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Renaissance Wedding in a Tuscan Castle
Celebrate your Renaissance wedding in a romantic Tuscan castle with sweeping countryside views, frescoed halls, and candlelit courtyards. Our licensed team manages ceremony design, styling, production, and entertainment. Optional Renaissance feast, costumes for guests, musicians, dance leaders, medieval flag wavers, trumpeters, and theatrical performers (including “monsters” and maidens running through the gardens) create a spectacular atmosphere.
Luxury Tours
Romantic Proposal in Venice – Gondola Serenade
Create the perfect Venice proposal with a private gondola serenade at sunset. Glide through quiet canals with live musicians performing just for you as Venice glows in golden light. Artviva curates every detail with elegance, discretion, and twenty-five years of expertise to ensure your proposal is intimate, seamless, and truly unforgettable.
Luxury Tours
The Best of Cinque Terre Tour -Villages, Boats & Coastal Experience
Experience the Cinque Terre with ease on a private tour designed for comfort, beauty, and insider access. Visit the most iconic villages, travel by train and boat (weather permitting), and enjoy a seaside Ligurian lunch. Your expert Artviva guide adapts the pace for photography, families, and relaxed exploration. A stress-free, elegant way to discover Italy’s most famous coastline. Optional transfers available.
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The Church of Santa Croce in Florence – Italy’s Pantheon of Greatness
Step inside Santa Croce with an expert guide and feel Florence’s spirit through art, stories, and serene cloisters. Meet the great Italians at rest, from Michelangelo to Galileo, and experience the basilica’s beauty up close.
Food & Wine
The Only Grain-to-Pasta Cooking Class in Italy: Mill Ancient Grains, Make Fresh Pasta, Taste Tuscany
Experience the only grain-to-pasta cooking class in Italy where you mill your own ancient grains before turning them into handmade Tuscan pasta. Guided by expert Italian chefs, this immersive workshop takes you from raw grain to gourmet dishes using heritage cereals, organic ingredients, and traditional techniques. Enjoy a hands-on experience crafted for all ages, with delicious wine pairings and a full tasting lunch.
Food & Wine
Traditional Tuscan Cooking Class – 4 Courses
Roll up your sleeves in a professional kitchen with an Italian chef and craft a full Tuscan menu from antipasto to dessert. Then sit down in an atmospheric wine cellar to savor your creations with a perfectly paired local wine.
Cooking & Art Classes
Tuscany Fun Art Class for Kids at Your Villa
A joyful art class for kids, held directly at your villa in Tuscany. A friendly art teacher arrives with all materials and guides fun painting and drawing activities. It is beginner-friendly, relaxing, and perfect for all ages. Children create artwork to take home, while adults enjoy peaceful time at the villa.
Luxury Tours
Tuscany Half Day E-Bike Tour Including Wine Tasting
Discover Tuscany’s countryside on a private half-day e-bike tour that is scenic, easy, and guided by a knowledgeable local expert. Ride past vineyards and olive groves at a relaxed pace before visiting a family-run Chianti winery for a curated tasting. Perfect for beginners, families with teens 14+, and anyone seeking an effortless countryside escape close to Florence.
Food & Wine
Unique Renaissance Feast & Fireworks Experience
Step inside the Renaissance with an extraordinary immersive performance created by historians, theatre professionals, musicians, and costume designers. Guests become famous Renaissance characters dressed in elegant period attire as a story unfolds around them with music, dance, dramatic surprises, an exquisite historical feast, and a fireworks finale. Ideal for corporate events, anniversaries, destination weddings, incentive travel, and unforgettable special occasions. Hosted in Florentine palaces or Tuscan castles and villas. Completely tailored to your needs.
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Venetian Masters – The Last Silk Weavers in Venice: Artisan Workshop Visit
Step inside an authentic silk atelier on the Grand Canal where master weavers create sumptuous velvets on antique Jacquard looms. This private Artviva visit reveals Venice’s textile genius through rare access, live demonstrations, and intimate storytelling.
