A late morning start is followed by a meeting with your guide in San Giovanni Valdarno to view the 15th-century masterpiece `Annunciation` by Beato Angelico and to close the visit you will have the opportunity to taste DOC and IGT wines plus various products from a farm in the area.
We continue to the Romanesque Pieve di Gropina and then on the way back to the Leonardoesqe landscape of the `Gioconda`and a stop at Ponte Buriano after we return to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
A buffet breakfast is on offer and then you head for Arezzo where you meet your guide and begin the tour with a visit to the Gothic Cathedral of San Domenico with its famous crucifix by Cimabue and then enter the house of Giorgio Vasari.
We break into the Piazza Grande to admire the medieval towers, the apse, plus the Romanesque bell tower of the Pieve, the Palazzo Della Confraternita and the Renaissance loggias by Vasari.
A complimentary lunch followed by a visit to the church of San Francesco with the entrance to the frescoes by Pietro della Francesca.
We break to taste local specialities including the delicious Tuscan olive oils in the Valdichiana.
Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
After a buffet breakfast, you meet with your guide to begin the tour of Castiglion Fiorentino and visit the archaeological museum of Pinacoteca plus the excavations of the Torre del Cassero and then on to see the archaeological park of Cortona and the tombs of the `Princes`and then into the town centre for lunch.
In the afternoon you will visit the museum of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona city followed by olive oil and wine tastings at a well renowned local farm
. Back to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Following a buffet breakfast, you depart for the medieval and renaissance villages of the Valdichiana with the first stop at Lucignano, with its fascinating elliptical shape and a visit to the town hall and civic museum, then to taste the famous extra virgin oil produced in the Chianina the Massif hills.
On to nearby Monte San Savino, with a guided tour in the historic renaissance centre, with the Loggia Dei Mercanti and the Massif Palazzo Comunale and see the Sanctuary of the Madonna Della Vertighe.
Following lunch and being in the Valle del Gigante Bianco we conclude the visit to savour and a tasting of the famous Chianina steak.
End of services and departure for return.
