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Seeing and Savoring Italy Lifestyle Itinerary
Sample -10 Day Trip
(selected accommodations may vary according to availability and activities may vary according to the season)
See and Savor Milano- shopping and eating with the fashionable Milanese including a visit to the Milan Duomo, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, shopping at La Rinascente with a tasting at the Obika' Mozzarella Bar, food finds at Peck's and visits to other selected sites near Milan Centro. Dinner along the canals of Navigli, Milan's hip club district. Riding the Italian Metro to a Milan suburb to experience the lifestyle of an Italian city dweller.
See and Savor Emilia Romagna - traveling along the Via Emilia to visit a castle and experience the regional artisan food of Emilia Romagna attending a cooking class in Italy's Food Valley where pasta, parmigiano and prosciutto are legendary, with meal to follow. Staying in a country house you can visit an Etruscan-Celtic Museum to learn about the first taste travelers in Italy, play golf, hike or visit a caseificio (cheesemaker) in the Bolognese Hills with stop at an Italian outlet mall and Maranello to test drive a Ferrari!
See and Savor Toscana - with truffles, termes and traveling to Carmignano NW of Florence to visit the vineyards and olive orchards of an estate farm that has been making wine since the year 804 located on the grounds of a Medici Villa. Here we will have a rare chance to see the production of Vin Santo, a traditional Tuscan dessert wine. Stopping in Florence for Renaissance art and essences and a panoramic view of the city from the surrounding hills with a visit to the heart of Tuscany to a city designed by a Pope to taste pecorino cheese and buy artisan linens of exquisite quality.
*suggestions include accommodations in hotels and country inns and apartamenti, restaurants and picnic sites, cooking schools, wine estates and olive oil mills, museums,castles, shops and malls, churchs, archeological sites, attractions for recreation and study
Contact emarasco@cositutti.com at the Cositutti Group to arrange for a direct contact with your own italy taste and travel consultant who can help and advise you on all your Italian travel conundrums; from where to stay to what to wear, to learning the right amount of Italian to make your trip more than a "show and tell tour".
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