Every course, whether it is cooking or photography, wine tours or painting, shopping or gardens, is made richer by excursions to markets and wineries, shepherds and olive mills, Renaissance gardens and Romanesque churches, traditional osterias serving regional foods and ristorantes offering ‘la nuova cucina’.

Discover the essence of Tuscany!

Watch the estate shepherdess work the magic of ricotta . . . discover why the ‘cucina povera’ of Tuscan farms is appearing on menus presented by top chefs worldwide . . . listen to a Puccini aria in the Duomo . . . delight in hands-on, up-to-your-elbows cooking lessons in a rustic professional kitchen . . . talk to winemakers about their hopes for this year’s vintage . . . make your own limoncello . . . discover polenta and chocolate are great together!

At an Abbondanza Toscana program, you don’t have to go far to find the best olive oil in Tuscany . . . an excellent 100% Sangiovese wine . . . a shepherd family making luscious pecorino . . . friendly people and breath-taking views. You will be living on the estate that has been producing these Tuscan wonders for over a thousand years.

Set in an age-old landscape where time is honored but does not come to a halt, our courses will immerse you in the best that Tuscany has to offer. All our courses are held at Selva, a lovingly restored 15th century farmhouse located on a 400 hectare working estate, a uniquely preserved property in the Lucca hills.

We invite you into our web site, read and enjoy. Once you see something you like, you have only to decide how you would like to enjoy it:

• You can join us for courses we have scheduled at specific times of the year;
  
• You can gather a group of eight or more friends, and we’ll schedule your chosen course at a convenient time for you; or
  
• You can ask us to design an Italian experience at any time for your group of eight or more people.