Join Alchemy Tours Travel Adventure to Tuscany Italy! Explore the dimensions of your yoga practice while exploring the rich Italian culture by biking, hiking and walking tours. Jointly led by Vinyasa Flow Yoga teacher Silvia Mordini and International Travel Guide Jacob Young, this spiritual and cultural gem is found in the heart of the Tuscan food and wine country, traveling to many local and famous wineries from there. Stay at a 10th century restored stone home peacefully nestled into the hills and experience a retreat like no other!
Two vinyasa classes and/or hiking and biking offered daily along with meditation and pranayama (breathing techniques) to bring you back to your center.
Daily excursions to experience the history going to museums of medieval art, cathedrals, shops, fortress, 13th century walled city, Etruscan ruins and more.
Experience amazing hilltop panoramas and the beauty of sunlight that has inspired painters throughout time, stand and cheer at the rising of the moon.
We will be guests at an 800 year old classic Tuscan farmhouse converted into a stylish yoga retreat. Looking out one of the many windows of the different accommodations in Ebbio, you will be captivated by the undulating hills swept with thriving vineyards, olive trees and enchanting evergreen forests. The amazing part of Ebbio is that it is still a working organic Tuscan Farm with its own Chianti wine production and uses only garden-fresh produce or goods from open aired markets to create exquisite fine food in Ebbio’s Vegetarian Restaurant loving prepared by our private host Franz. Located in the breathtaking countryside of Tuscany, Ebbio is only 42 kms from Florence, 11 kms from Siena, 9 km from Castellina in Chianti and 1km from Monteriggioni, a little medieval jewel. Activities include yoga, cycling, hiking, and of course visiting art cities like Volterra, Montalcino, and Siena along with a trip to the natural hot springs of Rapolano, private wine tasting's and Tuscan cooking class.
Afternoon:
10:30am Meet in the lobby of the Hotel Palazzo Vecchio (via Cennini 4, 50123, Florence, Italy).
12:30pm Arrive at Ebbio for Lunch & Brief Logistics Talk
1:30pm Deplane Yoga Practice
2:30pm Farm Hike
Evening:
5:30pm Yoga Practice
7:00pm Dinner
Morning:
8:00am Yoga Practice
9:30am Breakfast
10:30am Walk to Monteriggioni Castle (2 kms)
Afternoon:
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Depart for Sienna (15 minute drive, 11 kms)
Snacks on own in Siena
Evening:
8:00pm Dinner
9:00pm Meditation Restorative Yoga Practice
Morning:
8:00am Yoga Practice
9:00am Breakfast
10:00am Cycling
Afternoon:
1:30pm Lunch
2:30pm Depart for Radda in Chianti
3:00pm Radda in Chianti walking tour and wine tasting
Evening:
7:00pm Yoga Practice
8:00pm Dinner
Afternoon:
12:30pm Picnic lunch at beach
1:30pm Depart for Petriolo Hot Springs
Evening:
6:00pm Yoga Practice
7:30pm Dinner and Tuscan Cooking Class
Morning:
8:00am Yoga Practice
9:00am Breakfast
10:00am Cycling
Afternoon/Evening:
1:30pm Lunch
2:30pm Depart for Volterra (one hour drive)
4:00pm Walking Tour of Volterra (one hour)
7:00pm Aperitivo and Dinner in Volterra
11:00pm Depart for Ebbio
Morning:
8:30am Breakfast
9:30am Yoga or Cycling
10:30am Free Time
Afternoon:
12:30pm Lunch
2:00pm Depart for Montalcino wine tour
Evening:
5:30pm Yoga Practice
7:00pm Closing Dinner Party
Morning:
8:00am Yoga Practice
9:30am Breakfast
10:30am Departures
11:30am Arrive Florence (First plane departures 1:30pm)
Call the Yoga Phone 847 - 772 - 9642
You can pay with check, direct bank deposit, or credit card or Paypal on line but we most prefer checks. Please send checks to Total Body Yoga Retreats, 210 Terrace Drive, Mundelein, IL 60061. Contact retreats@totalbodyyoga.com or call us.
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USEFUL BOOKS
Read up on Italian culture with these suggestions.
Green Guide—Italy | Michelin Publications | The Green Guide is a very handy reference guide with maps, information, hotels and easy reference
Tuscany—Lonely Planet | An informative resource of history, culture, food and wine. Also a great starting point to uncover and explore the infinite number of gems in Tuscany.
