Variations on a Tuscan theme: Picture your family waking up in a private villa.
A wine estate tucked on hillside somewhere between Siena and Florence. Following morning swims and a farm-fresh breakfast, it’s off to a nearby village with the kids for lunch at communal table in a trattoria. At sundown, you’re preparing dinner with a local chef, drinking local wine, learning the nuances of Tuscan cuisine. Hosted Villas delivers Tuscany, local-style.

Daytrips that feel like holidays within holidays.
Visit stunning Cinque Terre, or Florence for a guided, child-focused tour of the city. Bike with a local guide along narrow paths between villages, through rows of grapevines, beneath hills sprinkled with villages and castles. Sip grappa as the kids play fútbol with locals on the green. Do a truffle tour with a local chef.

It’s time to do something special for everyone – a private pasta-making class with a local chef, the estate’s vintner and the kids. The pasta’s soon flowing, as is the wine. A minor food fight breaks out and you find yourself the proud owner of a fine spaghettini hairpiece

Spend days wandering through Rome and Florence, and evenings reconnecting over lingering meals. Our recipe for reconnecting involves two of the world’s top hotels. Hotel de Russie, near the Piazza del Popolo, is an oasis of tranquility in the centre of Rome. The Hotel Savoy is at the heart of Florence; mere steps away from the Duomo. Amore.

Krakow and the recently restored baroque city of Dresden are your contrasting destinations on this new and exclusive itinerary from Orient-Express.