At your arrival take the shuttle train for transfer from the airport to Milano Centrale train station. Accommodation at Manin hotel 1 DBL BB 3 nights. Time for you to enjoy to start discovering the vibrant city!
ACCOMMODATION TO MILAN
ACCOMMODATION 3NIGHTS BB DOUBLE ROOM HTL MANIN
DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY
ARRIVAL DAY : FAST TRAIN SHUTTLE E-TICKETS APT MPX TO MILAN
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THU 22ND AUG
MILAN- COMO - BELLAGIO- LECCO - MILAN
After breakfast enjoy the experience to Como lake by public transportation! With your single ticket take train in Milano Centrale to Como. In Como take the boat for the Lake Como tour Como-Bellagio-Lecco. At the end of the boat tour in LECCO take the train back to Milano Centrale train station. Enjoy your evening in Milan!
DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY
FROM MILAN TO BELLAGIO BY TRAIN AND BOAT FOR A FOODIES DAY
Today the fun journey begins immediately and also public transport, the train first and the boat then, will become "actors" with the Foodies pit stops that will take us to visit Bellagio!
Milan coatching the own train that will take us to Como we already started our unusual experience! Just an hour to appreciate Milanese delights that we had arranged in our picnic , thought were right to start our journey right away, ... and train transportation will immediately become sweet: a journey of the flavors that will be "Milanesi" on the morning way and "Comaschi", on the way back, this evening!! Arrived in the elegant town of Como flavors will leave room for views, even before embarking on the boat that will take us right into the two branches of Lake Como and we would understand why they inspired Manzoni poet!! We will stop in Bellagio , the amazing village : we would all enjoy it in its authentic shops and in its flavors ... Right here.. we couldn't skip our Foodies stopover dedicated to the flavors of the lake!!! After our tasting lunch We will resume navigation for the next landing in Lecco, which will immediately take us back to the magic of Manzoni's memory. Here, admiring it in all its beauty crowned by "two uninterrupted Monti chains", we will re-board on train for the way back ... but not without filling our travel basket again ... we would like to continue to delight ourselves .. it was the promise since this morning !!!
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FRI 23RD AUG
MILAN
After breakfast meeting your guide at your hotel, to start your guide tour that will show you the main highlights of Milan including entrance to the Cathedral and to Leonardo’ Last Supper. Rest of the day at leisure for some shopping!
DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY
MILAN HIGHLIGHTS : CATHEDRAL AND LAST SUPPER WITH HAPPY HOUR
Today we would go to discover the symbols of Milan, those that we must have seen at least once in our lives: Leonardo's Last Supper and the Milan Cathedral! And our happy hour, as Foodies pit stop, in sight of the Duomo will project us into the perfect "Milanese" mood for the fun climb to the Duomo up to the spiers and for a walk in the fashion district
And we will leave, with our guide, rightly starting from the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie for the visit of the Last Supper ... and after the masterpiece, one of the symbols that in life cannot be lost .. the walk in the heart of Milan, crossing precisely that quadrilateral of Fashion that the whole world knows, we will arrive to the Gothic masterpiece dominated by the thousand Spiers : the Cathedral !! A happy hour in one of the terraces where it will seem to touch them will be the best greeting with our guide and then viaaaa .. we would be free to climb the Duomo to that terrace overlooking all of Milan which, at sunset, is truly fantastic! And while waiting the evening you could take advantage of the free afternoon you can explore shopping, an excellent starting point is Piazza San Babila. ... Then free time for shopping in Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga and Via San Andrea: Gianfranco Ferre, Prada and Giorgio Armani, just to name a few! [....]
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SAT 24TH AUG
MILAN-MONTEROSSO
This morning take the Intercity train from Milan to Monterosso, and accommodation at B&B La Poesia, 1 DBL, 3 nights. Arrived to Monterosso Nicoletta will wait for you to walk to her B&B..easy recognize her with her bike with flowers..
ACCOMMODATION TO CINQUETERRE
ACCOMMODATION 3NIGHTS BB DOUBLE ROOM LA POESIA b&b (or similar)
DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY
INTERCITY TRAIN E-TICKETS MILAN-MONTEROSSO
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SUN 25TH AND MON 26TH AUG
MONTEROSSO - CINQUETERRE
… these 2 days are for your to explore and enjoy the Cinque Terre that way you wish….hiking, going around villages by train or boat, beautiful see views.. or even the small shops!!
DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY
-- FREE DAY ---
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TUE 27TH AUG
MONTEROSSO - FLORENCE
Take the local train in Monterosso to Florence and accommodation at Monnalisa Hotel 1 DBL BB 6 nights … And as our special welcome gift…free transfer from Florence train station to Monnalisa hotel with an Italian aperitif!! Balance the day at leisure
This morning meeting your guide and begin 3 hours walking tour of Florence including the main highlights and entrance to the Galleria dell’Accademia to see Michelangelo’s David! Rest of the day at leisure to keep discovering the city at your own pace and maybe do some shopping
DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY
FLORENCE CARPE DIEM
To be attracted to Florence means to be attracted to the Renaissance, that harmony of arts and genes that starting here influenced the whole world ! This is why every time Florence is worth a visit and the walk with an art historian will reveal one of the many facets to get in feel with that museum that you have chosen to breathe today...
