What that buys you
Depth instead of coverage
Staying put means our guides are residents, our hotels take our calls, and the doors that are usually shut open at the hours nobody else is there.
Never more than 22
Small enough for one table, one boat, one minibus.
Resident guides
Ninety-one guides, all living in the region they lead.
One price
Meals, entries, transfers, tips. Nothing added later.
Our guides
Paid through the winter
Guides are employed year-round, not seasonally. It is why the same person has walked the Val d'Orcia for us every spring since 2011.
Read their writingThe pace
Two nights, minimum
No single-night stops. No 6am coach transfers. Mornings are usually yours, and the one long drive on each journey is under ninety minutes.
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