Quality Package Villa Scannelli

Saturday

Arrival with private transfer
Arrival at Rome or Florence International Airport and meeting with your personal tour leader.
(On request private transfer also from other airports or location).
Private Transfer in GT coach to VILLA SCANNELLI.
Accommodation in villa, welcome drink and time for relax.
Welcome dinner in Villa.

Sunday

Full day at leisure.

Breakfast in Villa with leisure time at your disposal.
Bus or minibus with driver at your disposal.

During this first day we really suggest you visit "The Mall". A shopping day in one of the most popular Outlet in Tuscany where you can find 'Grandi firme' and shop savings of up 70% well known labels can be found such as Prada, D&G, Ungaro, Gucci; Tod's, Valentino shops and so on are present on site.

Light lunch and dinner in villa.

Monday – MONTALCINO

Breakfast in villa.

This daily excursion will allow you to enjoy a day of relax in the midst of nature, religion, art and wellness. After breakfast you will depart with your tour guide/leader to Montalcino for you wine tasting passing through Bagno Vignoni, with a short stop at San Quirico D'Orcia for a pleasant walk in the historical centre, then you will have the chance to visit the spa of Bagno Vignoni, characterized for its unspoilt structure. The town square isn't as one would imagine as the water flows at 52°C.

The main pool is in the centre of the town, closed on three sides by a one and a half meter walls, surrounded by various buildings where Santa Caterina of Siena once stayed. Lunch will be reserved for you in a typical restaurant or farm (On request you can book lunch with a tasting session at "trattoria dei Banfi" which is part of the "Castello dei Banfi" with a particular menu). Going towards Montalcino you will visit a vineyards and cellar where you will have a wine tasting of Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino wine with tasting of typical products. Brunello is probably our best trade mark abroad. This wine is of extremely high quality, winning numerous awards and in particularly appreciated by wine experts. It is produced exclusively in the area of Montalcino, where the combination of three essentials elements, the height, exposure to the sun and the type of land, provides the setting for the perfect ripeness of the grapes and the production of Brunello. In the afternoon the tour continues to Abbazia di Sant'Antimo where you will hear the melody of the Gregorian chants.

Dinner in Villa.

Tuesday - COOKING CLASS IN VILLA

Breakfast and light lunch in villa.

Leisure time at your disposal .

Afternoon - Cooking class in villa during which you will prepare, with the help of the chef, your own dinner enjoying the flavour of typical dishes.

Wednesday - FULL DAY AT LEISURE

Breakfast in villa.

You can relax and enjoy your villa or choose one of the suggested wine trails or daily excursions in Tuscany or Umbria.

Check list of wine trails
List of daily excursions

These excursions should be booked as extra’s at the time of booking.

Dinner in Villa.

Thursday - MONTEPULCIANO AND PIENZA

Breakfast in villa.
This delightful down-hill walk is the perfect introduction to the artistic treasures of the charming birthplace of great Renaissance thinker and poet, Angelo Poliziano. Meet your expert authorized local guide and begin the visit at the austerely elegant Santa Maria dei Servi. Then make your way through the city gates and to the sober Duomo where you will enjoy the magnificent Gothic altar retablo and majolica works of the della Robbia brothers.

Proceed to the stately Piazza Grande where the most impressive palazzi of the town can be admired. It is the ideal and monumental centre of Montepulciano. It is one of the most beautiful squares of the minor towns which keep in silence recollections of past magnificence and high civilization. The square is boarded by important buildings: the Cathedral with its unfinished facade; on the left the unfinished Bell Tower dating back to the second half of the XV century. And The Town Hall with its beautiful mid tower dates back to the XVI Century and recalls, at large, Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. It is a simple building with Guelph merlons and solid corbels. Then saunter along the main street; located along the top of a narrow ridge, Montepulciano snakes down the slope with virtually a single street – short side streets usually terminating in vertiginous drops. As such, all of the great families located their residences along this thoroughfare which today forms a veritable parade of fine noble architecture.

