EXPLORE
Experiences, not just itineraries.
Week-long packages built around a private villa, a few unforgettable days out and every transfer in between – in Tuscany and across Italy. Local hosts, one contact, no loose ends.
HOW IT WORKS
Experience, stay and transfers.
Every package is private and built from the same three pieces – then shaped around your dates, your group and your pace.
Every package includes
- A private villa or apartment for the whole stay
- The signature experiences of the package, with local experts
- Transfers to every excursion – airport transfers on request
- A personal travel assistant before and during the trip
- Mid-week cleaning, linen change and final cleaning
Good to know
- Private for your group – no strangers, no fixed departures
- Dates, length and accommodation can be changed
- Flights are not included; we can add car hire or a private driver
- Prices on request, depending on season and group size
- Travel agencies: net rates and white-label service
IN TUSCANY, FROM CORTONA
A week in Tuscany.
Seven nights in a private villa in the hills around Cortona, with the experiences that make the week.
Under the Tuscan Sun – Villa, Chef & Wine
7 nights · up to 8 guests · villa near Cortona
A week in a four-bedroom villa in the hills around Cortona, with a private chef who cooks your breakfast every morning, a hands-on cooking class and a full day in the cellars of Cortona and Montepulciano.
Includes: villa, daily chef breakfast, cooking class with dinner, wine day at two wineries with lunch and transport.
Tuscan Experience Getaway – Dinner Every Night
7 nights · up to 10 guests · villa near Cortona
Made for families and groups of friends: a private chef cooks breakfast and dinner every day, there is a cooking class at the villa and a private winery visit with lunch in the countryside.
Includes: villa, daily chef breakfast and dinner, cooking class, private winery visit with lunch.
Truffle Hunt Week – Into the Woods with a Truffle Hunter
7 nights · up to 6 guests · villa near Cortona
Follow a local truffle hunter and his dog through the oak woods, then sit down to a truffle lunch. The rest of the week is yours – Cortona, Siena, Assisi, Montepulciano or the villa pool.
Includes: villa, daily breakfast and maid service, full-day truffle hunt with tasting, lunch and transfer.
Wine, Dine & Tee Time – Golf and Wine in Tuscany
7 nights · up to 8 guests · villa near Cortona
Three rounds on three courses – Ugolino in Chianti, Antognolla near Perugia and La Bagnaia near Siena – plus a Montepulciano wine day and a cooking class at the villa, with a private driver every day.
Includes: villa, three golf days, wine tour with lunch, cooking class, daily private driver, airport transfers.
Yoga Escape – Vineyards, Lake and Hills
7 nights · up to 8 guests · villa near Cortona
Daily vinyasa at the villa, yoga among the vines followed by a tasting, paddle-board yoga and a boat picnic on Lake Trasimeno, a countryside hike and a cooking class with dinner.
Includes: villa, daily yoga, vineyard yoga with tasting, SUP yoga and boat trip with lunch, guided hike, cooking class, transfers.
Active Tuscany – Hike, Bike and Breathe
7 nights · up to 8 guests · villa near Cortona
Walk the hills above Cortona with a guide, cycle past hill towns to Lake Trasimeno and end the week with a private yoga class at the villa – with free days for Siena, Florence or Assisi.
Includes: villa, daily breakfast and maid service, guided hike, guided bike tour, private yoga class.
BEYOND TUSCANY
Travel around Italy.
Accommodation, guided excursions and transfers in other regions – arranged with partners we know personally.
Amalfi Coast & Capri
5 nights · up to 8 guests · villa in Amalfi
A hillside villa above Amalfi with two dinners cooked by a private chef, a boat day along the coast to the grottoes and Capri, and Pompeii with a private driver and English-speaking guide.
Includes: villa, daily breakfast, two chef dinners, private boat tour, Pompeii with guide and driver.
Venice & Valpolicella
6 nights · 2–8 guests · Venice + Verona
Three nights in Venice with a cicchetti walk and a private gondola, then three in Verona with a guided city tour and a full day among the Amarone wineries of Valpolicella.
Includes: apartments in Venice and Verona, cicchetti tour, gondola, guided Verona tour, Valpolicella wine day with transfer.
Volcanic Sicily
6 nights · 2–8 guests · Catania + Syracuse
Catania and Syracuse as your bases: a jeep tour on Mount Etna with lunch at a volcano winery, a guided morning in Taormina and a walk through the Baroque streets of Noto.
Includes: apartments in Catania and Syracuse, Etna jeep tour with winery lunch, guided Taormina and Noto tours with transfers.
ADD TO ANY STAY
Day experiences & in-house services.
Book them on their own or add them to a week in one of our villas or apartments.
Day experiences
- Truffle hunt with a local hunter and his dog
- Wine day in Cortona and Montepulciano
- Cooking class at your villa
- Boat trip and picnic on Lake Trasimeno
- Guided hike or bike tour
- Golf day in Chianti, Perugia or Siena
- Private driver to Siena, Florence, Assisi or the Val d'Orcia
In-house services
- Private chef – breakfast, dinners or the whole week
- Cooking class at the villa
- Daily maid service and extra cleaning
- Yoga or fitness lessons at the villa
- Massage at the villa
- Cot and high chair on request
- Airport, station and excursion transfers
READY WHEN YOU ARE
Tell us who is coming – we will build the week.
