{"id":18746,"date":"2014-02-23T02:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T02:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/under-the-tuscan-sun-and-into-italys-springtime-umbria\/"},"modified":"2014-02-23T02:03:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T02:03:00","slug":"under-the-tuscan-sun-and-into-italys-springtime-umbria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/02\/under-the-tuscan-sun-and-into-italys-springtime-umbria\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Tuscan sun and into Italy’s springtime Umbria"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THERE’S still an opportunity to join a 22-day small group tour of Italy’s enchanting Tuscany and Umbria in April and May of this year, a holiday that will go beyond the anticipated delights of these regions by getting participants into hidden-away and little-known gems that larger tour groups and their coaches are simply unable to access.<\/p>\n

And rather than three weeks of constant packing and unpacking, with this Springtime tour there’s a whole week based in historical Montecatini Terme, another on a farm in rural Umbria’s picturesque Montefalco region, and a third in the tiny hillside town of Pienza \u2013 all stays being in family-owned 3- and 4-star ensuited accommodations with breakfasts daily and most dinners, and with daily touring into surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

With full-time Australian tour leaders and local specialist guides, highlights include medieval villages, famed birthplaces including those of St Benedict and St Francis, wineries and art galleries, boutique potteries, and a cathedral whose marble floor took 200 years to complete\u2026 and superb dining throughout.<\/p>\n

Off the beaten track is also the chance to view the picturesque countryside from a-top a 325m high volcano, delve into ancient caves and the dramatic Etruscan-era Orvieto, explore Cortona made famous in the book and movie Under the Tuscan Sun, see hot springs dating-back to Roman times\u2026 and to ride a funicular railway.<\/p>\n

This unique 22-day tour begins and ends with pick-up and return to Rome International Airport and is priced from $7,645pp twin-share including family-owned 3- and 4-star ensuited accommodations with breakfasts daily, most dinners and with daily touring into surrounding areas; air travel to Rome is additional.<\/p>\n

Details (07) 3396 8652, (07) 3262 6332 or www.carolinasusi.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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THERE’S still an opportunity to join a 22-day small group tour of Italy’s enchanting Tuscany and Umbria in April and May of this year, a holiday that will go beyond the anticipated delights of these regions by getting participants into hidden-away and little-known gems that larger tour groups and their coaches are simply unable to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}