The center of Florence will be the spectacular frame of a tour dedicated to the city's glorious past and also to its stimulating present life. The slow paced walking tour will introduce you to the most important monuments of Florence. Begin at the Cathedral with the famous Dome by Brunelleschi and the gold "Paradise" doors of the Baptistry. You will see elegant palaces, pass some fashionable shops, and walk through the charming narrow medieval streets. Continue on to Piazza Signoria, which has been the political complex of Florence since the 1300's when Florence was considered the richest city in Europe. Walk to the Ponte Vecchio, the bridge which attracts so much curiosity not only for its unique and charming appearance but also for the fabulous jewelry shops that line the bridge. End the tour in your museum of today ... it will be like the first kiss of the first love date !! Where ???? Accademia Gallery of Fine Arts Museum where you will have the opportunity to admire the eternal Florence masterpiece: Michelangelo's David ... its prigions ...
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THU 29TH AUG
FLORENCE- SIENA- MONTERIGGIONI- CHIANTI- FLORENCE
Full day crossing the south part of the Chianti area and stop to visit the beautiful city of Siena with its fascinating red bricks buildings, and then an interesting visit to a local cheese maker for a joinable guided tour & tasting. Continuing stop to visit Monteriggioni, a perfectly preserved fortified village
DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY
SIENA AND CHIANTI VILLAGES TO TASTE
Being in Tuscany and not being fascinated by Medievo is impossible so inevitable it will be visit Siena and its villages of the "countryside": the Chianti that now as then was the reserve of food and wine for a healthy living that today we would go to taste with a local producer!
So our journey today will have the "Medieval flavors" between Siena and Chianti. And if Siena will be the first to welcome us in its exceptional enchanting and relaxed atmosphere with the historic walk that it will project us into its medieval atmospheres in a continuous up and down streets and alleys, then continuing it will be the small villages of Chianti to fascinate us with its slow lifestyle that we will taste in the quality of the food and wines of ourFoodies pit stop... and, for this reason we would be with a local maker .. and here we will enter with all senses in "his magic world" .. because together with the local producer we would go to see the making, understand the passion and the knowledge that is hidden and we will feel all the aromas before tasting and slowly feel the intense flavors. But who will open the doors of his foodies' world to us today?Foodies pit stop : today in the dairy !! Here, with the "guys" from the dairy, we will take a guided tour of the production cycle learning how we go from milk to the aging of pecorino and of course to cheese tasting.
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FRI 30TH AUG
FLORENCE
Today time to enjoy Florence!!
DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY
---FREE TIME---
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SAT 31TH AUG
FLORENCE- SAN GIMIGNANO- CHIANTI- FLORENCE
Departure to the Chianti and meet the Middle Age in san Gimignano.. our Manhattan and then the Renaissance in a Medicean Villa. Here enjoy a guided tour of the cellars and the studio where writer Machiavelli wrote his masterpiece “The prince”. Afetr the visit wine tasting with cold specialties
DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY
SAN GIMIGNANO AND CASTLES OF CHIANTI WITH TASTING
Being in Tuscany and not being fascinated by Medievo is impossible so inevitable will be San Gimignano with its towers and Chianti with its castles and its excellent wines and food that we would get to know and taste where it is produced!
So our journey today will have the Medieval flavors among that wealth that the merchants and pilgrims knew how to build together with houses towers and castles protected by fortresses and watchtowers. So our walk through the history of Medievo will make us discover the beauties of San Gimignano and the Castles where wine and food are still produced today. And it will be right outside the walls that we will stop for a tasting with ourFoodies pit stop today.... and here we could appreciate that history, soil and human knowledge are blend in one single thing with what is produced .. and it will be during the fascinating tour with the producer that we will know what is behind each production and it will be easy to understand the passion and the knowledge that is hidden and that it is: style of being! We will smell all the aromas ... even before reaching the tasting. But who will open the doors of his world to us today?Foodies pit stop : Guided wine tour and tasting in the village where Machiavelli himself lived as an exile by the Medici, a guided tour of his family Villa, where Nicolò Machiavelli wrote the famous "Prince", will lead us to discover history and life up to the historical cellars of the thirteenth century, retracing the same secret underground tunnel that connected the cellar to the oldest Italian restaurant called "Albergaccio dal 1450" where, like Machiavelli, we will enjoy wine tasting and cold specialties.
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SUN 1ST SEP
FLORENCE
Reservation to visit the wonderful Uffizi Gallery! Balance the day with some shopping! NOTE: THE RESERVATION ALLOWS YOU TO JUMP THE QUEUE WHEN BUYING TICKETS LOCALLY
