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 THE GENUINE CHIANTI IN CHARMING HOTELS 2010
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Code: L003.
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We wish to present you a program developing in one of the most famous areas of the Tuscany: the Chianti region. This tour will offer you the opportunity to get to know this original and genuine part of Italy, its landscapes and its historical and naturalistic richness. Moreover, you will overnight in charming hotel and villas, carefully chosen for their class and beauty. You tour will start in Panzano in Chianti, and walking along paths and roads surrounded by vineyards and olive groves you will discover the typical Chianti landscape: a hilly, varied and colourful landscape. Here is where the famous wine - produced since Etruscan age - is born. However, this area doesn’t consist exclusively in vineyards and olive groves. Depending on the season the nature offers fabulous and colourful sceneries: from the red of the poppies to the violet of the irises, from the yellow of the brooms to the green of the firs and cypresses. Moreover, golden stone villages are scattered in the landscape: Gaiole, the castle of Vertine, and several other castles as the Castle of Meleto, the fortified village of Castagnoli and the famous Castle of Brolio, property of the Ricasoli baron. In this Castle, rich in suggestions of ancient times, you will certainly have the possibility of tasting some good wine.
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Program
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Day 1 :
Individual arrival in Florence. Meeting at 14.00 at Santa Maria Novella train station, Florence airport or your hotel in Florence. Transfer to Panzano, accommodation in Hotel Villa Le Barone.
Day 2 :
Panzano - Montefioralle – Radda in Chianti – Panzano. 4/5 hours walking.
Today you will walk among olive trees, vineyards and the woods of the Chianti region as long as you will reach the fortified village of Montefioralle. The castle of Montefioralle, formerly called Monteficalli, is still protected by the ancient walls and towers. Montefioralle was, in the Middle Age, one of the most important military and administrative villages in the valley. Also the “Mercatale” of Greve in Chianti was dependent from it.
From Montefioralle you will reach Greve in Chianti, with its wonderful triangular square. Already in the Middle Age the history of Greve in Chianti was deeply influenced by this square, that has always had the function of Mercatale. The village was a simple outbuilding of the Castle of Montefioralle, but thanks to its position, it became the most important Mercatale of the region. In fact, it was situated on the crossing point of several communications roads: the Valdarno road, the Greve Valley roads and the road linking Florence to Siena.
Overnight at Villa le Barone
Day 3 :
Panzano – Volpaia – Montevertine – l’Ultimo Mulino. 5/6 hours walking
Today you will reach the highest point of the trekking and you will pass through the typical oak woods of the region. You will reach Volpaia, a wonderful little village, built as a fortified village in the 11th century by the Florentine family “della Volpaia”. Lunch at a traditional wine bar in the centre of Volpaia where is possible taste the real authentic flavours of the cooking culture of the Chianti. After lunch you will continue through the vineyards of Montevertine, a very beautiful village built in 11th century. Montevertine is today an important production centre of the Chianti wine, and you will have the possibility to taste a glass of this wonderful wine. At the end of the daily stage you will reach the hotel “Ultimo Mulino”, located in the woods in a splendid position.
Day 4 :
Ultimo Mulino – Gaiole in Chianti – Pieve Spaltenna – Vertine – Villa Vistarenni – Radda in Chianti.
5 hours walking
With today’s stage you will cross the heart of the genuine Chianti region, to reach Gaiole in Chianti. This area is not only vineyards and olive trees: following the seasons the nature offers us incredible landscapes, full of flowers and colors… red poppies, violet irises, yellow brooms and the unfailing green of pines and cypresses. The landscape is also scattered by little villages with golden stones. Gaiole, San Donato, the Vertine Castle and galena, little village dating back on 11th century. You will finally reach the center of Radda in Chianti, where you will have accommodation in an ancient 12th century palace.
Day 5 :
Gaiole in Chianti – Castello di Brolio. 5 hours walking
Today is the Castles day. Starting from Gaiole in Chianti, the first stop will be at Meleto Castle, an ancient fortification transformed in the XVIII sec. into a magnificent typical villa of the Tuscan countryside. Carry on the castles’ tour passing through the fortified village of Castagnoli and getting to the famous Brolio Castle, property of the Ricasoli Baron, a suggestive site filled with the charm of past times. You can enter past the castle walls and walk the ancient rounds. If you like, have a look at the Ricasoli wine cellars and take the chance for a wine tasting. At about 16.00 transfer to Florence on private minibus.
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Map
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Technicals caracteristics
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Terrain characteristics: Paths and easy country roads, hilly area. It is advisable to have done a little trekking practice or a little training.
Global trekking height : between 300 and 650 m
Average duration of the daily stages: between 4 and 6 hours walking
Positive difference in height: between 300 and 500 m per day
Duration: 5 days / 4 nights
Departures: everyday from April to the end of October
Number of participants: minimum 2
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Prices
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Individual prices
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LS |
MS |
HS |
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Trek 2/3 pax |
914 |
1043 |
1082 |
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Trek 4/5 ou 8/9 pax |
838 |
965 |
1004 |
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Trek 6/7 pax |
863 |
992 |
1030 |
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Single supplement |
284 |
387 |
412 |
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Reduction 3rd bed adults |
-150 |
-150 |
-150 |
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Reduction 3rd bed children |
-256 |
-381 |
-406 |
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Suppl. deluxe room |
219 |
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Suppl. transfer Pise airport - Panzano |
75 (max 4 pax) |
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Suppl. transfer Siena - Pise |
170 (max 4 pax) |
LS – from 01/04 to 30/04 and from 18/10 to 31/10/10
MS – from 17/07 to 01/09/10
HS – from 01/05 to 16/07 and from 01/09 to 17/10/10
Included:
Accommodation 2 nights in Panzano Villa le Barone, 1 night in Radda in Chianti l’Ultimo Mulino and 1 night in Radda in Chianti Palazzo Leopoldo in classic double room with private facilities; half board from Day 1 to the breakfast of Day 5 ; picnic lunches on day 2/4/5; lunch at wine bar on day 3; luggage transport (Villa Le Barone – Ultimo Mulino and Ultimo Mulino – Palazzo Leopoldo); private transfer (Florence – Panzano Villa le Barone and Castello di Brolio – Florence); road book.
Not included : insurance, travel to and from Italy, lunch on Day 1, drinks, entrance fees for museums and monuments, extra private transfer and everything not specified.
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