Central Italy, exploring the border country of Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria, about 2 hours’ drive north of Rome.
A chance to explore rural Tuscany, riding from place to place across rolling hills, around vineyards and olive groves, through forests of Mediterranean oak and hazel and past fortified villages and hamlets. Riding is along ancient trails, sometimes narrow paths that wind through rocky gorges in the forest, sometimes along wide chalk tracks that follow high ridges with views onto iconic Tuscan scenes of cypress trees and wheat fields studded with poppies. Your Italian guide is relaxed and fun; the whole set up is low-key. Nights are in local guesthouses, friends help with back up and support – don’t expect anything fancy but its a good value way to see this part of Tuscany (on a super horse of course!).
Anyone who enjoys energetic riding and a sense of ‘journey’, who wants to explore Tuscany’s rural landscapes on a good horse with a friendly, easy-going guide. You need to be happy with ‘low key’ and prepared to join in, rather than expecting added bells and whistles – the general feeling is relaxed, nights are in small hotels and local farm guesthouses which are simple but provide a reasonably comfortable night’s rest after an active riding day – with evenings made all the more enjoyable by the Italian focus on locally produced food and wine.
It’s a super way to see this classic part of Tuscany which is rich in Etruscan history and dotted with ancient dwellings and tombs dug into the volcanic rock. We loved riding past grazing sheep which produce the Pecorino cheese you have for lunch, vineyards and olive groves which produce the oil and wine you sample at dinner and the grey-horned cattle and wild boar which may be part of the evening meal! Its true that some arrangements could be ‘fine-tuned’ for efficiency but Duska’s a good horseman, a fun companion and always gives his all.
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