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Viaggi Senza Fretta
Travel Without Haste
your Time Therapy in Rural Tuscany and Umbria
Customized Small Group and Individual Travel
Travel is a powerful engine of change. It broadens perspectives and opens the mind to values and ways of living that are at once unfamiliar and illuminating. At the same time the sheer number of people travelling around the world inadvertently contributes to putting our human and natural ecosystems at risk.
What can we at VIAGGI SENZA FRETTA do to make a difference?
As a travel company in Tuscany, locally owned and operated, we are particularly aware of how important it is to maintain a community’s traditions, culture and environment. Our travel itineraries focus on different ways of reducing your carbon footprint. We’ve personally selected a number of locations and accommodation and offer cultural, enogastronomic & nature itineraries in their immediate vicinity - spend less time travelling and more time seeing!
Explore Tuscany and Umbria’s rural landscapes with Viaggi Senza Fretta – inch by inch, little by little we’ll take you there
A selection of our offers
Lucca, Tuscany
SPRING Italian Countryside Tour:Tastes + Textiles »
21 - 28 May 2011
19 - 26 May 2012
In collaboration with Sapori e Saperi
Feed the silkworms (and yourself!) on a small-group escorted tour of the artisan food and textiles of Lucca and the Garfagnana. Become inspired by the passion of people who practise their lifelong craft or have discovered afresh a tradition handed down for centuries. Taste the intense authentic flavours of artisan food and learn to cook traditional dishes. Very small group (only 8-10 guests).
Lucca, Tuscany
SUMMER Italian Countryside Tour: Cheese, Bread and Honey »
19 — 26 June 2011
15 — 25 June 2012
in collaboration with Sapori e Saperi
While staying in the beauty and silence of the mountains of the Garfagnana, you have the rare opportunity to work alongside food artisans and mix with the locals at their homes, eating their traditional dishes and learning to cook them yourself. You walk along historic trails where pilgrims, merchants and bandits have gone before — though none have been seen recently! An ideal tour for nature lovers and hikers with an appreciation of food and wine. Very small group (only 8–10 guests).
Valdorcia (Siena) + Lucca + Piedmont, Tuscany
SUMMER Italian Countryside Tour: Cheese, Bread and Wine - an adventure in FERMENTATION »
4 - 18 September 2011
2 - 16 September 2012
In colaboration with Sapori e Saperi
An extraordinary opportunity to visit the homes of locals and workshops of artisans, sharing their culinary treasures in the three foodiest regions of Italy - Tuscany, Emilia Romagna and Piedmont. For wine enthusiasts there are 12 wine experiences. For cheese lovers, a day at Slow Food Cheese. Make new friends in an intimate group of like-minded people (only 8-10 guests).
Valdorcia (Siena) + Lucca, Tuscany
AUTUMN Italian Countryside Tour: Truffles, Olive Oil and Chestnuts »
in collaboration with Sapori e Saperi
17 - 27 October 2011
15 - 25 October 2012
An extraordinary opportunity to visit the homes of locals and workshops of artisans, sharing their culinary treasures from Val d'Orcia in the south of Tuscany to Lucca in the north. Make new friends in an intimate group of like-minded people (only 8-10 guests).
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Sarteano + Cetona (Siena), Tuscany
Walking day tour with an enogastronomic twist! »
Take a leisurely walk in the countryside - and through the ages. Begin with a visit to one of central Italy's most ancient human settlements, dating back to the Bronze age; stop at a 14th century hermitage with a beautifully frescoed church; visit the charming hamlet Cetona; taste local extra-virgin olive oil and wine; visit a Franciscan convent - all in just one, leisurely walk!
Le Crete, Valdorcia and Valdichiana (Siena), Tuscany
Watercolor courses for beginners in Tuscany »
The gentle, rolling Tuscan landscape has always inspired artists from all over the world. So why not have a go at expressing your creativity and creating your very own little marsterpiece to take home with you as a souvenir? Elisabeth, a talented British artist who has been living and working here since 1997 holds fun and informal watercolor courses for beginners that are suitable for everyone - couples, groups of friends and families. She will provide you with everything you need and courses can be held either at her studio or, if you're renting a house, directly at your rented villa.