Montepulciano has many buildings and churches of architectonic interest: Palazzo Cappelli with frescoes by F. Zuccari at the entrance, the large threefold arcade of Loggia del Mercato, attributed to Scalza, Palazzo Cervini desined by Antonio da Sangallo the Old; Palazzo Cagnoni attributed to Vignola; the Seminary Palace close to which there is the Church of Jesus Christ designed by Andrea Pozzo in the XVII century. Palazzo Avignonesi which is attributed to Vignola and dates back to the XVI century. Close to the building you can admire the Baroque Church of St.Bernard, wanted by the Jesuit Father Andrea Pozzo. In front of Palazzo Avignonesi there is the late-Renaissance Palazzo Tarugi. This building is also attributed to Vignola. Other Renaissance palaces board Via Roma: Palazzo Cocconi-Del Pecora, designed by Antonio da Sangallo, Palazzo Buccelli which presents at its basis frontages of Etruscan cinerary urns and tablets with Etruscan and Latin inscriptions. Palazzo Del Monte (today Contucci), Palazzo Nobili (today Tarugi) attributed to Antonio da Sangallo the Old, Palazzo Benincasa with the bust of Gian Gastone dei Medici in the portal. During the walk in the town you will have the opportunity to visit to a mosaic school/workshop and to a copper-ware manufacture. After having visited the town, you get to Madonna di San Biagio by Antonio di Francesco Giamberti, known as Antonio da Sangallo the Old. It was consacrated by Pope Clement VII in 1529. It rises in open country and was built on the remains of the ancient parish church of St. Blaise where, according to the tradition, the painting of Our Lady was seen moving her eyes. It presents a Greek-cross plan surmounted by a dome and with four equal wings. In the south wing there is a semicircular sacristy, whereas on both sides of the northern wing there are two bell towers, one of which is the beautiful well with its curved line is like the well in Piazza Grande.

In the afternoon the visit continues towards Pienza, where you will have the opportunity to taste and buy the delicious Pecorino cheese, very well know in Pienza. If interested you can stop in a factory in the area where Pecorino cheese is made.

Dinner in villa.

Friday - MONTE OLIVETO ABBEY AND BAGNO VIGNONI

Breakfast in Villa.

This daily excursion will allow you to enjoy a day of relax in the midst of nature, religion, art and wellness. After breakfast you will depart with your tour guide/leader to Monte Oliveto Maggiore where you will visit Abbazia territoriale, founded in the 300’s in a oasis with rapid and steep calanque (forms of land which were once submerged in seawater).

The church was built in the 400’s where the chapel still holds alfresco’s from the renaissance period of San Benedetto, produced by Luca Signorelli and Sodoma. Of notable interest are the bibliographical collections still held in the old convent. In the early afternoon you will depart for Bagno Vignoni, with a short stop at San Quirico D’Orcia, whilst going for a pleasant walk in the historical centre, you will stop for lunch in one of the typical town restaurants. Finally in the afternoon you will have the chance to visit the spa of Bagno Vignoni, characterised for its unspoilt structure. The town square isn’t as one would imagine as the water flows at 52°. The main pool is in the centre of the town, closet on three sides by a one and a half meter wall, surrounded by various buildings where Santa Caterina of Siena once stayed

Farewell dinner.

Saturday – DEPARTURE WITH PRIVATE TRANSFER

Breakfast and private transfer to Rome or Florence International Airport.

(On request private transfer also to other airports or final destination).

Price List Per Person

PRICE INCLUDES:

• Private transfer from airport to the villa by GT coach
• Private transfer from villa to airport by GT coach
• Bus or minibus at your disposal for your entire stay with private driver
• Tour leader at your disposal for your entire stay
• 7 breakfasts in villa
• 1 welcome drink and 1 welcome dinner
• 6 in house chef for lunch and dinner in villa as started in the program
• 1 cooking lesson with dinner
• 1 farewell dinner
• 3 lunches in restaurant during excursions as stated in your program
• Wine tasting in wineries as stated in the program
• Accommodation in villa in double or twin bedrooms, respecting the typology of the villa
• Linen and towel change twice a week
• 4 hours of cleaning twice a week
• All taxes, VAT and fees

PRICE NOT INCLUDES:

All the extras, drinks and what is not stated above or is described as free.

Extra cleaning or extra linen, if required, should be paid directly to the owner at the villa as well as heating if necessary.

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