Experience nature with all your senses by walking in the Tuscan countryside. Secluded, hidden trails will lead you through scented valleys with olive groves, orchid-scattered meadows, and wheat fields colored bright red with poppies. Your walks will give you fantastic views of a seemingly endless landscape of hilltops capped with mediaeval villages and hidden forts. You will learn to read the landscape with its historical trails, get to know plants and animals and find time for chatting with the people you meet along the way. Tuscany and its impressive landscape will fascinate and stay with you always.

Course dates for 2010

03/04 - 10/04 "Biancospino" (5*)
10/04 - 17/04 "La macchia" (4**)
01/05 - 08/05 "Sentieri" (4**)
15/05 - 22/05 "Millefiori" (5*)
22/05 - 29/05 "Belvedere" (4**)
05/06 - 12/06 "I prati" (4**)
28/08 - 04/09 "Campagna" (4**)
04/09 - 11/09 "Il fiume" (5*)
09/10 - 16/10 "Panorama" (5*)
16/10 - 23/10 "Il bosco" (4**)
23/10 - 30/10 "Poggio" (5*)
30/10 - 06/11 "Fonti" (4**)

* € 745 per person, 1 week (7 nights), on 5 half day or full day excursions

** € 695 per person, 1 week (7 nights), on 4 half day or full day excursions

Rate includes:

• Accommodation in double room or apartment for 7 nights (arriving on Saturday and leaving on Saturday).
• Half board (buffet breakfast and 4-course dinner, drinks not included)
• Excursions Programme
• Shuttle service in conection with the course programme
• Free bus transfer from and to Volterra on arrival and departure days for guests travelling with public transport.

Rate does not include:

• Single room supplement (€ 165 per week)
• Drinks at dinner
• Entrance fees to museums, exhibitions etc.

Course Management : Christa Kirchberger, guida ambientale escursionistica (GAE)