Friday, June 13, 2025

Bring it with you!

 Europe for the past ten years has been strongly discouraging single use plastics, resulting in the all too common convenience store bottle of water becoming less common and way more expensive... Here at Adventures to Tuscany, for both our Provence and Tuscany Tours we typically provisioned 3 bottles a day per guest for the week, so for our typical Provence Tour went through at least 48 bottles per day or 336 plastic bottles for just one Tour Group! When we did the math, we realized we were responsible for several thousand plastic bottles every Tour Season and unfortunately, many of these never made it to a recycling plant...  

Just a small token of our appreciation...
So back a few years ago, we decided to get on board and be a little more environmentally conscious! With this in mind, that's why we gift you the small thermos we sent in the mail.  As a small token of our appreciation, each guest received one of our official Adventures To Provence thermos bottles! We think you'll love these; they'll hold half a liter (17 ounces) they're super lightweight,(only 8 ounces), double walled, vacuum insulated & powder coated 18/8 stainless steel thermos' bottles... You can fill them with water, coffee or even wine, and they'll keep beverages ice cold or steaming hot for almost 24 hours...  

They'll easily fit in the side pocket of your daypack and they're wonderful to take along for your daytime activities while you're with us in Provence!  We're typically out all day long... It'll be late June, so it can get pretty warm, and it's nice to have something ice cold to sip on! (in late June it's common in this area of the mediterranean for temps to hit highs in the mid 90's... the day you arrive they're forecasting a high of 96).  So we strongly encourage you to bring these bottles along on your trip... We put out pitchers of ice water on the Breakfast Buffet in the morning... Fill your bottle and throw it in your daypack... you'll be glad you did!

Terese & I actually fill one of ours with ice water and the other with coffee and share throughout the day!   You'll find they'll also work well to fill with ice water and have at your bedside overnight while you're at The Villa! And don't worry, we think you'll find the water at our Villa, high in the rural Provençal countryside is ultra pure and tastes wonderful!

We first discovered these years ago when we were looking for something functional for ourselves, as it's not always convenient for us to stop somewhere to buy water or coffee while we're out leading our Tours... and after a few years, we decided it would be a nice gift for our guests as well...  We think you'll enjoy these for many years!   So many of our guests over the years tell us they use them everyday! Got one of these from a previous trip with us?  Now you've got two!

Thanks again for choosing us for your Adventure To Provence!  We really appreciate it & we're looking forward to spending time with you!

Tommy & Terese

We've seen the rain!  best to bring a small travel umbrella...