A New Travel Concept
Red Travel offers a new travel concept; an innovative approach to the self-drive tour offering absolute luxury combined with the ultimate Gran Turismo experience.
Red Travel Tours are unique journeys, individually created for you to fully experience the Italian Way of Life. Each journey is a sublime blend of art, fashion, architecture, gastronomy and spectacular scenery.
Our guests will feel part of a real Ferrari team, enjoying the opportunity to personally drive the very latest models. Travelling for kilometres, accelerating through the steep, winding roads of Lazio, Umbria and Tuscany, along the route of the legendary Mille Miglia race, putting their driving skills to the ultimate test.
As a relaxing contrast to the exhilaration of driving a Ferrari, our journeys include wellness programmes at the Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort, a world-class spa hotel located in the midst of the rolling hills of the Val d’Orcia.
Behind the scenes, Red Travel staff take complete care of the Ferraris. Every morning, our guests will find their car at the entrance of the hotel, clean and polished, refuelled and fully checked, ready to begin another day of exciting driving through further dazzling landscapes.
3 Days Val d’Orcia & Tuscany Ferrari Tour
DAY 1: Welcome to Val d’Orcia, Tuscany
- You will be met at Rome – Fiumicino International Airport and transferred by limousine to five-star luxury Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort in southern Tuscany.
- Arrival and check-in at Hotel Fonteverde. Accommodation in double deluxe room (or Junior Suite).
Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort: a medicean residence restored to its former beauty. The hotel offers rooms, richly decorated premises with terraces overlooking fields and verdant hills. A blend of Renaissance aura and present-day comfort in a hotel where luxury engenders relaxation.
Afternoon dedicated to Spa & Relax: the mineral-rich, natural warm spring waters that emerge here have multiple therapeutic benefits for the organism. Take advantage of the thermal pool, the bioaquam® circuit (with its various hydromassages) or any other spa treatment offered by this highly reputable spa resort set in the midst of the rolling hills of the Val d’Orcia (southern Tuscany).
Evening
- Dinner in San Casciano dei Bagni. Restaurant suggestion: Ferdinando I Restaurant (Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort)
Taste the excellence of Tuscan cuisine: natural ingredients offering refined products of indisputable quality with particular attention to detail combine to give delicious gourmet and Spa Cuisine recipes, and again... a series of typical local restaurants offering traditional Tuscan cuisine with regional ingredients like olive oil, Porcini mushrooms, Pienza cheese, Brunello wine and Chianina meat.
- Overnight at Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort 5***** (San Casciano dei Bagni)
DAY 2: Val d’Orcia tour by Ferrari
Route: S. Casciano dei Bagni - Pienza - Montepulciano - Montalcino - S. Casciano dei Bagni
Morning
- After breakfast, meeting with your Red Travel Tour Director.
Our private Tour Director, an expert Ferrari driver, will introduce our guests to the world of Ferrari; clarify the finer details of the controls, explain the differences between the various models (Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, Ferrari 430 Scuderia and 430 Spider, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti), the peculiarities of the engines (8-cylinder or 12-cylinder) and most importantly, give guidance on how to handle the F1 paddle-gear shifting behind the steering wheel.
- During the briefing a welcome coffee will be offered to the guests.
- Departure by Ferrari for a tour of Val d’Orcia.
- After a short Ferrari practice-drive, you will leave by Ferrari heading towards splendid Val d’Orcia. Our Tour Director leads the way at the wheel of his Alfa Romeo Brera 3.2, guiding the Ferrari along the most exciting hilly and curving roads of southern Tuscany. During the whole journey, the Ferrari and the Tour Director’s Alfa Romeo will be constantly in touch by mobile radio system.
Pleasant drive along the panoramic and enchanting roads of Val d’Orcia. The roads carefully selected by Red Travel ensure maximum driving pleasure while enjoying the beautiful landscape of southern Tuscany.
The itinerary for this full Ferrari driving day includes the visits of the most beautiful places in Val d’Orcia, as Pienza, Montepulciano and Montalcino. Whilst driving, our guests will be able to enjoy outstanding views of the famous Tuscan vineyards on either side of the road. Mediaeval villages and the beautiful natural landscape offer an overwhelming feast for the eyes.
- First stop is Pienza, Pope Pius’ II birthplace, located high on a hillside. Meant to be the ideal Renaissance town, Pienza comprises such beauties as a white stone cathedral, Palazzo Piccolomini with its fine courtyard, Palazzo Borgia, a graceful Piazza…
- The tour heads towards Montepulciano, archetypical Tuscan mediaeval town built at the summit of a hill as well and surrounded by walls and fortifications. The place is famous for its Vino Nobile, one of Italy’s major red wines.
