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Wine Time in Tuscany

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Suggested Retail Value: PRICELESS!!

"Vacation in a Renaissance Painting... at il Rifugio" (A private Tuscan farmhouse in Cortona, Italy)

Your group of eight (8) will enjoy privacy, serenity, and spectacular views for seven days and seven nights in a 17th-century villa farmhouse amidst ancient olive groves, vineyards, and woodlands. Surrounded by fifty-six acres of private land, Il Rifugio is the perfect vacation venue for family and friends or for a romantic getaway. The surrounding countryside offers stunning valley and mountain views, many walking trails, and is just ten minutes from the ancient citadel Cortona.

There are five bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, large kitchen with open fireplace, pantry, dining room with generous table and seating for ten, living room with wood burning stove, upstairs sitting room with open fireplace, downstairs sitting room with day bed, den with daybed, outside barbeque with pizza oven, and a laundry room with washer and dryer. The kitchen has a large table, a dishwasher, a professional stove, and plenty of cookware. The large patio has a charming pergola (covered with wisteria in spring) and spectacular views.

Some of the exciting itinerary planned for your and your group is:

  • Wine tasting in Cortona
  • Shopping, winery tour and wine tasting in Montepulciano
  • Cooking class
  • Private tour of the beautiful Avignonesi wine estate
  • Olive oil discussion, mill tour and tasting
  • Farewell dinner at Il Rifugio

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