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Una villa nel Chianti

Chianti, Siena & Val d'Orcia, Tuscany

Tuscan Gold: A Chianti Villa & Wine Country Escape

Jun 5 – 12, 2027 · 8 days · from $5,950 per person

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When
Jun 5 – 12, 2027
Length
8 days
Double room
$5,950 pp
Single room
$6,950
Deposit
$1,000 pp

Il viaggio

The journey

Eight days at a private villa in Chianti while the vineyards are green with early summer. Days out to Siena, San Gimignano and the Val d'Orcia, evenings at the villa with Fabio cooking.

  • A private villa in Chianti
  • Siena and San Gimignano
  • The Val d'Orcia
  • Evenings at the villa with Fabio cooking

See the day-by-day plan. Questions? Ask Fabio by email or WhatsApp.

Un giorno con Fabio

A day with Fabio

A view of green Tuscan hills framed by an ivy arch

Colazione

Slow breakfast at the villa, looking out over the hills. Nobody rushes you.

A fruit and vegetable stall hung with chilies and garlic at a Florence market

L'avventura

One outing a day with Fabio: a town, a market or a winery. Free afternoons are built in.

Guests around a long table with a checked tablecloth and wine glasses in a stone farmhouse

A tavola

Back at the long table. Fabio cooks, the wine is poured, and strangers become family.

Giorno per giorno

Day by day

Seven nights at our private villa in Chianti. One outing a day, free afternoons among the vines, and Fabio cooking at the villa every evening.

  1. Day1

    Sat, Jun 5

    Benvenuti in Chianti

    Fabio meets you at Florence airport and drives you into the Chianti hills to the villa. Unpack, take in the view, and toast the week ahead in the garden.

    At the table: Welcome dinner cooked by Fabio, with Chianti Classico

    Olive trees framing a hilltop church in Tuscany
  2. Day2

    Sun, Jun 6

    A Chianti morning

    A slow first morning at the villa, then a short drive to a family wine estate for a cellar tour and tasting of their Chianti Classico. Lunch at the fattoria table.

    At the table: Lunch at the fattoria

    Wine barrels in a Tuscan cellar
  3. Day3

    Mon, Jun 7

    Siena

    Siena's shell-shaped Piazza del Campo, the striped Duomo and the medieval lanes of the contrade. Free time for gelato and shopping, then home for a swim.

    At the table: Lunch in Siena

    An ivy-framed window in Tuscany
  4. Day4

    Tue, Jun 8

    Pasta day in the villa kitchen

    Fabio teaches you fresh pasta by hand, from pici to ravioli, and a Tuscan sugo to go with it. We eat what we make, long and slow, and the afternoon is yours.

    At the table: Lunch we cook together

    The wood oven, lit
  5. Day5

    Wed, Jun 9

    San Gimignano

    The town of towers, rising over the vineyards. Walk the walls, taste the local Vernaccia white wine, and try the famous gelato in the main square.

    At the table: Lunch in San Gimignano

    An old wine press
  6. Day6

    Thu, Jun 10

    Val d'Orcia

    Our big day out, through the cypress-lined roads of the Val d'Orcia, a UNESCO landscape. Stop in Pienza for pecorino straight from the source and in Montalcino for a glass of Brunello.

    At the table: Lunch in the Val d'Orcia

    A church on a Tuscan hilltop
  7. Day7

    Fri, Jun 11

    Florence

    A day in Florence with Fabio: the Duomo, Ponte Vecchio, the leather market and lunch at the Mercato Centrale. Then back to the villa for our long farewell dinner, with the best bottles saved for last.

    At the table: Lunch in Florence; farewell dinner at the villa

    Ponte Vecchio in Florence
  8. Day8

    Sat, Jun 12

    Arrivederci

    Breakfast together, then Fabio drives you to Florence airport. You came as guests and leave as family.

The order of days may shift with the weather and local festivals. Fabio will send the final plan before you travel.

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From Fabio's time in Tuscany

The group at a long lunch in a stone farmhouse dining room
Lunch at the fattoria
An oak barrel marked IGT Toscana Rosso 2013 in a stone cellar
Down in the cellar
An old wooden wine press planted with red geraniums
The old press
A wood fire burning in a brick oven
The wood oven, lit
A hilltop church seen through olive branches
Through the olive trees
Rolling green hills framed by an ivy arch above a garden pond
A window in the ivy
Brunelleschi's dome rising at the end of a Florence street
First sight of the Duomo
The Ponte Vecchio's shops hanging over the Arno
Ponte Vecchio
Tables set on the grass by the Arno, with the Ponte Vecchio behind
Lunch by the Arno
The Santa Trinita bridge over a calm Arno
The Arno, looking west
Hercules and Cacus with the copy of David in Piazza della Signoria
Piazza della Signoria
Giambologna's Rape of the Sabine Women in the Loggia dei Lanzi
The Loggia dei Lanzi
Medieval stone towers beside Orsanmichele
Medieval Florence
An iron street lantern on a stone wall
Lanterns and stone
The bronze Porcellino boar with its shiny rubbed snout
Rub his nose for luck
Leather bags hanging under the arches of the Mercato Nuovo
The leather market
A guest choosing between two leather bags in a shop
Decisions, decisions
Fruit and vegetable stalls in the Mercato Centrale
Mercato Centrale
Cups of fresh dragon fruit, mango, melon and pineapple at a market stall
A market snack

From a Tuscany guest

“From the moment you are picked up from the airport, you are treated like family. Chef Fabio creates wonderful dinners after specially curated day trips… You will return home with so many wonderful memories.”
Miriam H. · Tuscany & Rome, 2026 · More reviews

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Save your date: Tuscan Gold

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The $1,000 deposit is non-refundable; the balance is due 90 days before departure. By paying you agree to our Booking Terms.

Your details go to Fabio, and the deposit is paid on Stripe's secure page. Once you book, he'll invite you to your trip's private WhatsApp group for plans, tickets and meeting points.