Italy: A Christmas escape to out-of-the-way Tuscan farmhouse
Spending Christmas in a remote farmhouse doesn’t sound particularly inviting, except when that farmhouse sits on a vast winery in Tuscany. Il Borro, an extensive estate owned by the Ferragamo family of fashion fame, makes wine and olive oil, and provides luxury lodgings for guests. It’s also the name of the medieval village.
Sceptre Tours offers a six-night trip for a minimum of four people that includes a stay in a two-bedroom farm house and a rental car. You can explore the gardens and grounds of the estate and tool around villages from Florence to Siena. Expect temperatures to be in the 50-degree range.
Date: The package is offered daily now through mid-March.
Price: $1,852 to $2,108 per person for dates close to Christmas; based on four people reserving. It includes round-trip airfare L.A. to Florence, Italy; rental car, six nights lodging and some taxes and fees.
Info: Sceptre Tours, (800) 221-0924
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