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For over ten years Le Baccanti has provided the finest service in customized luxury cultural food & wine vacations and day tours in Tuscany and Italy. Our personalized services are recommended by BBC Travel, The Independent, Le Monde, The Telegraph and scores of satisfied wine, food and art lovers. (testimonials).
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Brunello Wine Tour
Your wonderful day tour exploring the Brunello wine region begins when you are picked up at your hotel and taken on a scenic drive through the beautiful Tuscan countryside
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Day Cooking Class in Florence with Anna
Your day of authentic Italian cooking and culinary delights begins when Anna welcomes you to her charming house in Florence. Anna loves to cook and to teach and is both passionate and gifted in the kitchen.
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Florence Market & Gourmet Food Tour
Explore the endless new tastes, smells, sights and sounds of the Florence food market and gourmet food shops with your friendly, English-speaking guide during your private walking tour.
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Chianti Wine Tour
Begin your Chianti Classico day tour adventure when your personal driver greets you at your place of stay and you begin your leisurely drive through the beautiful Tuscan landscape.
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Barolo Wine Tour
Discover Piedmont's top wine, Barolo, during your private, chauffeured Barolo day wine tour. Visit outstanding wineries and have a guided tasting of their incredible Barolo wines.
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Super Tuscan Wine Tour in Bolgheri
After visiting Bolgheri, you will drive among endless vineyards to an exquisite winery where you'll sample some spectacular wines under the expert guidance of your winery guide.
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Vernaccia San Gimignano Wine Tour
Your first visit on your Vernaccia di San Gimignano wine tour is to a historic Vernaccia wine cellar on the outskirts of San Gimignano. At the winery, you'll learn about both ancient and modern winemaking techniques.
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Balsamic Vinegar and Parmesan Tour
Balsamic vinegar aged to a sweet and tangy perfection, Parmiggiano-Reggiano cheese with a ever-so-slight crunchiness,
a slice of salty and intense prosciutto; these are the flavors that
await you on your tour.
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Rome Market Tour & Gourmet Food Walk
Be accompanied by a local gourmet food expert, Amelia, who will walk with you through the ancient streets of Rome to the historic, bustling, brimming food market.
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Pecorino Cheese & Nobile Wine Tour
Enjoy a guided tasting of Nobile di Montepulciano red wine in an ancient vaulted cellar. Discover how pecorino sheep cheeses are made, then get to try!
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Saffron & San Gimignano Day Tour
San Gimignano, city of golden light, splendid panoramas and a
treasured gourmet food more expensive than its weight in gold: saffron.
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Tuscan Olive Oil Press Tour
The spicy, intense, green extra virgin olive oil you will taste on this tour barely resembles (if at all!) the extra virgin olive oil for sale in a grocery store at home.
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Florence Chocolate & Cafe Walking Tour
During this tour you will taste and experience the world of
hand-made chocolates from artisan producers and charming, historic cafes in the heart of Florence.
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Day Cooking Class with Cecilia in the Chianti Region
During your Tuscan day cooking class, together with chef Cecilia, you will prepare a full Tuscan menu from mouthwatering appetizers all the way to a delicious dessert!
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Leonardo's Tuscan Villa Cooking Class
Your typical Tuscan cooking class with Leonardo begins when he arrives at your Tuscan villa with shopping bags overflowing with the freshest, tastiest ingredients Tuscany has to offer.
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Classic Rome Half Day Walking Tour
Experience the Rome of black and white movies with glamorous men and women against a backdrop of
romantic fountains and historic monuments.
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Guido's Day Cooking Class in Rome
Guido offers a professional and inspired day cooking class at his modern apartment on the outskirts of Rome starring both Roman and Neapolitan cuisine.
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Pasta Making Class in Chianti
Under Wilma's expert guidance you will learn all there is to know
about how to make fresh Italian pasta. You will knead, cut, roll and fill ravioli, gnocchi, tagliatelle, spaghetti, fusilli or other varieties.
