The Family Tuscany Retreat
For one week at the start of summer, a private country estate in the hills of Tuscany is ours alone. A big pool for long afternoons, a private park to explore, and nowhere anyone has to be.
No packed lunches. No dishes. Nobody asking what's for dinner. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are made for you every day by our private chef, so the only thing left to decide is how to spend the day: cannonballs in the pool, a walk through the woods, or a day trip to Florence or Pisa.
Every family gets a whole two-bedroom apartment of its own, with a kitchen, a living room and its own front door, so naps and early bedtimes are easy.
The estate
An old villa and its farm buildings, scattered through a private park with paths to wander. Every apartment has its own kitchen and living room, and most open onto a patio or a shaded table outside.
Summer mornings start slowly here.
Early mist fills the valleys and burns off by breakfast, and in late June the light lingers until after 9 pm.
The table
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are taken care of, every single day. Our private chef cooks on site with seasonal ingredients grown right here on the estate. No menus to plan, no groceries, no dishes. Just come to the table hungry.
Fresh pastries are waiting every morning. Take your coffee out to the garden or down to the pool and let the day start slowly.
A long lunch with no clock on it, made from whatever is at its best that week.
We sit down together every evening as the light goes gold over the hills. Stay for one more round of dessert. Nobody is rushing you.
Kids and grown-ups get their hands in the flour together and learn to make fresh pasta the Tuscan way. You'll take the recipe home, and maybe the habit.
Beyond the Villa
Some days you'll want nothing more than the pool. Other days you'll want to see Tuscany from a hot air balloon or the back of a horse. Choose whatever calls to you, as much or as little as you like, and we'll arrange every detail. Your cooking class and walks are already included.
Tell us which experiences you'd love when you reserve. One, all of them, or none at all.
We book it all and fit it around meals, naps and your family portrait session.
Your itinerary is waiting when you arrive. There is nothing for you to organize.
Learn to make fresh pasta or a proper ribollita, the Tuscan bread soup, with our private chef, and bring the recipes home.
Float over the hills of Chianti. In early summer the landscape below is a patchwork of green and gold.
Ride the quiet trails that run along the woods and fields, with stables in the villages close by.
Paths start right from the estate and wind through the woods and hills. Head out whenever the mood strikes.
Our week falls in summer truffle season. Walk the woods with a truffle hunter and his dogs and see what they turn up. Kids love it.
For the grown-ups: an afternoon tasting the wines of the surrounding hills.
Add-on experiences are priced separately and paid when you reserve them. Each provider sets its own age limits, and we'll tell you what fits your family. Change your mind before you travel? Just tell us and we'll adjust your plans.
Take the opportunity
Cypress lanes, old stone walls and golden summer light. You may never stand anywhere more beautiful to be photographed together, and we'll be right there with the camera.
Included for every family
A complete family portrait session set against the Tuscan landscape, scheduled around naps, meals and whatever else your family has planned that day.
Choose 10 favorites from your session and keep them as fine art digital portraits, included in your stay.
Want even more?
Love more than ten? Want the week on video, or your portraits printed for your walls?
Additions are priced separately. Ask about them when you reserve, or after your session.
Ask about additionsWhere you'll stay
Every family gets a whole two-bedroom apartment to itself. Every price covers all seven nights for your whole family: your apartment, breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, the cooking class, and a full family photoshoot with hair and makeup and 10 fine art digital portraits. Choose how many people are coming and the price adjusts. Babies under 2 sleep free in a cot. Apartments are reserved in the order they're booked.
Two full bathrooms
A queen bedroom for the grown-ups, a twin bedroom for the kids, two full bathrooms and a sofa bed in the living room for up to two more. Vigna has a futon for one, so it sleeps up to five.
Ground floor · Private patio
The brightest of the apartments, with a patio made for aperitivo.
Ground floor · Private patio
Known for its sunsets over the hills.
Two floors · Covered outdoor dining
Split over two floors, with a tower bedroom the kids will love.
Two floors · Private patio
Brick arches and the original farmhouse hearth, with a full bathroom for each bedroom.
First floor · Covered outdoor dining
Upstairs, and the best seat for stargazing after dinner.
One and a half bathrooms
Both bedrooms are upstairs, with one full bathroom, plus a powder room and a sofa bed downstairs. The stairs come up through the queen bedroom, so they suit one family happy to share a bathroom. Priced $500 lower.
