Breakfast and morning ride (about two and a half hours) with your English-speaking guide Eraldo through vineyards, olive-groves and woodland, passing near an 18th-century villa and a 14th-century church. On your return go to a local hostelry for your Sunday lunch. Walk home for a cup of tea and then join your host for a hilarious lesson in Italian pronunciation which will prove useful over the following days. Choose your pizza pronouncing all the ingredients correctly and enjoy it for dinner, followed by cantuccini, a Tuscan almond-flavored biscuit, dipped in vinsanto, a delicious dessert wine.

Breakfast and morning ride with breathtaking views of the Valdarno valley and frequent canters through the vineyards.

After lunch, visit to the farm of Alessandro to discover how Tuscan pecorino cheese is made (and to taste it of course!), followed by wine tasting at Fattoria Casabianca, with Aldo’s top quality wine and award-winning Vin Santo. Dinner at home.

 Day ride with Eraldo in the Chianti hills south of Rendola.  You will pass the medieval village of San Leolino, the Castle of Cennina, a pretty lake and then have a picnic nearby. Back home past the Castle of Lupinari with frequent canters. Dinner at Jenny’s home. 

A free day to laze around or to make your own arrangements for sightseeing, perhaps to visit Florence (which Jenny knows well and will gladly show you the main sites, there are both culture and shopping opportunities galore!) Or you can visit one of the hill-towns in the area, Arezzo, Assisi, Cortona or Orvieto, take your pick. All four are a direct train journey from Montevarchi and you will be driven to the station and back. Dinner at Jenny’s home. 

Breakfast, followed by a visit to the local street market, with typical Italian food, “porchetta”, cheese and fresh vegetables for your lunch.

In the afternoon, after a short ride (one hour and half), a short walk to a local farmhouse to sample some homemade jams and visit the “Museo della civiltà contadina” (Museum of Rural Culture).Dinner at home.

Breakfast, followed by a final day-ride (approx 5 h riding throughout the day) with a stop to visit the typical medieval village of Montegonzi, with a light lunch at the local “osteria”.

In the afternoon, leisurely ride home to Rendola for a rest and a nice cup of English tea, in the sitting room with your hostess .

In the evening, a special farewell dinner.

Breakfast and short journey to Montevarchi station to meet the train, back to Florence or Rome.

Note: our programs have a degree of flexibility for your own leisure, and some details may change due to weather or specific events such as grape harvest.