21–25 OCTOBER 2026
Under the Tuscan Sun
BEAUTY · SLOW LIVING · PLEASURE · LANDSCAPE · TASTE · PRESENCE · CULTURE · WINE tasting · CONNECTION · THE SENSES
How do we receive beauty? We photograph it, consume it, move through it but rarely do we let it land in us.
Tuscany has been asking the same question for a thousand years: what does it mean to live well?
The question at the heart of Maison de la Présence explored in the heart of Tuscany. Four days in the hills between Montalcino and Montepulciano. We become present among vineyards, medieval streets, and tables that take their time in order to practice the answer.
A medieval castle. A Ferragamo-owned winery. A Michelin-star night and Michelin-worthy views. Four days in full presence among the hills of Val d’Orcia.
When?
21–25 October 2026
Where?
Val d'Orcia, Tuscany
Organized by
Maison de la Présence
The Experience
This experience is an invitation to:
- Slow down inside one of the most beautiful landscapes on earth
- Taste, move through, and truly inhabit Tuscany rather than visit it
- Discover the relationship between outer beauty and inner stillness
- Share a table, a cellar, and a hillside with a curated group of people
- Return home with new energy and appreciation for the life well-lived
Included:
- Bus transfer from Rome to Val d'Orcia, return included
- 4 nights at a privatized Tuscan villa
- Private chef in residence for meals during house days
- Guided visit and wine tasting at Castiglion del Bosco (Ferragamo's winery)
- Cooking class at the villa
- Day excursions to Montalcino, Montepulciano and Pienza
- Private transfer for all transfers and excursions
- Yoga practices
- Facilitated group practices
Not included:
- Flights / transport to and from Rome
- Meals and drinks during excursions (lunches and some dinners)
- Personal expenses and travel insurance
Wednesday, October 14 — Arriving
Arrival in Rome
Afternoon
Arrival at 14:00 & welcome drinks & bites by the pool
Evening
Welcome dinner by a private chef
Thursday, October 15 — Slow Down & Connection Day
Morning
Beginner-friendly yoga class to start our morning those in presence.
Breakfast at the villa on the terrace overlooking the hills of Val d’Orcia.
Free time at the villa, among the pools and the hills.
Lunch at the villa, on the terrace.
Afternoon
“The Good Life” – What made Renaissance Tuscans believe that beauty and pleasure were not distractions from a meaningful life, but its very substance? What does it mean to arrive somewhere and let a place change you?
Presentation about Tuscany. Ideas borrowed from the cinematic world to understand better the region, it’s wine and how it connects to our lives even from afar.
Evening
Cooking class: Learning how to make pasta by hand in the villa’s kitchen the way Italians make itv with a glass of red wine in hand and in good company.
Dinner at the villa with the pasta we cooked together.
Friday, October 16 — The Land & What it Holds
Morning
Breakfast at the villa, on the terrace overlooking the hills of Val d’Orcia.
Slow morning and departure for Montalcino with private transfer.
Lunch in the heart of Montalcino at a chosen restaurant that meets the beautiful occasion.
An afternoon strolling among the town in Montalcino and indulge in Italian-made gelato and coffee.
Wine tasting at Castilgiano del Bosco: a Ferragamo estate with thousand years of history, and one of the founding houses of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG itself. We walk the vineyards, descend into the cellars, and taste what the name has come to mean.
Dinner by a private chef.
Saturday, October 18 — Views of Presence
Morning
Breakfast at the villa, on the terrace overlooking the hills of Val d’Orcia.
Slow morning and departure for Montepulciano with private transfer.
Lunch
The climb to Piazza Grande, the view that opens at the top, cellars carved into the rock below the street and a lunch worth remembering.
Afternoon
Drive to Pienza town, the lane that looks south over the Val d’Orcia. Pecorino aged in caves a few steps away.
Dinner
A special dinner arranged at the most beautiful view in Val d’Orcia. Secret location.
Sunday, July 19 — Integration
Morning
Beginner-friendly yoga class to start our morning those in presence.
Breakfast at the villa, on the terrace
Midday Departure for Rome by private transfer (optional)
What kind of people come to a Maison de la Présence experience?
People who built a life that looks good from the outside and started wondering if it’s actually theirs. They’re 28 to 45, they work hard, they’ve done well, and somewhere along the way they realized the old scripts: climb the ladder, accumulate, repeat aren’t delivering what they were promised.
Founders sit next to consultants next to graphic designers next to community builders next to yoga teachers. They travel well. They value ambition in their growth, but they can feel the traditional paradigms shifting beneath them.
The scripts aren’t holding and they’re asking new questions:
What does the next chapter look like if the old path doesn’t fit anymore?
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