MAREMMA Magic! - The Unbridled Beauty of Tuscany's West Country : Sept 22-29, 2025

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Lisa is very pleased to announce the MAREMMA Magic!

This is a spirited and eclectic 8-day itinerary includes a Micheline-starred accommodation. Your  luxurious Executive Jr. Suite (with private garden) is set on a stunning and expansive property of secular olive trees, swimming pools and walking trails. Guided visits to a dizzying kaleidoscope of colorful mosaic sculptures; a visit and tasting to family-owned organic winery; Tuscan Cowboys;  basking in natural crystalline thermal waters (pictured); Etruscan caves and tombs below, stunning Medieval hilltop towns above. And the best wine tour your have ever had. 

 Note: There is no horseback riding on this itinerary! 

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MAREMMA Magic! The Wild West of Tuscany

SEPT. 22-29, 202524

8-day luxury adventure.

Trip Price $5,300.

For more info:  info@slowtravelwithLIsa.com

10-guest limit. Your deposit saves your spot.

Don't let being single stop you for traveling with us! 

Single guests are made very welcome. Supplemental Fee may apply.

Trip meet-up and departure point is Grosseto, Italy.

Maremma Magic! provides guests a wide range of experiences: a wondrous outdoor, interactive sculpture garden; the Legendary Italian cowboys;  Renaissance revelers, Etruscan caves; gorgeous medieval hill towns; Micheline 2-star dining; luxuriating in stunning natural terraced thermal spa waters, fabulous wine tours & tastings, and so much more! 

Note: There is no horseback riding on this itinerary! 

WHAT'S INCLUDED: 

 Trip meet-up and departure point is Grosseto, Italy. 

In addition to breakfast each morning, 4 lunches, 4 dinners, two wine tastings with pairings.

FOUR NIGHTS in an agriturismo with pool surrounded in green and Tuscan vineyards. 

THREE NIGHTS on a palatial Winery Resort, outside of Montemerano.

During our FOUR-NIGHT stay just outside Capalbio, Italy:  

• Guided visit: Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, brainchild of a French American feminist artist Niki de Saint Phalle. This is something so wonderful that it cannot be described. Wonder, whimsy, and inspiration awaken your inner-child as you meander this expansive and garden of giant, mosaic sculptures made from ceramics, concrete, and mirrors. Walk through a setting of green trees as you learn the incredible story of the artist and her team of local maremmani, who dedicated 20 years to realize her kaleidoscopic vision. 
• Guided walk: the enchanting walled hill town of Capalbio with a visit to the Torre Aldobrandeschi, composer Puccini's sanctuary + free time + tasting of local, artisan liqueurs
• The best organic wine tour & tasting that you will ever have.
• A morning visit to one of Tuscany's first bio-agriturismi with an encounter with i butteri the legendary cowboys of Italy. Become acquainted with their culture, history, plus the particular breeds of horse, cattle and dog. Followed by a cowboy's traditional lunch.
• Free time to explore the cowboy's seaside and umbrella pine forest.
• Toast adventures to come with a crisp glass of prosecco & Welcome Dinner
• Plus so much more

THREE NIGHTS on a family-owned wine resort just outside the gorgeous Medieval hill town of Montemerano, voted amongst the Top 10 Most Beautiful Villages in all of Italy. 

Highlights include for these three days: 

• Wine Tour & Tasting with pairings - with resident sommelier
• Luxuriate in Mother Nature's masterpiece, the  Cascate dei Mulini in Saturnia (add-on activity)
• Guided visit to fascinating Pitigliano, a medieval hill town built upon magnificent cliffs of yellow tuff + free time to explore.
• Guided visit to Sovana's Etruscan ruins, site of renowned tomb Ildebranda
• Our time together culminates with a fabulous Arrivederci, Maremma!  Dinner with live music.

Travel with us. Forge new friendships. Engage in Italian life- all with your personal language coach and interpreter by your side. 

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 

• Experience Italy like an insider, with your own personal interpreter 
• 10-guest limit ensures relaxing travel and great conversation, personal attention and special access
• Travel with your own personal language interpreter, language coach & guide
• Opportunities to speak italiano with Lisa's friends
• Discover hidden cultural gems that even the locals aren't familiar with!
• Enjoy meeting the locals. 
• Encounter with UNESCO-recognized culture of cowboys. 
• Transportation + Driver for majority of the group’s activities
• All guided activities 
• Welcome booklet outlining the daily activities and itinerary

Price does not include airfare or the nominal city tax (2-4 euro / person/ night)

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MAREMMA Magic! The Wild West of Tuscany (1 room left)

SEPT. 22-29, 2025

8-day luxury adventure.