Italy, A Short History | Harry Hearder | Elegantly written, generous and enormously informative, this compact book takes in the sweep of Italian history from the Roman Republic, through the Renaissance, World War II, and up to the present.
War in Val d’Orcia | Iris Origo | A well-written diary of a wife and mother protecting her family and neighbors amidst the challenges and terrors of World War II in the heart of Italy. The Italians | Luigi Barzini | This colorful portrait of the Italian people explores the Italian national character, discovering both its great qualities and its imperfections.
Under the Tuscan Sun | Frances Mayes | Mayes’ memoir of buying and renovating an abandoned villa in Cortona paints an unforgettable picture of the land, the people, and the never-ending allure of Tuscany.
USEFUL WEBSITES
www.italiantourism.com | The Italian Government Tourism Board site provides detailed information on traveling in Italy.
www.goitaly.about.com | A comprehensive site from About.com to vacationing in Italy, it includes everything from hotel and restaurant information to national news and regional information.
http://www.turismo.toscana.it/new/sitoinglese/apet.htm | A helpful site for all things Tuscan! Detailed information on every aspect of a visit to the region, with well-organized sections and helpful links to other sites.
www.terresiena.it | A great web site offering a wide range of information for the Siena region. Read up on the places you will visit on the trip and learn about the region.
www.visiteurope.com | The web site of the European Travel Commission with practical information about traveling in Europe as well as links to some commercial booking services.
You will be guided by Jacob Young and Silvia Mordini.
Jacob is an avid cyclist, runner, and lover of all things outdoors, involving people. With over 10 years of guiding experience, beginning on Mt. Rainier, he has broadened his horizons by transitioning to guiding cycling trips around the world. He has been living in, and exploring the Olympic & Cascade mountain ranges of the Pacific Northwest for the past 11 years, and can often be found cycling, trail running, hiking and skiing in the greater Seattle area when not practicing yoga indoors. Jacob is a Certified Carmichael Training Systems coach and is CPR/First Aid certified, but his real experience comes from his passion for showing people new places and exploring along with them.
Your Yoga will be taught by Silvia Mordini whose loving Anusara-inspired Vinyasa Flow teaching style is influenced by more than 10 years of Hatha yoga study. She studies primarily under Shiva Rea. With over 7,500 hours of yoga teaching experience, as a nationally recognized Experienced Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT) she owns and teaches at Total Body Yoga, a 3,900 square foot Chicagoland yoga center with over 200 monthly classes and countless weekly workshops as well as for a fifth year teaching a Nationally accredited 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program. Silvia also enjoys working privately with athletes of all ages applying her knowledge of therapeutic yoga to aid healing old injuries or preventing new ones. Silvia’s dedication to her students makes her classes upbeat and fun, serious and informative, supportive and authentic.. When her students leave class, they have been inspired to be good to themselves and thereby kinder to others. Silvia finds healing in the beauty and stillness of Moab and considers nature and the relationship of human spirit her greatest teachers!!
TUSCANY RETREAT OCTOBER 24 – 30, 2010 |
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Airport pick–up |
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Early breakfast BEACH DAY!! Trip to the Mediterranean |
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10:30am |
Walk to Monteriggioni
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12:30pm |
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Lunch and Petriolo Hot Springs |
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Deplane Yoga Farm Hike |
Siena |
Radda in Chianti Walking Tour & Wine Tasting |
Volterra |
Montalcino Wine Tour |
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7:30pm |
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Yoga & Meditation |
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Dinner Tuscan Cooking Class |
Champagne and Dinner in Volterra |
Closing Dinner Party! |
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CANCELLATION POLICY
We understand that life happens, so If you must cancel your trip more than 90 days prior to departure, there is no cancellation fee; between 61 – 90 days prior to departure there is a cancellation fee of 25% of the original trip price; between 31 – 60 days prior to departure there is a cancellation fee of 50% of the original trip price; Unfortunately, we cannot offer a refund if you have to cancel less than 30 days prior to departure.
If you choose to change your trip to a different date or location more than 90 days prior to departure, you may do so with no fee. From 61 – 90 days, there will be a $500 administrative fee. If you choose to change your trip within 60 days of the original trip start, the cancellation policy outlined above will apply. Please be aware that it is only possible to move to another trip within one year of the original trip departure date.