the Artisans
Daily Experiences
The experience includes:
- Visit of two craft shops;
- Tasting of typical products;
- Escorted visit.
Notes:
- Experience available for a minimum of two participants;
- The itinerary of the visit will be communicated with the booking confirmation;
- Transport service and the addition of a laboratory are available upon request.
Meet the artisans in the Tuscan hamlets
Discover the tradition of craftsmanship in Tuscany with a visit to two craft shops in the Valdichiana Senese
Valdichiana Living has prepared a tour itinerary to accompany you in the visit of two artisan workshops in the Valdichiana Senese. You will visit their workshops and discover the productions, enjoying the unique panoramas that this area offers. An escort will guide you in discovering the artisans in the villages, s/he will talk to you about customs and traditions and local artisan traditions. Which artisans will you visit? Potters, carpenters, luthiers, goldsmiths, tailors and much more.
At the end of the visits, the guide will show you the shortest way to taste one of the best typical local products: pecorino di Pienza or Cinta Senese salami, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano or cantucci biscuits with Vin Santo.
Are you ready? If you have any specific requirement, if you want to visit a craftsman or a village in particular, then contact us, Valdichiana Living will prepare a tailor-made itinerary for you.
Recommended departure time: 10am or 3pm
Duration: around 3 hours and 30 minutes
The experience includes:
- Visit of a terracotta workshop;
- Clay manipulation course;
- Visit to the Terracotta Museum of Petroio.
Notes:
- Experience available for a minimum of two participants;
- The itinerary of the visit will be communicated with the booking confirmation;
- Transport service and the addition of a laboratory are available upon request.
Terracotta craftsmanship
Discover the art of working with terracotta in the craft shops of Trequanda, in the heart of Tuscany
How is a terracotta done? What materials are used and which are the processing techniques to realize one of the most typical artifacts of Tuscany? You will find it out with the Valdichiana Living Tour, which will take you directly inside a workshop of master craftsmen in Trequanda, in the green heart of Tuscany. The municipality of Trequanda and its hamlets of Castelmuzio and Petroio are a point of reference of the whole territory for the production of plates, cups, vases, bowls and many other products made with care, using ancient and new production techniques. In the laboratory, under the guidance of an expert craftsman, you will actively participate in the processing of clay to create an object in terracotta.
In the village of Petroio you will visit the Terracotta Museum, an itinerary created to tell the story of terracotta production in the area, from the quarries where the clay is extracted, to the modern design artifacts, passing through the terracotta inserts, also possible to admire outside, along the streets of the town.