Two floors · Private patio
A sunny corner of the estate, with the bedrooms tucked upstairs.
Two floors · Private patio
A fan-shaped window in the bedroom looks out into the trees.
Bigger family?
Traveling with grandparents, cousins or a family of seven or more? We can put two apartments together for you. Write to us and we'll help you plan it.
At a glance
Every price includes the same week for your whole family: your own apartment, every meal, the cooking class and your full family photoshoot with 10 fine art portraits. Babies under 2 in a cot are free.
| Your family | Two full bathrooms | Per person | 1½ bathrooms | Per person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family of 3 | $6,450 | $2,150 | $5,950 | $1,983 |
| Family of 4 | $7,950 | $1,988 | $7,450 | $1,862 |
| Family of 5 | $8,950 | $1,790 | $8,450 | $1,690 |
| Family of 6 | $9,950 | $1,658 | $9,450 | $1,575 |
Two full bathrooms: Ulivo, Cipresso, Torretta, Rosmarino and Vigna (Vigna sleeps up to five). 1½ bathrooms: Girasole and Salvia.
Ways to pay
Choose the way that feels easiest. Your apartment is held the moment your first payment goes through.
All at once · no fee
Pay the full price of your apartment when you reserve, with any debit or credit card. There is no fee, and your stay is completely taken care of.
Excursions, portraits, video and transfers are chosen after you book and paid for when you reserve them. See the timeline below.
Payment plan · $250 fee
Pay half of your booking plus a $250 payment plan fee when you reserve. The other half is due by Thursday 1 June 2028, and we'll send you a reminder before then.
For example, a $7,950 apartment for a family of four is $4,225 today ($3,975 plus the $250 fee) and $3,975 by June 1.
Reserving on or after 1 June 2028? Payment in full is due when you book. The payment plan fee is non-refundable.
Over time · no fee
Open the Affirm app and ask to pay over time for the amount of your booking. Once you're approved, pay in full at our checkout with your Affirm Card, then pay Affirm back monthly on the plan you choose. We don't add a fee.
Learn more about the Affirm CardRates from 0 to 36% APR based on credit, subject to an eligibility check with Affirm. A down payment may be required. Plans are between you and Affirm.
Because we reserve the entire estate, our chef and our vendors for you well ahead of time, payments are non-refundable. If your plans change, your place may be transferred to another family at our discretion. We strongly recommend travel insurance. Everything is set out in our Terms and Conditions.
From booking to Tuscany
Choose your apartment and the size of your family, then reserve it in full, with the payment plan, or with Affirm.
We'll reach out to plan your family's week: the excursions you'd love, your family photoshoot, a cot or high chair, and whether you'd like us to arrange a private transfer from the airport or you'd rather rent a car.
Fly into Florence or Pisa, arriving Saturday 24 June. Check that everyone, babies included, has a passport valid well beyond your trip. For the fullest protection, buy travel insurance within 14 days of your first retreat payment, then add your airfare and extras to the policy as you book them.
If you chose the payment plan, your remaining balance is due by Thursday 1 June 2028. Any experiences you add are paid for when you reserve them.
Flights from the US cross overnight. Leave on Friday 23 June and land the next day, or fly out a few days early and spend time in Florence, Rome or another city before making your way to the villa.
Check in at the villa on Saturday 24 June, receive your family's itinerary built around your choices, and head for the pool. The rest of the week is yours.
Getting around
The estate sits in the countryside between Florence and Siena. Fly into Florence or Pisa, then choose how you'd like to arrive. Everything below is an easy day trip.
Rent a car at the airport, drive to the villa, and explore Tuscany on your own schedule all week.
Add a private transfer from Pisa or Florence airport and we'll bring you straight to the door. Available for an additional fee.
Airfare is not included in the cost of the Tuscan Experience.
Reserve your place
info@baciniphotography.com
Prices are in US dollars for seven nights of accommodation for your family, meals by our private chef, a cooking class, and a full family photoshoot with hair and makeup and 10 fine art digital portraits, Saturday 24 June to Saturday 1 July 2028. Airfare and airport transfers are not included. The local tourist tax is included. Payments are non-refundable and may be transferred to another family at our discretion.
Rather focus on a solo or couple's trip? Explore our adults-only Tuscany Retreat, September 20 to 27, 2027.
See the adults-only retreat