From an Italian kitchen
06/11/2018 · By Lorna Heatley
Italy. It’s one of the best countries to go to in the whole world for food.
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2024 Tour code: TUS24
About the tour
Savour the gorgeous colours, aromas and flavours of Tuscany on a holiday that highlights the true beauty of the region. Discover the great Renaissance city of Florence, taste wines and dine at an enchanting castle in the Chianti Classico area, explore striking Siena, the medieval hill town of San Gimignano and circle beautiful Lucca on a gentle bike ride along its ancient walls - experiencing fabulous views across the terracotta rooftops.
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Itinerary
We meet our Tour Manager and fellow travellers at London St Pancras, where we join the Eurostar service to Paris. Travelling in style in spacious Standard Premier Class, we're served a light lunch at our seats. Changing trains, we continue by First Class rail to Chambéry. After a short break in this attractive French city, we board a comfortable coach for a beautiful journey through the Alps. Enroute, we enjoy stops to absorb the incredible views of towering, alpine peaks, before arriving in Turin where we spend the night. We have our first dinner together in this handsome Italian city.
Some departures dates will have a different itinerary on this day due to Italian engineering works - click here to see affected dates
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4.2 / 5 · 139 reviews
Colin Rowell
Submitted 06 Nov 2023
Well managed and enjoyable experience
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Janet
Submitted 06 Nov 2023
Really lovely holiday.Well organised and good value for money. Would highly recommend.
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Janet Croft
Submitted 01 Nov 2023
Overall OK, but far too much time on buses. For example, we could have stayed at San Gimignano & travelled to Sienna from there, saving 4 hours on a bus. Overlong guided tours with too little time before the bus left the venue. For example in Florence I wanted to visit Boboli Gardens but by the time the guide had finished there was too little time before the bus left. An excellent guide, David Morrisroe, dealt with some potentially serious problems like rail strikes. landslides & bomb scares very calmly & efficiently. He actually salvaged the tour.
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Kenneth Roberts
Submitted 01 Nov 2023
There were many great highlights.
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Carolyn Madeley
Submitted 30 Oct 2023
This was our first trip with Great Rail Journeys. We were impressed with the tour manager who was very friendly and very knowledgeable of the local area. The hotel we stayed in was superb. We will certainly think about booking another trip with Great Rail Journeys next year.
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Michael Saunders
Submitted 25 Oct 2023
The tour was very well organised with excellent transport arrangements, very good choice of hotels conveniently placed for reaching stations and sites. The tour manager was exceptional probably among the best I have encountered, knowledgeable, helpful and ever present to soothe anxious travellers
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