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Piedmont

Tuscany

Basilicata

Calabria

Campania

Lombardy

Friuli

Trentino Alto Adige

Veneto

Umbria

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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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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Fly Fishing in Slovenia

$500.00 – $2,500.00 This is a fly fishing, hiking and cultural tour that takes us through the wonderful land of Slovenia: a paradise of snow capped mountains, turquoise rivers, clear lakes, green forests and unspoiled plains. Independent since 1991, this small country is bordered by Austria, Italy, Hungary and Croatia, capped by the Julian Alps to the north, and the Adriatic Sea to the south. We’ll hike through pri...

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Julian Alps Hut to Hut

$500.00 – $2,500.00 The Julian Alps or Julijske Alpe, are a range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia. The highest peak is Mount Triglav, which rises to 9,400 ft.! The Alps are named after our old friend Julius Caesar, who had a settlement, Cividale del Friuli, at the foot of the mountains. Together with our local guide we will explore forests, climb peaks, trai...

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Croatia’s Adriatic Coast

$500.00 – $2,500.00 Beautiful nature, history and a dramatically jagged coastline sprinkled with 1,185 islands of all different sizes are some of the reasons why Dalmatia, the southern coast of Croatia, is considered to be a real hidden gem. This unusual geography is due to the Dinaric Alps, which form a long barrier separating Dalmatia from neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina. Because the sea is ever present and ha...

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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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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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