Winter walks & folks with an anthropologist
An off-season and unconventional trip, Elisa and I will take you "home" to taste the best food and meet our people: perhaps you have already been there, certainly never with us
Excursions, meetings, recipes and discoveries: a great little adventure in the heart of Chianti Classico. For those who want to deepen their knowledge of the area, for those who need real and authentic contact with the locals while walking.
This journey will take place in autumn... the season that comes after the harvest, the season of rest with the preparations for the winter. The season of stories next to a fireplace, truths, secrets and magic. To me, a unique opportunity to open the doors of my "home" to those who have the eyes and the soul to truly observe and listen.
We will try to unveil today's Chianti, to discover the origin of its undeniable charm and its poor and harsh past. To better understand its wine and its sincere, rustic, truthful, welcoming people.
It will be a four days tour dedicated to simplicity: the walks will be simple; the food that we will eat and prepare together guided by Elisa's expert hands, will be simple and genuine; it will be easy to be together with the people we will meet, who will host us, who will tell us their stories.
Warning: these 4 days are very dangerous, whoever comes to Chianti ends up not wanting to leave.
Prices include
- Hiking and tour guide service
- Cultural anthropologist in tow
- Secretarial and registration service for the trip
- All overnight stays
- All breakfasts and dinners prepared by Elisa
- Opportunity to cook together with our cook and .pdf file of recipes
- Meeting, visit and tasting in Pacina with Giovanna
- Meeting with Beppe with visit and tasting at the cantina sociale di Geggiano winery
- Meeting and visit to Lorenzo's kitcken farm
- Meeting and visit to Duccio's spice production
- Medical-baggage insurance (you will receive a specification on insurance following registration)
- V.A.T.
Supplemental charges
- The travel to/from the meeting point
- Transfers by participants' own cars
- Drinks and extras during included dinners
- Packed lunches
- Tourist tax to be paid locally
- Trip cancellation insurance with possibility of Pandemic insurance policy extension (Covid 19). Can be taken out at the time of registration
- Anything not specifically mentioned under "Prices include"
Meeting point
Plan
It will be a 4-day journey full of encounters and surprises through the past and present:
- 1st day - The Berardenga, the parish churches and the Pacina farm with Giovanna - 11 kilometers
- Day 2 - In the heart of Chianti - Lecco and the terraced gardens of Lorenzo - 11 kilometers
- Day 3 - The historic villas in Chianti and Beppe's Second World War - 10 kilometers
- Day 4 - Fonterutoli: the Etruscans of Poggino and the spices of Duccio di Tregole- 7 kilometers
Please note: the final schedule for the 4-day trip will be published about two months before the trip starts, when the availability of the various people/companies we are going to meet is clear.
See details at this link.
