Italy: Tuscany & Umbria
7 Days
Starting From
$5,595.00
10 Days
Starting From
$6,695.00
per person, double occupancy
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Far below Mount Subasio’s high slopes glints Assisi’s Basilica, where you recently stood before Giotto’s frescoes of St. Francis preaching to the birds. Just downhill is the hermitage where Francis often meditated, subsisting on roots and sleeping in caves. Thankfully, your prospects today are less austere. In fact, a sumptuous home-cooked lunch awaits in nearby Collepino. Bruschetta, grilled meats and veggies, local wine, and olive oil. This is the flavorful fare you’ve grown accustomed to after days of rambling on this walking tour through Tuscany and Umbria’s hills and vineyards. Central Italy’s beauty will stay with you forever—Siena’s seashell-shaped piazza, Pienza’s harmonious Renaissance architecture—but today’s greatest gift is the blessed sense of peace.
Highlights
- With an expert guide, discover Giotto’s 28-part fresco, The Life of St. Francis, which graces the walls of Assisi’s iconic Basilica of St. Francis.
- Savor an unforgettable meal of traditional cuisine as you peer through the glass bottom of a remarkable restaurant that sits atop excavated Roman ruins.
- Trek a dramatic path through an isolated valley of wheat fields and olive groves to the 12th-century, Romanesque Abbey of Sant’Antimo.
- Experience the architectural beauty of Siena’s famous Piazza del Campo (home to the world-renowned Palio horse race), as your local guide regales you with stories.
- Hike the slopes of Mt. Subasio, amidst grazing sheep, Chianina cows, and semi-wild horses (before reaching a charming hamlet and your rewarding lunch stop).
Positive Impact
Country Walkers is proud to support Wine to Water with a donation on behalf of each guest on this tour. Wine to Water is an international organization providing access to clean drinking water and emergency supplies in water-challenged regions. We believe in giving back to the places that have enriched the lives of our guests. We’re committed to identifying and supporting sustainable initiatives in a variety of areas including education, world health, economic equality, safe drinking water, the environment, and the preservation of cultural traditions.
Accommodations
Linger Longer with a Tour Extension
2024 Pre-Trip Extension - Florence
- Two nights at the Hotel de la Ville
- Airport car service for arrival
- Daily breakfast
- City information
2 Nights From $445
per person, double occupancy
Single Supplement: From $295
Your vacation is about to begin! Spend your first night aloft and arrive ready for an unforgettable trip.
Start off your first day in Florence right by having a Country Walkers representative greet you at the airport. A complimentary car service will whisk you to your centrally located hotel. From here, you are perfectly positioned to explore this charming city at your leisure.
After a delicious included breakfast at your hotel, you are free to explore on your own, using our included city information to guide your discoveries.
Included Meals: Breakfast
After a delicious included breakfast at your hotel, you are free to explore on your own, using our included city information to guide your discoveries.
Included Meals: Breakfast
Hotel De La Ville
2024 Post-Trip Extension - Rome
- Two nights at the Hotel Dei Mellini
- Airport car service for departure
- Daily breakfast
- City information
2 Nights From $345
per person, double occupancy
Single Supplement: From $245
After a delicious included breakfast at your hotel, you are free to explore on your own, using our included city information to guide your discoveries.
Included Meals: Breakfast
After a delicious included breakfast at your hotel, you are free to explore on your own, using our included city information to guide your discoveries.
Included Meals: Breakfast
After an included breakfast this morning, complimentary transportation is provided to Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport based on your departure time.
Included Meals: Breakfast
Hotel dei Mellini
Where do you start! Everything about the trip was well thought out and planned thoroughly. Guides were excellent, food was good. Many unique and memorable experiences. Recommend this tour to anyone with interest in this area. No regrets...many memories.
Italy: Tuscany & Umbria
We had the most wonderful week hiking and touring Tuscany and Umbria. I fell in love with every hill town. The food was spectacular and the accommodations were deluxe. We were most impressed with our guide's ability to quickly come up with alternate plans when the weather became iffy one day. We highly recommend Country Walkers.
Italy: Tuscany & Umbria
Expert Local Guides
Experience your destination like an insider with people who call it home.
Alessandro Gullo
Alessandro Gullo has Sicilian ancestry and was educated in the US as well as Italy. He is a certified guide of historic monuments who effortlessly combines his charming personality with a vast knowledge of the culture, art, history, food, and wine of Italy.