Weekend in Tuscany: 1 night in Vinci Guided tours, tastings and history

Code: 3ITN4322

Discovering the medieval village following in the footsteps of Leonardo as a child

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  • WHERE: Vinci (FI)
  • DURATION: 2 giorni / 1 notte
  • AVAILABILITY: All the year
  • GUIDE: Tourist and museum guide
  • MEALS: Bed and breakfast
  • PASSPORT: NO


€ 190.00

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Your package

  • Birth of a Genius: Explore Vinci
  • Leonardian Museum: Treasures of Leonardo
  • Tuscany tasting: Wines & Grill

Vinci, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, is famous in the world for being the birthplace of Leonardo and here everything speaks of the Genius, the house where the Leonardian Museum was born, one of the largest and most original collections dedicated to the multiple interests of Leonardo the technologist, architect, scientist, painter. In the surrounding area, the fertile lands of Montalbano oil and wine can be explored in a panoramic view worth photographing.

Tasting of Tuscan wines, cheeses, extra virgin olive oil and the famous Brigidino from nearby Lamporecchio and finally an unforgettable Tuscan grill!


ACTIVITY:

Guided tour of the Borgo di Vinci - Church of Santa Croce and Baptismal Font
Multimedia visit to the Museum dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci with exhibition FORBIDDEN DO NOT TOUCH!
Cheese tasting with visit to the stable in an organic farm
Tasting of 2 wines & Tuscan grill
  
PLAN:

Arrival at Vinci Welcome Welcome! 
We will begin the guided tour by retracing the steps of Leonardo da Vinci as a child in his birthplace. 
Guided visit to the Baptismal Font in the church of Santa Croce where Leonardo was baptized. Visit Piazza Guidi to admire the large wooden sculpture of the Vitruvian Man by Mario Ceroli, which interprets the Renaissance principle of man as the measure of all things, which has become the symbol of the city of Vinci and its indissoluble bond with Leonardo.


Multimedia visit to the Museum dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci "The universe of Leonardo da Vinci at the time of the Medici family". From 1452 to 1482, 30 years of his life in Vinci, from his childhood to his training in Florence in Verrocchio's workshop, rediscovering THE LEONARDESCHI belonging to the Hermitage collections and the MYSTERIES on unpublished paintings until his meeting with the Great Family Fiorentina of the Medici.
Customs, Customs, Lifestyle: Etiquette of the Renaissance era and beyond!
11:00 am 10 minute transfer with your own car on the slopes of Monte Albano, to an organic farm. 
Visit to the stable with a detailed explanation of the production of the different types of Tuscan cheeses and dairy products made on the farm. Visit to the company oil mill with relative description of the production phases. In the stone farmhouse dating back to 1700 where tradition, modernity, ecology and well-being intertwine. 
Sheep and olive trees, which coexist in symbiosis and give rise to products transformed in the company's dairy and oil mill. 
The supply chain is born and ends in the company itself; cheeses, yogurt, ricotta and organic EVO oil are the basis of a menu that expresses all its belonging to the territory at the farm's stable and dairy in a context of 17 hectares made up of olive trees, pasture and woods. 
Tasting of the company's cheeses and extra virgin olive oil
Shopping in the Casario shop.
Free time available 

7.30pm Tuscan barbecue dinner

Things to know

Services included

1 overnight stay in a farmhouse inn double room - breakfast included
 Welcome

 Cheese tasting 
 Visit to the stable and the oil mill
 Tasting of 2 glasses of wine and Tuscan grill

Services excluded

Medical Insurance 
Drinks 
Tourist tax to be paid on site
Single supplement