Top Lucca Spring Break in 2026

We invite you to experience something unique: an exclusive cooking class directly at the Chef's home. Not just any class in an aseptic school, but a journey into the most authentic flavors, welcomed by the warmth of a real home kitchen. Here's what awaits you: Authentic dishes and ingredients of excellence: You will learn to cook using only very fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients. You will rediscover the value of simplicity and quality, transforming excellent raw materials into masterpieces of taste.

I am Simone Vergamini, "Best Sommelier of Tuscany 2023, 3rd place at the Best Sommelier of Italy 2018, 2021 and 2022. We can organize the tasting directly at your home or at the hotel where you are on holiday The experience always includes an introduction to wine tasting, the history of the territory and wineries. We will then move on to wine tasting accompanied by bread, cheese, cold cuts and oil from local production. These are wines selected from small producers, mainly organic certified, in love with their work and the territory. At the end of the tasting you can take the bottles home or to the hotel so you can enjoy them during the holiday.

A private day in the Apuan Alps, led by Andrea, an authorized environmental guide who is also your private driver. • Pick-up at your hotel or at the cruise terminal (La Spezia, Marina di Carrara or Livorno) • Fantiscritti, the "Michelangelo Quarry": Jeep tour inside an active marble quarry and up to panoramic viewpoints, with a local Jeep driver and a local quarry guide, plus the museum hall carved into the mountain • Andrea completes the local guides' explanations and shares stories about marble along the way • Colonnata: free time in the marble village, home of the famous Lardo di Colonnata (lunch at your own expense) • Wine tasting at Cà Lunae, a family-run winery in the Luni hills: 4 wines • Return to your hotel or ship (for cruise guests, always planned around your all-aboard time)

Visit a real, family-owned working winery in the heart of Gaiole in Chianti and experience authentic Tuscany up close. Learn about organic farming, sustainable living, and traditional winemaking, explore the vineyards and cellar, and enjoy a guided tasting of Poggio San Polo wines paired with local products and olive oil. This is a hands-on, immersive Chianti experience you won’t find anywhere else.

This tour includes a car at your disposal during the tour and a transfer to San Gimignano, where you’ll have free time to explore the beautiful medieval village of San Gimignano. Then transfer to a winery in the countryside where you’ll have a guided tour of the estate, a winery lunch in the cellar with local products (Lasagna or Tuscan Ribollita + Roasted meat with roasted potatoes and vegetables + Dessert with Cantuccini and Vinsanto) and a Wine & Olive Oil Tasting of 8 wines and oils with Appetizers (Tuscan cheeses and salami, Bruschetta and snack). After Lunch, 2 hrs free tour of Siena: its soaring skyline is its pride, dominated by the gothic cathedral (Duomo is one of the most spectacular in Italy and one of the few to have been built south of the Alps in full Gothic style) and the taut needle of the Torre del Mangia and yet the shell-shaped Piazza del Campo, probably captures the most attention and fame.

We will guide you on an exclusive journey to discover the flavors and aromas of our organic productions. Tasting our wines and olive oil is not only a sensory experience, but also a way to explore the culture and traditions of our land. Through a guided tasting path, you will appreciate the different characteristics of Inserrata wines and our extra virgin olive oil varieties, enjoying a unique sensory experience immersed in the Tuscan hills.

I am Simone Vergamini, "Best Sommelier of Tuscany 2023", 3rd place at the Best Sommelier of Italy 2018, 2021 and 2022, and it will be a pleasure to accompany you to discover the best wineries. During the journeys I will tell you the history of the area and its traditions, the vines and the peculiarities of the area. It will be a pleasure to answer your questions and I will put all my knowledge at your service so that you return home enriched. We will visit 2 beautiful wineries representative of the Bolgheri area (usually Chiappini and Grattamacco, alternatively Tenuta di Vaira and Le Novelire) and, after touching the vineyards and visiting the cellars, we will taste the wines produced in combination with local products. Between visits, a lunch based on typical local products in the heart of the beautiful village of Bolgheri (not included in the price). I love my job and constantly travel to discover the best wineries

Medieval towers but also the best ice cream of the world! If your dream is to discover all the hidden corners of a Tuscan city, this is your tour. I will pick you up with my professional van, and I will drive you through the hills of Tuscany until we will arrive at our destination. At every attraction, our driverguide will stop the van trying to offer you an exclusive and comfortable experience. Then, our driverguide will explain you everything he knows: it will be like watching the view from the eyes of a local. San Gimignano is a perfect example of Medieval village in the heart of Tuscany. You will be amazed by how this place can transport you in a very old age! One of the most important moment in a tour in Tuscany must be a good meal: let us organize you a special lunch tasting with some tuscan specialties, like finocchiona or pecorino cheese. Don't worry, we have always some surprises for you during our city tour!

Sample some of the bounty of the Tuscan hills with this 3-hour wine and food trip to Montecarlo from Lucca. Visit a winery in the Medieval village of Montecarlo, overlooking Val di Nievole. Taste local wines with cheese, cured meat, bread, and olive oil. Learn about life in the village from the owner or a guide.

This tour is including a car at your disposal during the tour, transfer to a beautiful winery in Montecarlo where you can taste 4 different types of wine. After the winery, free time to visit Montecarlo, a magical medieval town that is on top of a lone hill, with an amazing panorama. After the visit, the driver will take you on a different part of the countryside of Lucca to Experience a real Tuscan farm; Among the silence and the scent of the hills, the Farmhouse and its cellars are still intact, just as they were in the 1600’s. It’s in this setting that we want to invite you, where you can learn about our history and the products of the Farmhouse: a taste of the past in Tuscany. Here you will taste local cured meats and cheeses, a bruschetta, a typical first course ‘Lucchese’ dish, a tasting of the Farmhouse’s olive oil with slices of bread and a tasting of 5 of our wines from the Farmhouse . 5-hrs tour. Lunch included

Delve into a delicious journey with the head of Lucca’s olive oil academy during a small-group tastings tour. This immersive epicurean adventure is perfect for travelers seeking an authentic culinary experience. Set in a charming 18th-century apartment, you’ll begin by tasting the region’s top olive oils and wines. Then, continue with a freshly prepared meal with spectacular views overlooking the city’s medieval walls.

What we propose is a beautiful visit among its famous alleys and buildings, to enjoy this small medieval village that still today smells of history, ancient events, legends and much more! But since San Miniato is not only a land of history and truffles, but also of good wine, why not to taste some of the most delicious wines in some of the most famous wineries in our area to enjoy this delicious nectar? You will have the opportunity to taste the finest wines comfortably seated and to savor one of the typical experiences of our area! We are sure you will be fully satisfied, also because afterwards you can buy the wines that you liked the most, to bring home a tasty memory of our wonderful hills!