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TUSCANY, ITALY Italy is a dream that keep returning for the rest of your life. - Anna Akhmatova (Russian poet). Tuscany is one of Italy’s most beautiful areas, ideal for walking and hiking. In the North, the 6500ft high mountains are covered with forests of beech and chestnut trees. We will spend the first week in the village of San Marcello at the family-run ALBERGO IL CACCIATORE, which overlooks a forested valley and serves the best home-cooked Italian food. This week’s hikes will be on forest trails in the valley and along and over the mountaintops of Doganaccia and Abetone, two of Northern Tuscany’s premier ski regions. On non-hiking days, we’ll visit the walled city of Lucca as well as nearby Montecatini Terme. Tuscany is home to dozens of volcanic hot springs and Montecatini Terme is one of Italy’s foremost spa resorts. Bathing in these thermal waters is said to relax the mind and rejuvenate the body. To the south, the mountains become undulating hills covered with olive groves, sunflowers, vineyards and cypress trees interspersed with medieval towns and villages dating back to the 12th century. Our hikes in this area will take us to Poggibonsi, Certaldo and San Gimignano, noted for its “skyscrapers” dating back over 600 years. The hotel this second week is LA VECCHIA CARTIERA in the old (& new) town of Colle di Val d’Elsa from which Siena and Florence are just a short bus ride away. As this is Chianti country, one day will be spent visiting some local wineries by bus to sample their wines and olive oil.
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