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Venetian Masters – Visit the Oldest Mask Making Atelier in Venice
Step inside Venice’s oldest working mask atelier for a private visit. Watch masters shape and finish traditional designs, explore historic archives, and learn how masks shaped Carnival and daily life.
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VIP Luxury Truffle Experience in Alba – A Private Michelin Kitchen
Discover a once-in-a-lifetime VIP luxury truffle experience near Alba. Hunt for truffles, cook with a starred chef, and savor private wine tastings.
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VIP Renaissance Costume Ball in a Florentine Palace
Step into Florence’s grandest tradition: a Renaissance costume ball held in an exquisite frescoed palace. Guests dress in elegant period attire and waltz, promenade, and dance to live classical music performed by exceptional musicians. With candlelight, orchestral moments, refined choreography, and theatrical touches, this is an unforgettable gala evening. Perfect for corporate celebrations, VIP groups, anniversaries, weddings, and special events. Fully tailored to your needs.
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Wine Windows of Florence – Private Tour
Explore the charming wine windows of Florence: tiny historic openings once used to sell wine directly to locals. On this private 2-hour tour, your expert guide leads you through hidden backstreets and Renaissance stories before ending with a drink served through one of these traditional “buchette del vino.” A fun, cultural, and delicious experience.
Luxury ToursTuscany by Bike: Full day Tuscany Bike Tour
Pedal through olive groves, vineyards and medieval hamlets on a full-day ride from Florence. Visit a historic wine estate, tour the cellars, taste estate wines and olive oil, then sit down to a leisurely Tuscan lunch.
Day Trips
Tuscany Villa Cooking Class Experience
Roll fresh pasta in a frescoed Tuscan villa with an English-speaking chef. Learn family recipes, sip estate Chianti, and feast on your four-course menu surrounded by vineyards and olive groves.
Cooking & Art Classes
Capri and Blue Grotto Private Tour
Sail the sapphire waters to Capri on a private day from Naples. Glide into the Blue Grotto when conditions allow, explore Anacapri and Capri town, and enjoy panoramic gardens and terraces with time for lunch and shopping.
Day Trips
Cheese Making Experience in Tuscany
Join a private cheese making workshop at an award winning family farm in the Chianti countryside. Create artisan cheeses from fresh milk, tour vineyards and olive groves, and enjoy a Tuscan lunch paired with estate wines and olive oil.
Day Trips
Discover the Monastery of San Marco: The Medici, Manuscripts, and the Renaissance – Private Tour
Step inside San Marco, where Medici patronage, Fra Angelico’s serene frescoes, and luminous manuscripts reveal how Florence ignited the Renaissance. A private, scholar-led visit that feels intimate, elegant, and deeply Florentine.
Cities & History
Farm to Table with an Umbrian Family Experience – Umbria, Italy
Spend an unforgettable day on a family-run farm in Umbria. Meet the shepherd and his dogs, hunt for truffles, handcraft fresh pasta, and sit down to a generous farm-to-table lunch paired with local wine.
Day Trips
Fiesole HillTop Town Near Florence Tour with Tuscan Lunch
Discover the charm of Fiesole on this private half-day experience. Explore Etruscan and Roman ruins, marvel at panoramic views of Florence, and enjoy a gourmet Tuscan lunch with regional wines in one of the town’s finest restaurants.
Cities & History
On the Trail of Piero della Francesca – Private Full-Day Tour in Tuscany
Follow Piero della Francesca across Tuscany on a private full-day art pilgrimage. See his frescoes and paintings in situ, travel through rolling hills, and enjoy rich storytelling from a Renaissance specialist.
Cities & History
Parma Countryside Gourmet Adventure: Private Cheese, Ham, and Wine Tasting Tour
Journey through Parma’s rolling hills with a private host, meeting artisan producers and tasting Parmigiano Reggiano, Prosciutto di Parma, Culatello di Zibello and boutique wines among vineyards and aging cellars.
Cities & History
Pesto and Focaccia Cooking Class in Cinque Terre
Uncover the authentic flavors of Liguria in our hands-on Pesto and Focaccia Cooking Class in Cinque Terre. Learn traditional recipes, taste local wine, and cook with panoramic Mediterranean views.
Day Trips