Grand Tour of Tuscany - The 5 Senses 2026-27

Day-by-day itinerary

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1. 1Day 1Rome > Cortona “the most beautiful village in Tuscany” – Arezzo, 240 km

   Departure from Rome – lunch on your own – guided visit of Cortona, a town rich in monuments of great historical and cultural interest where Etruscan and medieval art hold sway, among them Piazza della Repubblica with the 12th-century Town Hall, Piazza del Duomo with the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, and the Diocesan Museum – in the evening, check-in at the hotel in Arezzo – dinner at the hotel – after dinner, Arezzo by night with private coach and tour leader: walking tour through the historic center – overnight stay.

2. 2Day 2Arezzo “an elegant and ancient city” & Montepulciano “between the…

   Val di Chiana and the Val d’Orcia”, 100 km. Breakfast at the hotel – full-day guided excursion – visit of Arezzo (the cathedral, the Medici Fortress, Petrarch’s House, Piazza Grande, the Vasari Loggia, the Church of Santa Maria della Pieve, Piazza San Francesco, the Church of San Francesco with one of Piero della Francesca’s most famous works, The Legend of the True Cross, and the Roman amphitheater) and of Montepulciano (an ancient Etruscan hill town that reached its height during the Renaissance; its historic center, ringed by 4th-century walls, unfolds as a succession of elegant palaces and churches, culminating in Piazza Grande with the Palazzo del Capitano, seat of the Town Hall, and the cathedral) – traditional lunch at a restaurant – tasting of local specialties – free time for shopping – return to the hotel in Arezzo in the evening – dinner at the hotel – after dinner, walking tour with your tour leader – overnight stay.

3. 3Day 3Val D’Orcia “the eighth wonder of the world, a UNESCO World Heritage…

   Site” – Pienza “the ideal city” – San Quirico D’Orcia “a fairytale setting” – Montalcino “home of Brunello”, 190 km. Breakfast at the hotel – full-day guided excursion – visit of Pienza, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (the ideal city imagined and built by the humanist Pope Pius II, a small jewel set among the gentle hills of the Val d’Orcia, with its splendid square, its history-laden palaces, winding lanes and romantic views), of San Quirico d’Orcia (an ancient Etruscan village on the Via Francigena, immersed in an almost fairytale landscape of vineyards and olive groves, standing high on its hill among beautiful rocky outcrops and medieval parish churches) and of Montalcino (walking tour through the medieval village of military origin, famous the world over for its wine) – traditional lunch at a restaurant – tasting of DOC wines – return to the hotel in Arezzo in the evening – dinner at the hotel – after dinner, walking tour with your tour leader – overnight stay.

4. 4Day 4Arezzo – Siena – San Gimignano “the Manhattan of the Middle Ages”…

   Lucca, 200 km. Breakfast at the hotel – full-day guided excursion – Siena, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (the Basilica of San Domenico, the cathedral, the crypt, the baptistery, the Piccolomini Library, Piazza del Campo and the Torre del Mangia – exterior only) – tasting of traditional sweets – traditional lunch at a restaurant – visit of San Gimignano, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (tour of the historic center of the city of towers: Piazza della Cisterna, Vicolo dell’Oro, Piazza del Duomo, the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta) – arrival at the hotel in Lucca in the evening – dinner at the hotel – free evening, tour leader at your disposal – overnight stay.

5. 5Day 5Versilia & The Apuan Alps “Colonnata lardo, Carrara marble and the…

   beaches of Versilia”, 180 km. Breakfast at the hotel – full-day guided excursion – visit of Carrara (Piazza Alberica, the Cathedral of Sant’Andrea, the Teatro degli Animosi, the Floating Stone fountain in Piazza d’Armi), Colonnata (a village full of character in the heart of the Apuan Alps, famous for Carrara white marble and for the delicious Lardo di Colonnata), Forte dei Marmi (its elegant seafront) and Viareggio (walking tour along the pier and a tour of its Liberty-style architecture) – traditional lunch at a restaurant – tasting of DOC wines – return to the hotel in Lucca in the evening – dinner at the hotel – after dinner, Lucca by night with private coach and tour leader: walking tour through the historic center – overnight stay.