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Siena Medieval Food & Life Walk
Together with your knowledgeable art history guide you will delve into the world of medieval food, find out what foods existed
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Best of Florence Half Day Walking Tour
The sun setting behind Ponte Vecchio bridge, Brunelleschi's enormous dome, the bronze doors of the Baptistry, Dante Alighieri's official Italian language, Prada and Ferragamo.
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Florence Wine Tasting Tour
Your fun and personable wine expert will lead you through the streets of Florence on this half day walk of wine tasting involving all of your senses.
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Tuscan Wine Tour with Silvia
Your guide to the Tuscan wine region of your choice is Silvia, a Tuscan native who holds a degree in Italian History, a
Diploma from the Italian Sommelier Guild and a license for private
chauffeuring.
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Siena Sweet Urban Trekking
Urban trekking is an innovative and fun new way to discover the hidden secrets of the city of Siena. It is ideal for people who love to take long walks and is even perfect for people who already know Siena well
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Patrizia's Central Florence Day Cooking Class
In the very city center of Florence, just a few steps away from
Michelangelo's David, Patricia C. offers the possibility to experience a day of typical Florentine cooking in her home in a palace built in the 1700's
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Rome Wine Tour to Orvieto
Escape the city and explore the Orvieto wine region, just a little over an hours drive from Rome. Enjoy luxury transporation, wine estate tour and tasting and visit to Orvieto!
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Sagrantino Wine Tour from Perugia
In a luxury car with driver, you will head out into the lush Umbrian countryside toward your first stop, a gorgeous vineyard estate that makes Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG.
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Amalfi Coast Wine Tour
Spend a special day of leisurely wandering among vineyards and wine cellars, sampling white wines rich in sweet bouquets while feeling the cool breeze off the blue Mediterranean Sea sparkling below.
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Lawrence's Expert Tuscan Wine Tour
Experience a Tuscan wine region as very few people do, with your own private wine expert to guide you throughout the day!
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Rome Wine Tasting Walk
You will discover the pivotal role that wine played in the life of ancient Romans and how wine has evolved over the centuries form a sweet spiced drink to the refined product of today.
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Milan Wine Tasting Walk
Your private wine tasting walk in Milan will help you understand the world of Italian wine making under the guidance of an engaging sommelier or professional from the wine industry.
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Venice Baccari Wine Tasting Tour
During this fascinating two hour walking tour of Venice, get an
insiders glimpse into the lives and habits of real Venetians and visit a favorite Venetian hangout: winebars called Baccari.
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Genoa City Tour: Food, Wine and Culture
Genoa is a spectacular Mediterranean city still unknown to many
visitors to Italy. It is not showy and its distinct mysterious
character is revealed only by walking in the small lanes and alleys,
discovering its sights, sounds, scents and people.
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Cinque Terre Wine & Walking Tour
The Cinque Terre: five stunning towns perched on seaside cliffs
overlooking the sparkling Mediterranean Sea. Breathtaking vistas await you around every bend.
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Truffle Hunt in Alba
Hunt the woods around Alba for the world's most precious white
truffles. Learn the ropes from a professional truffle hunter and his
dog.
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Truffle Hunting in Tuscany
Hunting truffles in Tuscany is an exciting way of exploring the Tuscan country-side while learning about this very precious tuberous and the local ecosystem.
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Organic Tuscan Wine Tour
If you are interested in organic, green living, why not experience it also while on vacation? Tour the Tuscan countryside and its fantastic wineries and taste top rated organic wines!
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Venice Day Cooking Class and Market Walk with Isabella
Explore a fascinating outdoor market to buy the freshest ingredients before heading back to Isabella's house for a day cooking class in a real Venetian home preparing the region's most delectable dishes.
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Bologna Market & Food Half Day Tour
Discover the gourmet delights of Bologna with your interesting English-speaking guide. Explore the cities historic Medieval market and gourmet food botteghe.
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Pizza Cooking Class near Florence, Chianti
Make pizza during your vacation in Italy! Your day of pizza making begins when you arrive at the beautiful pizzeria set in the rolling hills of the Chianti countryside near Florence. Pizza master Chef Giovanni
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Cooking Class in Tuscan Winery near Siena
Learn about prize winning dishes and much more! The castle is also one of Tuscanys prime producers of great wines. Your day of cooking starts with a guided tour of this stunning Tuscan winery near Siena.
