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Tuscany
has a century old traditions of tobacco growing.
Even if most farmers have changed their plantations
recently, there is a flourishing production
of excellent cigars in Lucca at Manifatture
Tabacchi Toscano. Arianna & Friends organizes
half-day guided tours of the factory with
a following intense cigar tasting » |
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Our tour
guide will take you to visit a ceramic workshop
specializing in pottery and tools of the Tuscan
traditions. The tour includes a walk through
the little town Vicopisano, just 20 kms from
Pisa, which is still surrounded by its safety
fortifications and many ancient towers dating
back to the XII Century » |
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Volterra
is not only a world famous perfectly conserved
medieval town. It is above all Tuscany's most
fascinating Etruscan city. Over the centuries
Velathri (as the Etruscans called it) got
important also for the handcrafted production
of the ancient stone given to the city as
a present by the sea… the alabaster » |
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The newest
jewel among our local produce is chocolate.
Tuscan chocolate makers got the best producers
in Italy over the last years and right in
the areas of our activity you can visit a
family-run factory.
Learn why the basin of the river Arno is now
called the Chocolate Valley » |
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The white
marble of Carrara is renowned in all the world.
In the surroundings of the quarries there
is a long lasting tradition of marble masters
who are able to mould this stone into everything.
Arianna & Friends organizes a trip into
the world of the marble in a historical workshop
equipped with old machinery and advanced technology
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Even if
it is not famous on a large scale yet, the
handcrafted production of pasta is also something
Tuscany can be proud of. An English speaking
personal tour leader brings you to discover
the stages of pasta production in a small
family run factory, highlighting all the differences
between handycraft and industrial making
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