6. 6Day 6Livorno “the city of Modigliani and of the Italian Communist Party”…

   & Pisa “the Leaning Tower”, 100 km. Breakfast at the hotel – full-day guided excursion – visit of Livorno (walking tour of the historic center and the places tied to Modigliani: Piazza del Municipio, the Teatro San Marco in the Venezia district, the octagonal Church of Santa Caterina, the lanes and bridges overlooking the Medici canals, the Mercato delle Vettovaglie) – traditional lunch at a restaurant – in the afternoon, guided visit of Pisa (walking tour through the city center: Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, Corso Italia, the Logge dei Banchi, Lungarno Mediceo, Piazza dei Cavalieri and Piazza dei Miracoli with its UNESCO-listed monuments: the Leaning Tower, the baptistery, the cathedral and the Camposanto) – return to the hotel in Lucca in the evening – dinner at the hotel – free evening, tour leader at your disposal – overnight stay.

7. 7Day 7Lucca – Florence “Palazzo Pitti”, 90 km

   Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, guided visit of Lucca (the Church of San Francesco, Piazza dell’Anfiteatro, the Basilica of San Frediano, Palazzo Pfanner, the city’s Renaissance walls, Piazza Napoleone and the Palazzo Ducale, the Cathedral of San Martino) – traditional lunch at a restaurant – in the afternoon, guided visit of the Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti (Palazzo Pitti holds some of Florence’s most important museums: on the first floor is the Palatine Gallery, with a vast collection of 16th- and 17th-century painting, alongside the Royal Apartments furnished with 19th-century period pieces. On the ground and mezzanine floors is the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, also known as the Silver Museum, home to the Medici family’s great collection of precious objects. The Gallery of Modern Art occupies the top floor and holds an outstanding collection of paintings, including works by 19th- and 20th-century Tuscan artists. In the Palazzina del Cavaliere, set apart from the palace within the Boboli Gardens, is the Porcelain Museum, while the Palazzina della Meridiana houses the Museum of Fashion and Costume, known as the Costume Gallery, whose garments and fashion pieces trace the last 300 years of style) and of the UNESCO-listed Boboli Gardens – dinner at a gourmet restaurant – free evening, tour leader at your disposal – overnight stay.

8. 8Day 8Florence “the UNESCO-listed historic center”

   Breakfast at the hotel – full day devoted to a guided walking tour of Florence’s UNESCO-listed historic center (the Basilica of Santa Croce and the Pazzi Chapel, Piazza della Signoria, the Loggia dei Lanzi, Palazzo Vecchio, the Baptistery of San Giovanni and Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, the San Marco Museum with frescoes by Fra Angelico) – free time – traditional lunch at a restaurant – dinner at a traditional restaurant – after dinner, Florence by night: panoramic minibus tour with your tour leader (Piazzale Michelangelo, San Miniato al Monte, Scandicci, the Certosa, Fiesole) – overnight stay.

9. 9Day 9Florence “the Uffizi Gallery” – Rome, 280 km

   Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, guided visit of the UNESCO-listed Uffizi Gallery (the gallery occupies the entire first and second floors of the great building raised between 1560 and 1580 to a design by Giorgio Vasari: it is one of the most famous museums in the world for its extraordinary collections of ancient sculpture and of painting from the Middle Ages to the modern era. Its 14th-century and Renaissance holdings include some of the absolute masterpieces of all time, with works by Giotto, Simone Martini, Piero della Francesca, Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Mantegna, Correggio, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Caravaggio, as well as masterpieces of European painting, above all German, Dutch and Flemish) – lunch on your own – free time for shopping – departure in the afternoon for the return journey – arrival in the evening. Please note: the scheduled visits may be rearranged among the various days depending on museum opening hours or operational requirements, but the program itself remains unchanged.