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Florence Artisans and Workshop Tour
While exploring Florence with us you'll see some of Italy's most celebrated sights. A guide well versed in Florentine art, culture and history will reveal to you some very special artisan shops and workshops, according to your interests.
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Cooking Class in Rome & Shopping in the Food Market
If you are looking for creative and informal atmospheres this is the perfect cooking class for you. Andrea, your chef is a movie director and producer that loves cooking by using only high quality, possibly organic, local foods in his home in central Rome.
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Horse Riding near Florence
A unique horse riding excursion in Tuscany. Our horse riding tour near Florence is an authentic equine adventure through beautiful Tuscan landscapes full of history and romance.
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Cooking Class in Piedmont with Luca
Luca is passionate about Italian, and more specifically Piedmontese cooking and regional dishes. He is an experienced chef that studied and trained under Maria Bovio at La Morra. His specialities include wild game dishes and old traditional recipes that he has given his own special signature too.
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Horse Riding Tour Pisa Tuscany
Riding these trails you will find yourself immersed in wild flowers, butterflies, fields of wheat and sunflowers and rows of lush green vineyards. There is a high chance of spotting wild animals such as falcons, boar, white tailed deer and foxes.
Your guide will discuss the area's interesting history, and point out historic sites of interest along the ride. The riding center is located behind a beautiful medieval village, and your guide will reccommend a restaurant to enjoy the renowned Tuscan cuisine for lunch. after your ride - and if you wish to stock up on organic wine produced at the farm itself, you will be able to buy direct from the producer.
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Orientation Chat Rome
Orientation Chat Program
Wherever you are staying, whether it be villa, hotel, pensione or private home, odds are that you’ll come away with happier,more vivid and authentic memories if you take the time to enjoy an orientation chat with our local expert guide. This service is unique in that it utilizes years of our local industry experience ( though we don’t beat that drum too much) to direct you to the best museums,galleries, historic sites, restaurants, wine bars and shoping in the area.
We’d like to help you experience Rome the easy way – open doors ,new horizons and have you experience Rome like a Roman (literally). Taking the time to chat about these things with a live person who works and lives in Rome helps avoid disagreeable and often expensive pitfalls that can be experienced when relying on the internet or guide books (which often contain information no longer current, or compromised).
If you hit it off with the guide and like their suggestions, they will put you in touch with the right people, alert you of the best local and seasonal events, advise you on the best means of transportation, share reserved insider knowledge (chosen for quality of their cuisine and good prices), show you rustic beauty spots here, there and wherever you’d like to explore on his/her suggestion, explain historical and art-historical background matters (without which you miss out on a great deal of interesting points), and even get you to try out your linguistic skills by having you attempt to banter with the locals, if you’d like to try that, in basic Roman vocabulary that he/she would teach you.
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One day Cooking Classes in Perugia
A friendly local woman from Umbria and her best friend; a New York native - will share their love of Umbrian cooking in a wonderful Italian farmhouse near Perugia.
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Customized Rome Itineraries for Families
Smart kids dont do slow touring. To make the most out of your visit to Rome with children, our resident Family expert Katja knows how to make Rome jump to life in the eyes of traveling children. A mother herself, she will customize your tour if Rome to suit the age of your children, keeping them interested with her tales of gladiators, Emperors, battles and more.
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Frascati Wine Tour from Rome
Best known for the white wine Frascati, the ancient volcanic hills outside of Rome are the perfect escape from the crowds and lines of the Roman city center. Enjoy your day in the countryside that Roman Emperors and nobles have loved for millennium.
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Sorrento Cooking Class on Farm
Spend the day visiting a real working farm, taking a tour of the garden and cooking alongside the agriturismo's chef during your Sorrento cooking class.
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Cooking Class in Genoa Private Home
Taste the best recipes from Genoa's rich and delicious cuisine with your hosts Federico and Manuela in their welcoming home.
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