Day Trips and Tours
Full day personalized tour - €350
Hill towns, cities, museums, shopping, wineries, farms etc
Half day children’s tour with parents - €200
(e.g. animal farm, ceramic studio, bee/honey/candle maker)
Artisan tour, full day- €350
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Wine tour, full day - €350/person
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The ALTABELLA Villas are located at the center of an extraordinary array of Italy’s most famous hill towns, including such culturally and culinarily famous destinations as Cortona, Montepulciano, Pienza, Siena, Montalcino, Chianti, Arezzo, Anghiari, Sansepolcro, Assisi, Gubbio, Montefalco, and Perugia.
Each of these fabled places offers a very special kind of day-trip immersion in history, art, architecture, and local food and wine specialties and traditions.
Craft your own itinerary or sign up for one of the many personalized tours led or recommended by ALTABELLA Concierge and Tour Guide, Elizabeth Wholey. Here are a few of her offerings:
Art and architecture
Visit art-filled hill towns within 45 minutes of the Altabella Villas, each with its own history, foods and distinct beauty. A licensed city guide organized by your personal concierge can be booked to enrich your experience
Food artisans
Try your luck on a truffle hunt, visit winemakers, olive oil producers, cheese makers, and the beekeeper.
Garden tours
Venture off the beaten track to formal, monastic, and kitchen gardens.
Shopping
Experience Italian design at its best. Visit the high fashion outlets, antique dealers, linen shops, etc. Or for real bargains, enjoy the color and vitality of the weekly town markets.
Crafts
Our local artisans excel in weaving, ceramics, stitchery, metalwork, basketry and other crafts.
Local festivals
Plan your trip around local festivals or visits to food or antiquarian fairs. (Pic of Montone Festa del Bosco)
Fun for the whole family tours
Visit a local family farm, pet a baby lamb or alpaca, make candles from beeswax, learn about the life cycle of bees, see demonstrations of various ancient arts by local craftspeople.
