Tuscany Gourmet Tour

Meet your driver at your hotel lobby and departure for a comfortable journey through the Tuscan countryside to discover some of the many Tuscan food excellences. You will firstly stop an oil mill to taste the extra virgin olive oil. Experienced workers will explain you the oil processing methods. You will taste high-quality products, result of a precise selection of the olives that, according to a secular tradition, must be collected directly from the trees to selected very carefully. Next, a nice drive among the Tuscan hills will lead you to a farmhouse that produces cheese since 1922 using traditional methods and exclusively his own milk. The milk is collected every morning while the sheep graze in the fields surrounding the stable. An expert will guide you among the vineyard and the dairy explaining you the process and secrets of the cheese’s production. Next, a delicious tasting and lunch will be served. It will include the products of the factory, including wine, cheese, oil, seasonal vegetables and fruit, homemade jams, Tuscan bread and dessert. After some relaxing time, your personal driver will lead you to another typical Tuscan farm, famous for the production of honey. Beehives have always adorned the fields of the farm and newly harvested honey has always smacked children’s and adults’ lips. Bee breeding is incredibly enchanting; getting near to this small but tireless and very organized world you can easily remain enchanted. The local expert, who lives in the countryside every day, will explain you the fundamental role that bees perform in the pollination of plants. They contribute to maintaining our Earth beautiful and varied. You will take part to the tour of the factory and next you will taste their amazing honeys. For the more adventurous or beekeepers, there is the chance to visit the bee station with beekeeper’s suit and gloves for opening the box and visit the bee family. At the end of the tour you will meet your personal driver to drive back to your location.