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Meandering through Tuscany’s bucolic wine districts,
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Whet your appetite for lesser-known gems. Over Riserva
the road ahead with a the river, you can stock Alto Merse
Naturale
up on Tuscan wines
one-day cooking course
at the Food & Wine and gourmet foods at
Academy (%055 28 11 03; Obsequium (%055 21
68 49; www.obsequium.
www.florencecookingclasses.
com; Via de’ Lamberti 1; 1-day it; Borgo San Jacopo 17-39;
h11am-9pm Mon-Sat), a
class with market visit & lunch
€89), one of Florence’s well-stocked wine shop
many cookery schools. on the ground floor of
Once you’re done at the a medieval tower. Or,
stove, sneak out to visit explore the old town on
the Chiesa e Museo di foot (p114) before you hit
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della Lana; hchurch 10am- 54 p41, p63, p86
5pm, museum 10am-5pm
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