan coast to discover the famous Elba isle and the other smaller but equally wonderfull islands of the Tuscan archipelago............................................................more info



 

Past offers = Great ideas

Some of our past offers could give more ideas to specialize your tailor-made holidays

  • Gourmet week in Lucca and surroundings:An original mixed week to discover all the beauties of the northern Tuscany, admiring art masterpieces, having superb wine and food, tasting famous local chocolate, learning how to prepare a typical Tuscan menu, relaxing at the thermal baths, sailing along the coast as far as Cinque Terre.....................................................................more info
  • Gourmet biking weekend in Lucca:Biking along Lucca’s countryside, having break at country wine bars for sipping good wine, taste excellent food and having special dinner with Italian fiends preparing pizza...........................................more info
  • Gourmet weekend in Lucca: Original Lucca weekend learning to cook a typical Italian lunch and enjoying countryside and good wine at local wineries....more info
  • Flavours and flowers in Lucca (weekend) : A pleasant weekend in Lucca to relax yourself and forget everyday life…propose you a nice stay in a comfortable apartment in the city centre, a pleasant guided tour along Lucca and a friendly floral design experience............................................................more info
  • Flavours and flowers in Lucca (week): A pleasant week in Lucca to relax yourself and forget everyday life…We propose you a nice stay in a comfortable accomodation in the city centre or in a Lucca country house. Biking or walking along country streets or the enchanting Lucca’walls, cooking in your house sunny kitchen with Italian friends, playing with flowers in soft floral design workshops is just a taste of this pleasant experience in Lucca..................................................................more info
  • Gourmet biking weekend in Garfagnana: Biking along Garfagnana hills, discovering wild landscapes and hilltop villages, stopping at local osterias, trattorias and norcinerias to taste mountain flavours.........................................more info
  • Enchanting weekend in Florence : Stay in a 16th century villa on the hills overlooking Florence, enjoying its peaceful and pleasant atmosphere. The villa, after a perfect restoration, offers its guests elegant rooms, all furnished with the owners personal touch, a wonderful historical garden, a heated swimming pool and other facilities. A guided visit to Florence and an unexpected cooking lesson held by a professional chef, complete this enchanting weekend.............................................more info
  • Wine & food tour in Florence : If  Florence does not surprises you anymore, why not to leave the usual roads looking for alternative itineraries?  You will be guided through the city heart, along high gastronomy and great names, ancient foods made according to tradition, finest chocolate makers and organic products coming from country farms. You will discover the most famous wines and some collector bottles, tasting wine and high quality extra virgin olive oil at a wine cellar, while cared and spoiled..........................................................contact us
  • Gourmet week in Florence and surroundings: A week between Florence, discovering its art masterpieces and handicraftsmen workshops, and the Tuscan countryside, visiting Chianti villages, meeting friends showing you the secrets of tasting vintage wines and cooking typical Italian food..............................more info
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