Treasures of Tuscany Walking Holiday

Treasures of Tuscany Walking Holiday with Sherpa Expeditions

Sherpa Expeditions walks through the gentle landscape of Tuscany take you through a countryside that is timeless. Tuscany is a region well suited to a walking pace and there is much to absorb. Here are some of the best preserved medieval towns in Europe with their Romanesque and gothic churches and buildings. We walk through a varied countryside of rolling hillsides, vineyards, olive groves and forests alive with colour. Tuscany offers many gastronomic delights: pecorino cheese, wild boar and porcini mushrooms to name but a few. It is also Chianti wine country with several wine tasting opportunities.

Linking some of the Tuscan hilltop towns, we start in the old Etruscan town of Volterra, where you can see the Roman Theatre and Pallaza Priori and enjoy a warm up walk from the village of Pignano. We spend two nights in Volterra and then our trail leads off through forested hills, occasionally crowned with stone farmhouses, olive groves and vineyards.

We visit San Gimignano noted for its famous towers and often called Tuscany’s Manhattan but it is perhaps the best preserved medieval town in Italy, We wend our way from here through intensive farmland and quiet woods to Colle Val D’Elsa.

From Colle, we take farm tracks and white roads, ‘Strada Bianca’, which lead us on to Monteriggioni, a medieval fortress town. From there we pass through thick holm oak forest to the village of San Columba and then by local bus on to Siena, the archetypal Tuscan city.

You can extend your stay by taking the 11 day tour which takes you through the heart of the Chianti vineyards and a landscape that will be familiar from the old paintings you have already seen along your route. It hasn’t changed very much. Finishing in Panzano, we transfer by bus to Florence for a final night in the Tuscan capital, a great place for art lovers and romantics of all ages.

Inn to Inn 7 or 11 days
Duration: 6 nights/7 days or 10 nights/11 days

Tour Code: JTT

Grade: Easy to Moderate

Day Stages: Minimum 8km, max 20km.

SELF-GUIDED Dates 2010
Start any day April - November

7 Day ESCORTED Dates 2010
Group Size: Min 4, max 15, plus trek leader
EJTT19 Wed 19 May - Tue 25 May
EJTT04 Mon 4 Oct - Sun 10 Oct

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