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Many easy Italy tours exist to give you lifelong memories of this beautiful country.  An experienced tour guide will help you not only with the language, but a guide knows the particulars of a region including  hours of operation, best routes to avoid traffic and the best food which is sometimes away from the large group tours.

One enjoyable option is an olive oil tour.  Your guide might suggest I Mandorli, a family owned 18th century mill in Umbria that is unusual for its four wooden presses. The oil mill is a unique experience for tourists wishing for a trip back in time to the ancient art of pressing olive oil.

You’ll see a donkey moving the millstone and the farm hands working the presses.  You’ll even be able to taste the oil as a sample before you depart

No tour to Italy would be complete without a visit to the Chianti wine region and this famous wine road is easy to enjoy.  If you are staying in Florence, your guide can pick you up outside your hotel and begin the scenic trip to the wineries, about one hour away.

Market square in Greve is a good stop for coffee and from there your guide can take you to the Villa S. Andrea vineyard and wine tasting.  Don’t sip too much because lunch at the Cantinette di Rignana will include some wine too!

You’ll stroll the vineyards at Antinori, or if you’ve had enough of the wine industry, your guide will assist you for a tour of the Castello of Montefioralle.

Most tours to Chianti take a full day and you’ll be delivered back to your hotel in good spirits and a sun tan.   Consider these two options in Umbria and Chianti when planning an easy Italy tour.

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The Northern Italy Travel kids areas are perfect for a lifetime of learning.  Italy loves children and it is apparent in the many books and novels that familiarize children with Tuscany before they step on the plane to visit.

To plan a trip with children, offer the many books that focus on real and fictitious characters.  You might wish to incorporate these books into your bedtime reading in advance of your trip.  The Stravaganza series of fiction for young readers is a prime example of fact meeting fiction over Italy.

The City of Masks and the City of Stars feature a long simmering battle between two families in the fictitious city of Giglia, remarkably similar to Florence.

The picture book Museum of Adventures allows children to travel back in time to Michelangelo’s day.  He transports them to the marble quarry and art studio where he worked on his sculptures.  Another picture book entitled Leonardo provides a pictorial biography of the Italian Master.  Young readers will become acquainted with da Vinci’s scientific experiments and art as well as his eccentric lifestyle.

We continue the theme of Leonardo da Vinci with another picture book of the same name.  In this work we see the inventor’s sketches and models.  His magnificent flying machines, a gigantic crossbow and water pumps are astonishing since he lived many centuries ago.

Why not teach your children about Botticelli?  Unlike many artists who toiled in obscurity, Botticelli was a famous artist of his day.  The picture book of the same name will explore his creation of the Birth of Venus which your children will see in real life at the Uffizi gallery when you go.

There are many ways to prepare for Northern Italy Travel, kids and books are an excellent way to begin.

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