- 13.00: Lunch in Montepulciano. Restaurant suggestions: La Grotta, located in front of the beautiful St. Biagio Temple; Le Logge del Vignola, in the centre of Montepulciano.
Montepulciano, on a hill 605 m. high, overlooking Chiana and Orcia valleys, close to Siena, Perugia and Arezzo, is one of the best-conserved and most characteristic medieval villages of the whole area.
Afternoon
- 15.00: Departure to Montalcino by Ferrari along the magnificent Mille Miglia route.
- Arrival in Montalcino, reached meandering through the vineyards that provide the grapes for the production of the famous Brunello. You will taste this top-class red wine at the estate of Biondi Santi (subjet to availability) after visiting the cellar of this masterful wine producer.
- A visit of the historical centre of Montalcino with its fort and the churches of Sant’Agostino and Sant’Egidio is also a must.
The famous Mille Miglia route offers a breathtakingly picturesque panorama, the enjoyment of which is enhanced by the pure pleasure of driving over an amazing succession of rolling hills and round never-ending curves!
At the wheel of his Alfa Romeo, our Red Travel Tour Director guides you through this vivid land of enchanting towns and villages. The charm of southern Tuscany is encapsulated in the stunning Val d’Orcia, a picture-postcard valley, designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its colourful landscape, dotted with green cypress trees under an amazing blue sky. This truly unique experience offers a wealth of memories to treasure.
- 18.00: Arrival at Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort.
- Time at disposal to relax.
Evening
DAY 3: Arrivederci Italia
Morning
- Breakfast in hotel and checkout.
- A private transfer will lead you to the discovery of the magnificent landscape of Umbria.
- Halt at Orvieto, a perfect example of integration between nature and man’s work.
Perched on a plateau of tufa rock, with the outline of its world famous Duomo visible for miles around, the city of Orvieto has adapted to the needs of the modern-day tourist by transforming itself into a car-free haven. Access to the city in fact is either via the funicular that runs from the railway station below up to the old town centre, passing directly by the Albornoz fortress, or up the system of escalators dug into the cliff-side from a large parking lot located further down.
- 13.00: Lunch in the centre of Orvieto. Restaurant suggestions: Sette Consoli, Il Giglio d’Oro
- Restaurant Sette Consoli
Exemplary food, wine and service. And to dine under the big white tent in the rear courtyard is truly memorable. The Umbrian cuisine relies heavily on locally produced ingredients, i.e. pork, boar, porcini, truffles and terrific olive oil.
Restaurant Il Giglio d’Oro
A great view of the Duomo is coupled with superb food. Eggplant is transformed into elegant custard with black truffles, lamb roasted in a crust of bread is delicately seasoned with a tomato cream sauce. The wine cellar includes some rare vintages.
- After lunch, private transfer to Rome – Fiumicino International Airport for your return flight and the end of the activities.
Highlights & services included 
- 3 days Italy by Ferrari tour on the most exciting roads of Tuscany
- Val d’Orcia tour by Ferrari
- Opportunity to drive the latest models of Ferrari
- Full Ferrari briefing
- Car insurance and up to 200 km of Ferrari driving
- 2 nights accommodation at five-star luxury Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort (double room)
- Welcome coffee at the briefing
- Red Travel staff (1/2 persons), including your private Tour Director with his Alfa Romeo Brera 3.2
- Mobile radio system (guests and Red Travel staff while driving are always connected through radio)
- Service of parking, cleaning and refuelling of the car
- Visits, Transfers by VIP shuttle, Transfers from and to Rome – Fiumicino International Airport
- Photographic service; our guests will be offered a souvenir DVD of high-resolution images of the event
- For any pre- or post-tour extensions, please contact Red Travel
Red Travel’s full Ferrari service
You enjoy the Ferrari driving while your private Tour Director and his staff take care of everything else: refueling, cleaning, parking, technical assistance…
Not included
Airfare, transfers, fuel for the Ferrari, drinks at meal, everything not shown as “included services”.
Red Travel cars portfolio
Upon request (at extra cost)
- Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano F1
- Ferrari F430 Scuderia F1
- Ferrari 612 Scaglietti F1
Deposit for the car:
- 15.000,00 euro for Ferrari F430 Spider F1
- 20.000,00 euro for Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano F1 and Ferrari 612 Scaglietti F1
- 25.000,00 euro for Ferrari 430 Scuderia F1
The programmes are indicative and subject to modifications, on a day-to-day basis and with the agreement of the Red Travel Tour Director.
On request: tailor-made programmes including alternative itineraries and activities (golf, yachting, hot air ballooning, shopping tour, cooking lesson, wine tasting tour, private guided tour)
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