Sea, art and flavours

Upon arrival at your airport of choice, meet with our driver and get privately transferred to the “Splendido” hotel in Portofino, where you will check-in and have time to start enjoying the splendid landscape.

Have breakfast at the hotel and enjoy a day at leisure to discover the idyllic views of this fairy-tale village, nestled in a hidden, secret cove. We recommend a walk, uphill but easy, from the famous “square” to the imposing “Castello Brown”, at the top of the promontory crest, which overlooks the entire bay.

After breakfast at the hotel, get ready for a private boat excursion in the Gulf of Tigullio, touching the lighthouse of Portofino, Paraggi, Santa Margherita and San Fruttuoso, where you can stop for lunch. It could also be possible to reach Camogli and Punta Chiappa. At the end of the boat ride, return to the hotel. We recommend dinner in a local restaurant. 

Have breakfast at the hotel, meet with our driver and depart for the Cinque Terre, the name used to indicate five picturesque seaside villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore) perched on a steep coast cultivated by the characteristic terraces , an environmental and cultural microcosm named UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the tour visit the inhabited centers with a private guide, sail by boat to admire the coast in all its solemnity and travel along the beautiful panoramic roads overlooking the sea. Return to the hotel and relax.

After breakfast at the hotel, meet with our driver and leave for Forte dei Marmi, on the Versilia coast. Arrive and check-in at the “Principe” hotel, enjoy lunch at leisure and in the afternoon meet with our driver and guide to go and visit Lucca, one of the main artistic towns of Tuscany; discover a perfectly preserved center, in which different layers overlap, from the Roman, testified by the fundamental center square of the Amphitheater, to the great medieval monuments, with the stupendous Cathedral of San Martino, and to the sixteenth-century walls, still intact. During the tour, have a taste of the “Buccellato”, a dessert prepared by a historic pastry shop, and take the opportunity to visit the “Giacomo Puccini House-Museum”. At the end of the day, return to the hotel and enjoy dinner at leisure in one of the many seafood restaurants of Forte dei Marmi.

Have breakfast at the hotel, meet with our driver and depart for a visit to the Carrara quarries, on the slopes of the Apuan Alps, where the precious white marble has been extracted since the Roman age. In a dazzling lunar-white mountain scenery, explore the mining basins, learn the history of the deposits and the excavation and transport techniques at the Cava Museo, and conclude your day in an artisan sculpture workshop.Return to the hotel and enjoy a dinner at leisure.

After breakfast at the hotel, enjoy a relaxing day at the seaside.

Have breakfast at the hotel and depart for the highest vineyard in Tuscany, with a tour inside the cellars and a wine tasting accompanied by typical products. Continue on to Pisa, with a visit to the city and its most famous monuments, in particular those gravitating to the Piazza del Duomo, or the Miracles, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Upon returning to the hotel, we recommend dinner in one of the many renowned restaurants of Forte dei Marmi.

Have breakfast at the hotel and get privately transferred to the airport of your choice.