HIGHLIGHTS: Picture-perfect landscapes, ancient stone villages, Majolica dish-ware, village food markets, world-renowned cuisine, cooking classes, exceptional red wines, lunch on an organic farm, Chianina beef (Florentine beefsteak), olive oil tasting, truffle oil, Etruscan ruins and relics, Renaissance art treasures, St Francis sites, the Cinque Terre coastline, staying in villas or hotels with character.