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Tag: Tuscany

Lucca
Submitted by Untours Staff
on April 18, 2022 under FlorenceItalyTuscany

Beautiful Lucca, A Tuscan Gem

One of Tuscany’s wealthiest and most graceful cities, Lucca is a gem not to be missed. It’s worth a visit from your Untour in Florence or even our rural Tuscany Untour, based in the southern part of the region. Colonized…

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A guide to winetasting in Chant
Submitted by Andrea Szyper
on July 6, 2021 under ItalyTuscanyWine

Toasting the Chianti Valley: A Primer to Some of Tuscany’s Best Wine Villages

While our Tuscany Untour is in Brunello wine territory, the Chianti Valley is within easy day trip distance and offers another flavor of farm traditions, scenery, village life, and viniculture. If you love natural beauty, robust red wines, and hearty…

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Fiesole Florence day trip
Submitted by Andrea Szyper
on December 15, 2020 under FlorenceItalyTuscany

Fiesole: A Tuscan High Point

Missing Italy? Here’s a little glimpse of one of our favorite towns in Tuscany. A short taxi or bus ride from the city center of Florence, Fiesole doesn’t feel quite as ambitious as a day trip. Yet its history is…

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Semifreddo recipe
Submitted by Special Guest
on September 10, 2020 under Food and DrinkItalyRecipes & CookingTuscany

Cool Italian Classic: Tracy’s Semifreddo Recipe

Semifreddo is Italian for half-cold, and it is a favorite traditional dessert for warm weather. This is one of the dishes Tracy has taught in her online cooking classes, live from her kitchen in Tuscany. This recipe uses crunchy Torrone…

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Truffle hunt in Tuscany
Submitted by Untours Staff
on January 13, 2020 under CheesesFood and DrinkItalyTuscany

Truffle Hunt in Tuscany: A Wine & Food Untours Report

Tuscany is synonymous with wine and food tradition, an Epicurean streak running through the region’s history, economy, and daily life. Our Wine & Food Untour is a natural in the region, and truffles are a given for a fall food…

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Submitted by Andrea Szyper
on October 29, 2019 under AustriaBarcelonaGreeceIrelandNafplioScotlandSpainUncategorized

Our 2019 Untours Photo Contest Finalists

Our Untours Photo Contest was such a success last year, we have decided to keep it going. Please help us choose a winner for 2019! We’ve narrowed it down to the 12 finalists you see here. The winner will receive…

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Tuscany Untour reviews
Submitted by Andrea Szyper
on May 22, 2019 under ItalyTravel TipsTuscany

Trip Report: Tuscany Untour Reviews & Guest Tips

Our Tuscany Untour is a perennial favorite, and ranks among our most popular Untour destinations. It is hard to beat the views here in the Orcia Valley, south of Siena. With its stark rolling green hills, cypress trees, and vineyards,…

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staff support in Tuscany
Submitted by Andrea Szyper
on March 18, 2019 under Food and DrinkItalyTuscany

Q & A with Tracy Hyde, Host of Our Tuscany Untour

Tracy Louis Hyde has led our Tuscany Untour on the ground near Montalcino for a couple years now. She loves her work with us and is eager to share her region. She took some time to share some thoughts about…

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Harriet, late head of the Tuscany Untour
Submitted by Andrea Szyper
on December 17, 2018 under Tuscany

Remembering Harriet Gussoni, Tuscany Untour Leader

Our dear friend and colleague Harriet Gussoni passed away this year, on July 22. Harriet ran our Tuscany Untour on the ground in Italy since its beginning, in the early 90s until her recent retirement from her Untours work in…

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Montalcino on the Tuscany Untour
Submitted by Special Guest
on November 29, 2018 under Food and DrinkItalyTuscany

Joanne’s Sfratti Cookie Recipe, an Italian Tradition

Our loyal and frequent Untourist Joanne Choyka made a cool discovery last fall in Tuscany. This is a photo taken last fall in Pitigliano, in Tuscany. My grandparents immigrated from this town to the US in the early 1900’s. My…

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