8 Day Working Ranch Week Horse Riding Holiday in Castell'Azzara, Tuscany, Italy
Italy Ranch Horseback Riding Holiday
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Enjoy a glimpse of a cowboy's life in this "Working Ranch Week". Learn how to work with a horse as your partner and how to overcome seemingly difficult tasks together. At the end of the week, come together with Il Cornacchino to move a group of foals into a new pasture at the "Horse Drive".
Key information
- Rider Weight Limit: 220 pounds / 100 kilograms
- Horse breed: Maremmano, appaloosas, many mixed breeds, Haflinger. Il Cornacchino can't tell in advance which horse they will use for a particular programme.
- Tack Type: Western tack
Meet the instructors
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Highlights
- 5 half-day courses with practice and theory
- Experience all-day horse riding with a picnic
- Drive together one of the herds to their new grassland
- You will be guided personally by Fabio Tascone
- Daily full board meals are included
- 7 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Advanced
Types
6 days with instruction in English
Accommodation
Cornacchino is a wonderful place nestled in a natural kingdom, full of fascination and emotion that will reawaken your senses. Il Cornacchino invites you to share this amazing place and their love for horses. Cornacchino is a little farm situated in a romantic valley, surrounded by woods and meadows. The horses live in small herds on 100 hectares of pasture land, in complete accord with their natural needs.
Program
Ranch work
What does that actually mean? This week, Il Cornacchino would like to give you an understanding of the basic works at a horse ranch. At Cornacchino, they have been keeping, breeding, and training horses for more than 20 years. The land consists of more than 100 hectares and is home to about 50 horses in small droves in broad meadows with natural streams, small forests, and scattered rock formations.
The youngest ones were just born last year and the oldest horse counts already 34 years.
These surroundings are a perfect setting to show you the daily chores, as well as the special works at a horse ranch. During this week, you will, amongst other things, learn how to supply and saddle your workhorse, practice one-handed riding, open and close gates from the horseback, drive horse herds, and learn how to manage a "hand horse" in rough terrain.
At the end of the week, go together on the "Horse Drive" where you drive one of the herds to their new grassland with your "hand horse", whichever is carrying the supplies for the BBQ.
Estimated course of events
Please note that the program may be modified at any time due to prevailing weather conditions or for technical reasons.
Day 1: Saturday
- Arrival and dinner
Day 2: Sunday
- Informal meeting and theory lesson (et al. Horsemanship, herd behavior)
Day 3: Monday
- One-handed Western riding
- Neck reigning
- Firm control of your horse with only one hand
Day 4: Tuesday
- Trail riding
- Opening gates, moving your horses sideways over obstacles, etc.
Day 5: Wednesday
- Team penning with horses
Day 6: Thursday
- Riding with other horses beside
Day 7: Friday
- "Horse Drive"
- Day trip with BBQ
Day 8: Saturday
- Breakfast and departure
You will be guided personally by Fabio Tascone. Fabio is one of the owners of Cornacchino and has been breeding, training, and working with horses for more than 30 years. He made a name for himself with the training of colts and the correction of so-called horses with problems. He specializes in outdoor western riding.
Experience required
This week has a medium difficulty; you are required to manage trot, gallop, and canter outside.
Instructors
Fabio Tascone
Fabio has been working with horses and equestrian vacations since 1980. He speaks Italian and English. He is a certified FITEEC-ANTE guide, environmental equestrian, DWA, and farrier. He provides and oversees horse care, lessons, training, horse-shoeing, promotion, and general management of the establishment.
Location
Features
Activities
- Massage
General
- Café
- Fireplace
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Restaurant
- Terrace
Services
- Free Wi-Fi
- Meeting room
Food
During this holiday, daily full board meals are included.
Typical Tuscan kitchen
The flavors of rural traditions of Tuscany, Umbria, and Latsio are melded with the personal tastes of the cooks. There is no fixed or daily menu. Every day, you eat based on seasonal availability or following the guests‘ tastes. This is where passion integrates with the chef's cuisine. The menu is composed of a series of appetizers, two first courses, a second course, and three side dishes, fruit, and dessert. Thus it's easy to fulfill the special wishes of all guests - vegetarians or not. The only ingredients are enthusiasm and the loving care of the cooks in every dish.
Wine is genuine, and always present in flasks. It is not included in the price and it comes from Montepulciano’s wines.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Pescatarian
- Other dietary requirements on request
Things to do (optional)
In the afternoon you may take part in our riding-outs (not included).
Spa treatments
There is no spa in the location, but several hot springs and spa in the surroundings.
What's included
- 7 nights accommodation in a double room
- Full board service
- 5 half days course (2 hours of theory and 10 hours of practice)
- One day ride with picnic
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- Personal insurance
- Personal expenses
- Afternoon riding-outs
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer available for additional US$ 302 per person
Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport
131 km away from your destination
Transfer available for additional US$ 302 per person
Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport
116 km away from your destination
Driving directions
- Cassia road SS 2 at kilometer 146,5 exit for Castell'AzzaraFrom Castell'Azzara follow the road-signs "Cornacchino" (3 Km).
- Set the satellite navigator on Castell'Azzara Via Petrarca and follow the directions.
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport (FCO) or Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA). Airport transfer is not included in the price. From the airport, continue by the train to Chiusi-Chianciano. Collective transfer is possible on Saturday from / to Rome Ciampino and Rome Fiumicino airports. The price per person one way is 140 EUR and EUR 260 for roundtrip. For couple / family, a family discount is applicable:
- For a booking of two people: 220 EUR per person return
- For a booking of three people: 180 EUR per person return
- For a booking of four people: 150 EUR per person return
Arrival by train
Arrival by train
Train station Chiusi-Chianciano (along the route Firenze-Roma) Transfers (round-trip) of groups will be organized on Saturdays at 40 EUR return per person. Alternative transfer possible on request at 60 EUR per person per way. Taxi costs approximately 100 EUR.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 40% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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