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Marche

Friuli, From Sea to Mountain

$500.00 – $2,500.00 The official name of this province is Friuli-Venezia Giulia, an area which had its borders defined only in 1954, after a ten year diplomatic tussle with former Yugoslavia. Its political past tells tales from ancient Roman settlements up to trenches from the Second World War, its geological past goes back more than 300 million years and contains the most ancient sedimentary and fossil filled rocks ...

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Marche and Umbria

$500.00 – $2,500.00 Although offering an expanse of Adriatic seacoast, Apennine peaks, fertile farmlands and countless lovely ancient towns, the Marche have remained surprisingly unspoiled. We will explore some of its prettiest corners, and then travel on to Umbria, known as the cuore verde: “green heart” of Italy. The only landlocked region, Umbria has been inhabited since ancient times and is known as a mysti...

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Dolomiti Hut to Hut

$500.00 – $2,500.00 The northeastern Alps stretch like a crown across the top of bella Italia. The 18 peaks that form the eastern and most renowned range, called the Dolomiti, are spread over three different regions: Trentino, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto. The Dolomiti are deserving of their legendary descriptions: lacy spires of pink tinted rock, unique to this area. Two hundred million years ago thi...

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Marvels of Western Tuscany

$500.00 – $2,500.00 One of the marvelous things about traveling in Tuscany are the layers of history that abound here. What primitive peoples wouldn’t have chosen the fertile Serchio valley, or the seductive Mediterranean coast or the Volterra hilltops for their settlements? And what evolved peoples wouldn’t want to come hike through this marvelous landscape today? We’ll find Roman engineering built o...

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Fly Fishing in Tuscany

$500.00 – $2,500.00 Although most people come to Tuscany for the art and architecture, we are very pleased to offer a new itinerary which will introduce nature lovers to the remarkable beauty of the Tuscan countryside. Who could imagine that the Renaissance cities are just steps away from unspoiled rivers offering days of idyllic fly fishing opportunities? This will be a fly fishing, hiking and cultural tour that t...

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Romantic Lakes of Northern Italy

$500.00 – $2,500.00 The Italian Lake District stretches across Northern Italy from Piedmont to Lombardy and the Veneto, from sea level all the way up into the Alps, where we’ll hike during our our stay in an alpine village. We will also touch three of the lakes on our tour: elegant Lake Como lined with rainbow-colored villas and gardens, expansive Lake Maggiore with two palazzo topped islands, and tiny mystical Lak...

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Fly Fishing in the Northern Lake District

$500.00 – $2,500.00 The Italian Lake District stretches across Northern Italy from Piedmont to Lombardy and the Veneto, from sea level all the way up into the Alps, where we’ll hike during our our stay in an alpine village. We will also touch three of the lakes on our tour: elegant Lake Como lined with rainbow-colored villas and gardens, expansive Lake Maggiore with two palazzo topped islands, and tiny mystical Lak...

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Chianti Hilltowns

$500.00 – $2,500.00 The hills of the Chianti region are in the culinary and wine-producing heart of Tuscany. This fertile land has been contested between Florence and Siena for generations. Striped with vineyards, dotted with olive trees and bordered with dark cypress and round-topped pines, this is the dreamy landscape behind every Renaissance painting. It is fascinating to hike through these hills and see how ...

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Casentino, Hidden Tuscany

$500.00 – $2,500.00 Although you may have been to the main sites in Tuscany there are many more beautiful corners, breathtaking landscapes, and picturesque towns to explore. Our travels will take us along the ridges of the Apennine mountains into the verdant forests of the national park of Casentino, to hidden monasteries and small villages, and to where the Arno river springs forth. History, castles, saints, heart...

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East to Ravenna

$500.00 – $2,500.00 This trip takes us from the mountains to the sea. We start in the Appennini range in the center of Tuscany and wind southeast, hiking through thick chestnut forests, hill top republics, and venerable castles before heading north to Emilia Romagna to experience the breathtaking art, architecture and golden mosaics of Ravenna, and finish with a hike around the unique salt lagoon of Comacchio on the ...

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Meandering Maremma

$500.00 – $2,500.00 Tuscany is remarkably varied. In the southwestern part of the region bordered by the Mediterranean Sea we find beautiful landscapes, delectable meals and divine vino wherever we turn! Could it be due to the enigmatic Etruscans who populated the area around 500 BC? We’ll pay our respects as we visit their remarkable archeological sites, and discover new horizons in the area of southern Tuscany...

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Along the Amalfi Coast

$500.00 – $2,500.00 We’ve heard about it for years the place that the beautiful people (from the Roman emperors on up to today) have always vacationed, so it must be special! This picture-book coastline is exquisite for hiking: terraced with golden lemon trees bordered by blue sky and the green sea. We’ll savor delicious food and wine, gorgeous landscapes, divine views. We’ll finish our tour in Naples, the mo...

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Calabria: the Toe of the Boot

$500.00 – $2,500.00 Sunny and with an endless coastline that is lapped by the Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas it cradles rugged mountains, hidden forests and tiny villages. Its ancient origins are evident in its numerous archeological sites and is the base for the strength of the traditions behind the dialect, the food and the wine of the region. Calabria, known in antiquity as Bruttium or formerly as Italia, is a regi...

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Dolomiti Hiking

$500.00 – $2,500.00 On this trip we will explore some of the loveliest mountains and villages that crown bella Italia. The Dolomiti are deserving of their legendary descriptions: lacy spires of pink tinted rock, unique to this area. From the lacy eastern formations to the majestic western range, from fragrant cappuccino in the morning to deep red wine with renowned alpine cuisine at dinner— it is one of our favorit...

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Sicily, Circling the Island

$500.00 – $2,500.00 Sicily is an island rich with history, natural beauty, delicious food and wine and kind warm people. The island is the largest in the Mediterranean Sea, but we will see some of the high points of culture and a marvelously varied landscape: in the mountains, by the sea, though vineyards, olive and citrus groves, and the slopes of a volcano! The tour has been designed with many visits to small towns...

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Puglia: the Heel of the Boot

$500.00 – $2,500.00 Puglia, the “heel of the boot” of Italy, is bordered by two seas. The port towns strung along the coast in the middle of the Mediterranean are as bustling as when the Greeks and Romans coveted them, and then a thousand years and more later, when the Crusades marched through town. Ignored for years by tourists, and snubbed by the Italians, only now are its artistic, architectural and geograph...

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