If you build travel experiences in Tuscany and need a dependable local guide for the hiking part of your itineraries, I work with tour operators, travel designers, and agencies whose clients expect more than a crowded group walk.
What I Bring
- A licensed GAE guide (Guida Ambientale Escursionistica) on the Tuscany Region register, AGAE member, authorised guide of the Parco Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli, with regional mushroom certification and a photographer’s eye for the route.
- Private, small-group only. One to three walkers at the base price, up to twelve with me alone, and your clients are never merged with strangers.
- Routes beyond the obvious: ridge walks, beech forests, marble quarries, and quiet Apennine and Apuane trails most operators don’t reach.
- Photography guidance as we walk, included in every day. A dedicated shoot with edited images afterwards is a paid add-on, booked at the same time.
- Professional liability insurance in force, certificate on request, and a careful, safety-first approach.
- English and Italian, year round, from a base in Pistoia.
The Detail Your Team Needs
Anyone vetting me as a supplier wants figures rather than adjectives. They’re all on one page, written to be forwarded and saved as a PDF: legal status and VAT number, insurance, group limits, regions, seasons, lead time, prices, what’s included, the weather policy, and the cancellation ladder with its percentages.
How We Work Together
You keep the client relationship; I deliver the day on the trail. Tell me your clients’ dates, group size, fitness, and interests, and I’ll propose a route and handle the on-the-ground guiding. I can work as a white-label provider inside your itinerary or as a named local expert, whichever suits your brand. Commercial terms are agreed case by case, so tell me how your agency or network prefers to work.
There’s no minimum lead time. If a date is genuinely free I can often run a full day at 24 hours’ notice, which is worth knowing when a client is already in the country and their plans have fallen through.
Where I Guide
The hinterlands of Lucca, Pistoia, Florence and Pisa, the Garfagnana, the Apuan Alps, and the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. If your clients are heading somewhere specific, ask. I probably know it.
Let’s Talk
Send me what you’re planning and I’ll tell you honestly whether I’m the right fit.