Your Essential Travel

Your Essential Italy LLC is the parent company of Your Essential Travel. Your Essential Italy LLC offers small group escorted tours in Umbria and Tuscany. We currently have two tours each year and plan to add a third tour in 2025. We also offer the opportunity for you to build your own customized themed or non-themed escorted tour, for groups of 4 to 16 people. 

Our "New To Italy" Escorted Tour is a 7 day tour designed for those who prefer to the quiet and calm over the hustle and bustle. 

This escorted package, priced per person, includes:

Fluent Italian and English speaking tour director joining you on each outing (not pre or post trip though)

2 nights pre or post stay in Rome or Florence at a hotel of our choosing (3 star or higher). This is unescorted but we provide all the info you need for a great stay.

5 nights at a rustic agriturismo

5 breakfasts

5 dinners with one bottle of local wine per room per night

One aperitif each night per person (wine or Aperol Spritz)

Tastings at 5 local vineyards

2 lunches

Private transport to and from the places on the itinerary

Private tour guide for each medieval city we visit (subject to availability)

This group is limited to 10 people and tends to sell out quickly. To reserve your spot or get more more information about this escorted tour, click here

This 14 day partially escorted tour is designed for those who cherish high quality food and wine as well as seeing where it comes from. We take you to stunning vineyards, olive groves, and farms. We help you gain an understanding of why Italian cuisine is the best in the world. This tour is limited to 16 people and you can reserve your spot or get additional information here. Food pictured may not be available during the trip, but you can get an amazing Chianina burger in Italy.

This tour is set for 2025, exact date to be determined. It is a 14 day tour where we immerse you in the heart of Italian Culture and Language. We will visit sagres, eat at amazing trattoria's, sip the finest vino, and learn what it means to be Italian. If you are interested in this trip or want to know more, click  to send us a message. Sagre pictured may not be on the tour.