Our waiter, Giado, covered his eyes in dismay when we told him we were setting off the next day on a weeklong walking tour of Tuscany. "You really want to walk? It's sometimes 16 kilometers [about 10 ...

Girosole: Tour company organizes small group walking tours of Italy; girosole.com. Val d'Orcia: UNESCO World Heritage site in Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy ...

MONTALCINO, Italy — Walking from the towns of Buonconvento to Montalcino as part of a weeklong trek through Tuscany, I was faced with a tough decision. How many bottles of wine could I reasonably ...

Walking from the towns of Buonconvento to Montalcino as part of a weeklong trek through Tuscany, I was faced with a tough decision. The road that led to this quandary had passed right by the Caparzo ...

This June 13, 2014 photo shows the tri-colored Italian flag hanging from a balcony covered with plants on an apartment building in Pienza, a town in Tuscany. Pienza is a UNESCO World Heritage site ...

MONTALCINO, Italy – Walking from the towns of Buonconvento to Montalcino as part of a weeklong trek through Tuscany, I was faced with a tough decision. How many bottles of wine could I reasonably ...

This June 11, 2014 photo shows neatly plowed fields and workers tending crops on a farm en route to Rocca d'Orcia, a village in Tuscany, Italy. Walking tours of Tuscany offer many scenic spots like ...