Book now: info@SlowTravelwithLisa.com

10-guest limit. Your deposit saves your spot.

Don't let being single stop you for traveling with us! 

Single guests are made very welcome.

Supplemental Fee may apply.

Maremma Magic! provides Lisa's fun-lovin' guests a wide range of experiences: wondrous sculptures parks, Italian cowboys, Etruscan caves, and lots of wine tasting. 

Lisa is very pleased to announce the debut of Maremma Magic!

Lisa first came to Maremma in search of the legendary butteri cowboys of the West Country, the oldest cowboys in Western Civilization, tracing back to 6,000 B.C.  In 1890, when Buffalo Bill Cody came over to Italy with his Wild West show, he learned of the legendary butteri cowboys and , while in Napoli, challenged them to Ia sfida (contest) to see who could break three wild colts. Buffalo Bill ordered a stop to the la sfida, seeing quickly that the Italian cowboys had superior techniques. Bill Cody never conceded, but the victory claimed by the butteri back then  is still today a source of great pride.

Their wranglin' skills and Slow Food way of life have made the butteri a national treasure. Theirs is a true Slow Food culture. A culture that sadly is fading from the Tuscan landscape. We will spend a morning with them learning their history, habits and have a chance to ask our own questions of them. I butteri work with the rare Maremma breeds of animals: cattle, horses and working dogs, all dating back to 2,000 years ago.

And there's a second reason Lisa came to Maremma: to experience the whimsy and color of a vast outdoor sculpture garden. The Giardino dei Tarocchi is the vision of  French woman artist Niki de Saint-Phalle. For twenty years, Niki worked with her assistants sculpting twenty-two monstrous ceramic and mirrored mosaic figures that represent the Major Arcana of Tarot. Rediscover a childlike fancy as you frolic in, on, around and under these wondrous figures that occupy the fields above Etruscan ruins . This is one of the most delightful adventures you will ever experience.

And... the third reason, Lisa had to come to Maremma:  Mother Nature's masterpiece: the Cascades of the Mill, more commonly known as Saturnia.  This is yet another experience that defies written description, and must be experienced.  The water is also enriched with sulfur and thermal plankton, which is  believed to possibly aid skin, digestive and circulatory conditions like  high blood pressure. 

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Learn more:  info@slowtravelwithlisa.com

• All flights and transport traveling to our meeting place.
• All flights and transport from your final drop-off point on last day of tour.
• Travel expenses before and after the tour period
• Travel Insurance (Required)
• Tips for guides, captain, porters and baristi.
• All alcoholic drinks, including spirits and cocktails, that are not specifically stated as included (and wine beyond the one-glass serving per person)
• Hotel Taxes (range between1.5 - 5 euro per person, per night)
• Add-On Activities
• Some city public transportation costs 
• Taxi services and transport during free time
• All personal expenses including purchases made on excursions, tours, hikes (coffees, waters, pastries, liqueurs, gelato, souvenirs, gifts, etc)
• All guided tours taken in your own personal time

Questions? Contact info@slowtravelwithlisa.com

• You must be 21+ years of age.
• You must have a passport that is valid at least 6 months after your return date.  
• You must be in good physical condition and able to walk or be out "on your feet" for up to 3 hours at a time. You must be in good physical condition and able to negotiate all types of terrains (eg., cobble stone streets, ancient stone stairs, hills and other inclines, descents down terraces and stairs, etc.), as you will be invited to participate in  walks and various activities, and general touring and other physical activities. (NOTE: All activities are optional. )
• You must agree and sign the Slow Travel with Lisa Travel Agreement and Release Forms.
• You must provide proof of Travel Insurance. Slow Travel with Lisa will require each guest to purchase a comprehensive travel insurance package for our tour. As we unfortunately cannot make exceptions for inclement weather or personal emergencies, travel insurance is an affordable way to minimize your risks- both financial and medical. Your policy will include coverage of trip cancellation and medical expenses.
• If you would like personal assistance in choosing your insurance plan, we will be happy to provide contacts for you.  NOTE: Slow Travel with Lisa does not endorse any particular travel insurance provider or receive any compensation from the purchase of any travel insurance policy whatsoever.