* OUR FEATURED TOUR *
"My Private Italy"
Dec 2009 & Spring 2010
Documentary filmmaker Steve McCurdy and tour director Marybeth Janerich (aka Bettina) will co-lead this 6-night, 7-day La Contadina tour of Liguria, Tuscany and Umbria, and you will learn to cook traditional Italian fare in an ancient hilltop village above Spoleto.
Imagine being with Steve as he shows you the secret gems he filmed for his movie, “My Private Italy,” including the Cinque Terre, Florence, and Santa Luce, all explored from our base in Lucca, Tuscany.
Also included in this tour are some spots visited in another of Steve's films, "Postcards from Italy," including Spoleto. Our "My Private Italy" tour will thrill each traveler with a taste of the “dolce vita,” including great food and wine, great conversation, exploration of historical sites, an Italian cooking class that is always a hit with our tour guests.
Details of this 7-day itinerary
Current dates for this tour (subject to change):
December 14-20, 2009
2300 Euro for 6 nights, 7 days. Tour starts at Pisa airport, ends at Rome airport. Tour price includes 3-4 star hotels, all transfers, two guides, 4 dinners (and wine with each dinner), 3 lunches, all breakfasts, all cultural site entry fees, wine tasting, cooking class, mini language lessons, assorted gifts and surprises! Tour price does not include airfare (which is currently extremely affordable, nearly half price of the usual!), a few meals on your own, souvenir shopping expenses or other personal expenses such as phone calls home, etc.
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* OTHER TOURS AND SERVICES *
La Contadina also offers a Women's Tour ("Italy for the Soul"), and an "Enchanted Umbria" Tour, where guests stay in Spoleto and savor the Green Heart of Italy for the entire trip. Other tours include "Sicily by Sail" and an adventure through the Dolomites/Veneto region. Please view Steve McCurdy's brief film clip on Venice by clicking on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RarC8vlQodo.
La Contadina Travels and Tours also provides personalized travel consulting services and custom itineraries.
To learn more about these offers, click on this link:
http://www.lacontadina.com/content/tours/tours_main.html
About Our Company, Founder, and Tour Guides:
La Contadina is a company resulting from two great passions that Giuliana, the founder, has nourished since a very young age: Traveling and Italian Ceramics.
Giuliana (pictured in the bottom photo on the left with Marybeth and Steven McCurdy) was born and raised in Torino, in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. She came to the United States for her university studies. She graduated in International Relations and French literature and later completed her graduate studies in foreign language teaching at the University of Utah. She is currently teaching for the department of languages and literature and is the Director of the Italian study abroad program at the University of Utah. Along with her busy academic schedule, Giuliana manages to lead one or two tours per year to Italy and continues to create and sell her beautiful handpainted Italian pottery.
Giuliana has been leading tours to Italy for over 18 years, and her usual group consists of between 2 and 8 guests. In the last several years, Giuliana has invited several tour guides to join her in leading La Contadina tours. Giuliana's guides are carefully selected as they must speak Italian, be natural leaders, be passionate about Italy, and appreciate the special intimate nature of La Contadina tours and the concept of "slow travel." Our hope is that our tours feed your soul as well as your body, and connect you to the real Italy. We spend ample time in each location so you develop a deep sense of each village or region, and have time to rest and soak up the wonders of each destination.
Feel Your Italian Spirit ! ®
You can click on the following link to learn more about Giuliana and her guides for the My Private Italy tour, Marybeth and Steve.
www.lacontadina.com/content/about_us.html.
You can also follow Marybeth's Italy tour blog by clicking on this link: http://mbitalytour.blogspot.com.
If you have not yet seen Steve's films, "Postcards from Italy," or "My Private Italy," you may request a copy for purchase by emailing us at lacontadina@yahoo.com. Please mention this ad for a special discounted price on the video! A modest shipping rate also applies.
Please visit www.lacontadina.com, email us at lacontadina@yahoo.com, or give us a call at 801.671.2331 or 801.750.8309. Ci sentiamo!
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