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Tuscan Treats

8 days
Start and end in Florence
4.5
4 traveler reviews
Tuscan Treats - Back-Roads Touring
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Tour Operator:
Back-Roads Touring
Max group size:
18
Age range:
18 to 80
Operated in:
English
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247148
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Highlights

  • Explore Florence with a local guide
  • Stroll through the colorful Cinque Terre
  • Photograph the iconic Leaning Tower of Pisa
  • Taste Tuscan wines in San Gimignano
  • Learn to cook traditional dishes in Chianti

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Florence (Italy)
  2. Day 2 Florence – Lucca
  3. Day 3 Lucca – Cinque Terre – Lucca
  4. Day 4 Lucca – Pisa – Volterra
  5. Day 5 Volterra – San Gimignano and Siena – Pienza
  6. Day 6 Pienza
  7. Day 7 Pienza – Rural Tuscany
  8. Day 8 Rural Tuscany – Florence
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What's Included

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  • Accommodation
  • Guide
  • Meals
  • Additional Services
  • Transport

What's Not Included

  • Flights
  • Insurance
  • Optional
  • Additional Services

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Number of tours

79

Age Range

18 to 80 years old

Response time

within 1 day

Response rate

83%

Here at Back-Roads, our passion is delivering small group holidays that delve a little deeper. Travelling by luxury mini-coach along scenic roads, our tours invite you to see each destination through the eyes of the people who know it best: the locals who call it home. We know that the best kind...

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Customer Reviews

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    Excellent
    4.5
  • Itinerary
    Excellent
    4.5
  • Guide
    Excellent
    4.3
  • Transport
    Excellent
    4.8
  • Accommodation
    Good
    4.0
  • Food
    Good
    4.0
  • 4.4
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  • RD
    · October 27th, 2024
    Visited many beautiful places. I particularly enjoyed Voltera and would have liked to spend one more niggt there. Romulus, our driver was amazing as was Daniele. There were many highlights not mentioned in the brochure such as the Theare of Silence. I particularly enjoyed the oul tasting. It would have been even better had we been able to see the actual harvesting. The cooking class was ok but it felt more like a demonstration and the food was very basic cooking. Il Pallagio, where the demonstration took place, really needs to be changed from the tour as no one in the group enjoyed staying there. My room was damp, smelly with mould on the ceiling. The shower was disgusting.
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    Trip date: October 2024
  • JB
    · October 15th, 2024
    My husband and I totally enjoyed TuscanTreats! It was our first tour as well as our first trip to Italy and did not disappoint! The countryside, the villages we visited, the accommodations, and the food were wonderful! Max did a great job guiding us with his knowledge and great sense of humor- we would definitely tour again with him!
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    Trip date: September 2024
  • Tuscan Treats reviewer 3
    · September 16th, 2024
    Our tour was fantastic. The tour was planned very well, giving us a great introduction to Tuscany. The pace of the tour was great, leaving us plenty of time to do things on our own. The time we spent with our tour guide Madeleine was superb. I can't imagine a better guide. She was knowlegeable, able to answer our questions and to do so in a charming way. The anecdotes she shared brought extra insight to the things we saw and experienced. We never traveled as part of a tour group before. Our experience made us eager to do more tours with tourradar again. Our bus was comfortable and our driver was very professional. My wife and I highly recommend tourradar.
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    Trip date: August 2024
  • EV
    · July 2nd, 2023
    Very good tour. Good value for the money. Loved all the sights and off the beaten path adventures.
    Trip date: June 2023
  • S
    · November 3rd, 2019
    2 years on we're still taking about our Tuscan Tour with Flavio as if it were yesterday. So many great memories it's hard to name a highlight. As a traveller with Coeliac Disease though, eating safely is a huge challenge and Flavio took care of my meals in advance at every venue. The food was so much better than I had hoped for and I remained very well on the entire tour. We have toured a number of times in Europe and can say without a doubt this was a best tour and Flavio our best guide
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    Back-Roads Touring commented on this review
    Hi Stephanie, Feedback is always welcome and we are so happy to hear that even two years on, you took the time to write this beautiful post. We are glad Flavio managed your dietary requirements so seamlessly and absolutely - our Tour Leaders really do... Show more
    Trip date: August 2017
  • A
    · November 3rd, 2019
    Tuscan Treats in April was amazing! I celebrated my 50th with an amazing group of travellers, enjoyed seeing and tasting the wonderful treats of Tuscany with my 18 year daughter and can highly recommend Flavio as the guide. He was fabulous, informative and engaging which really helped the group come together as a family....bring on 2020 adventures.
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    Back-Roads Touring commented on this review
    Hi Andrea, what an incredible way to spend your 50th celebrations! We are so glad to hear you enjoyed your experience with us so thoroughly - and travelling with your daughter, how lovely for your birthday. We look forward to welcoming you back as our... Show more
    Trip date: March 2019
  • K
    · October 30th, 2019
    So lucky to have Flavio as our guide on my first trip to Europe. As I was travelling on my own I was quite nervous but Flavio put us all at ease and I felt as if I was travelling with family. His knowledge and professionalism made the tour an experience to remember.
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    Back-Roads Touring commented on this review
    Hi Karen, for your first trip to Europe, you were in very safe hands with Flavio. His knowledge of Tuscany and Italy in general is unparalleled! Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. ~ Jackie
    Trip date: May 2019
  • S
    · October 16th, 2019
    We loved the tour...it was well organized to ensure we maximized our time. Our guide Flavio was wonderful, he was knowledgeable, engaging and really made the tour special. Our driver Renato was very professional and accommodating not easy with a large group. Overall we were thrilled with our choice and will book another backroads trip in the future hopefully with Flavio and Renato!
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    Back-Roads Touring commented on this review
    Hi Sarah, thank you so much for taking the time to leave your lovely feedback. We greatly appreciate your kind words. We look forward to welcoming you back again as our guest - hopefully with Flavio and Renato, as you've said! Thank you for your photos... Show more
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    Trip date: September 2019
  • Tuscan Treats reviewer 9
    · October 15th, 2019
    Tuscan Treats was a great tour which provided a variety of experiences/locations, unique accommodations and excellent food. Flavio was an exceptional tour leader whose guidance, patience and humor made the trip very enjoyable and interesting!
    Back-Roads Touring commented on this review
    Hi Sybil, we are so glad to hear you enjoyed your Tuscan Treats tour with Flavio. What wonderful feedback you have for him. Thanks for sharing, Jackie.
    Trip date: October 2018
  • C
    · October 15th, 2019
    The tour was exactly what we wanted. It took us to the places we wanted to see, provided the experiences we were after, in a small group with friendly and expert assistance. However with Flavio as our guide, we were provided with even more than we expected: he taught us the language, suggested further activities and restaurants and ensured that we developed the passion for Italy that he has (as well as the passion for travelling). In our particular case, Flavio even organised medical assistance and took a trip in an ambulance to the hospital where he remained with us for several hours at night to act as our interpreter. For this we will be forever grateful. We cannot recommend Flavio highly enough. He has a great sense of humour and encouraged us to have fun, but he was also professional and caring.
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    Trip date: May 2019

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Tuscan Treats
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      The tour starts in the evening at the designated hotel and concludes in the afternoon on the last day.

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