Arianna & Friends
is an incoming tour operator dedicated to people
who want to discover Tuscany in a familiar and “slow”
way! Your friends in Tuscany are Arianna,
Massimo, Consuelo and Luca, all working at this
innovative project. They are happy to help you organize
a perfect dream-vacation in Tuscany.
Arianna & Friends is specialized in organizing tailor-made
wine&food and/or cooking experiences in the
Pisan area in a welcoming, familiar and relaxing atmosphere.
The members of our staff will take care of your reservation
from the time of the request to the time of your stay.
Being official tour leaders, we will spend
time with you during our cooking classes, our wine
and food tours and our visits to several towns in Tuscany
such as Pisa, Florence, Lucca, San Miniato, Lari, San
Gimignano and Volterra.
As your personal guides and as your friends in Tuscany,
we are waiting for you here to show you the beauty and
the "taste" of our land together with its
history, culture and traditions.
Arianna & Friends the way for you to get to know
the land and its culture from a genuine point of
view!
Come and meet us!
Arianna,
born in 1975, lives in Santa Maria a Monte with
her family and her funny dog Dante.
She graduated in modern languages in Pisa, after spending
some years in Freiburg, Germany. She has been working
as a tour leader, translator and interpreter
for years. She specializes in cooking classes
and visits to wine and olive oil farms
as well as cheese and pasta factories.
She likes listening to music, organizing events and
the arts. Her favourite dish is the
wild boar with olives of her granny.
Massimo,
born in 1976, has lived most of his life in Peccioli
and has grown up thanks to the delicious pasta dishes
of his mum. He graduated in modern languages in
Pisa a few years ago. He is now a co-worker in
the Arianna & Friends project as a tour leader
but he is also an Italian and English teacher
as well as an experienced translator (English,
German, Russian). His hobbies are reading, travelling
"off the beaten track", farming his plot,
barbecuing with friends.
I am trying out some
French in front of my
French colleague Karine filming me!
Consuelo,
born in 1983, lives in the countryside just out of Peccioli,
where she was born and grew up. She is finishing her studies
at the High School of Interpreters and Translators
of Pisa, specializing in English and Spanish. She is fond
of nature and enjoys socializing with people. She really
loves the typical Italian character of her car new fiat
500 !
Luca,
born in 1984, the "newcomer" and youngest (for
now) at Arianna & Friends. He lives in Fabbrica,
a little village near Peccioli, and graduated in Pisa
in modern languages, specializing in French, German and
English. He is a professional driver and tour
leader sharing with Arianna & Friends his love
for the beauty of Tuscany and his interest in showing
this to all visitors. His interests are playing soccer
(like most Italian men), Latin-American dancing
and travelling around the world, especially to
the Caribbean archipelago.
Moira,
born in 1975, has recently joined Arianna & Friends
working as receptionist for the Tourist Information
Office of Peccioli, the town where the premises
of the Tour Operator are. She provides information in
English, French, Spanish and German. She originates
from La Spezia, the city near the Cinque Terre park,
and now she lives in Montopoli Valdarno. She loves travelling,
reading, writing and simply staying in company of
good people.
Here are some of the
other friends who make all this possible.
They are property owners, winemakers, cooks, city
guides, chauffeurs, teachers and many more. Their
common aim is showing you the best of this land: from
the wine & food production to the local
history, from the rural culture to the
Tuscan lifestyle.
Licia
Cook at cooking classes
and wise grandma
Ester
Cook at cooking classes
and breathtaking cake maker
