{"id":12969,"date":"2025-11-19T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=12969"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:47:02","slug":"tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuscany Awaits: Stories, Slow Travel, and One Fabulous Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"237\" data-end=\"302\">Welcome to another inspiring episode of <strong data-start=\"277\" data-end=\"299\">Travel Connections<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"624\">If you\u2019ve been\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">following along, you know how excited I am about our upcoming\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/tours\/\">Travel Connections Tours<\/a> to Tuscany<\/strong>, launching in spring <\/span>2026. Our home base for these unforgettable experiences will be<strong> iCastagni<\/strong>, a lovingly restored inn nestled in the storybook hilltop village of <strong data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"621\">Montefollonico<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"892\">iCastagni is owned by my partners\u2014and dear friends\u2014<strong data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"693\">Tim and Jan Rawlinson<\/strong>, two British expats who have lived around the world before settling into their dream life in Tuscany. They\u2019re charming, insightful, and endlessly passionate about sharing the magic of this region.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"1286\">In today\u2019s conversation, we\u2019ll dive into their remarkable journey, from falling in love with Italy to restoring a centuries-old home into a welcoming retreat. You\u2019ll also get a behind-the-scenes look at what makes our <strong data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1160\">seven-day, six-night Travel Connections Tour<\/strong> so special\u2014where guests unpack once, slow down, and truly live like locals among the olive groves and vineyards of Tuscany.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1331\"><strong data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1329\">Highlights from this episode include:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1334\" data-end=\"1404\">How Jan and Tim discovered Montefollonico and built a life they love<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1458\">The history, beauty, and renovation of iCastagni<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1461\" data-end=\"1519\">What daily life is really like in a small Tuscan village<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1578\">A peek into our 2026 Travel Connections Tour itinerary<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1646\">Why <strong data-start=\"1585\" data-end=\"1594\">Siena<\/strong> is a must-see\u2014and one of the jewels of the region<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1646\">The\u00a0joy and reward of embracing <strong data-start=\"1681\" data-end=\"1696\">slow travel<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2030\" data-end=\"2101\">\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12974,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"episodes":[4303,4300,4312,4419,4354,4299,4355,4418],"class_list":["post-12969","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","episodes-food","episodes-italy","episodes-responsible-travel","episodes-slow-travel","episodes-smart-travel","episodes-travel","episodes-travel-planning","episodes-tuscany","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tuscany Awaits: Stories, Slow Travel, and One Fabulous Tour<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tim &amp; Jan Rawlinson share their personal stories of life in Tuscany, restoring a historic property and the new Travel Connections Tour.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tuscany Awaits: Stories, Slow Travel, and One Fabulous Tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tim &amp; Jan Rawlinson share their personal stories of life in Tuscany, restoring a historic property and the new Travel Connections Tour.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Adventures of Empty Nesters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Adventures-of-Empty-Nesters-258830094296887\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tuscany-Awaits-with-Tim-and-Jan-podcast-scaled.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@suzannestavert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/\",\"name\":\"Tuscany Awaits: Stories, Slow Travel, and One Fabulous Tour\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tuscany-Awaits-with-Tim-and-Jan-podcast-scaled.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-19T22:47:02+00:00\",\"description\":\"Tim & Jan Rawlinson share their personal stories of life in Tuscany, restoring a historic property and the new Travel Connections Tour.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tuscany-Awaits-with-Tim-and-Jan-podcast-scaled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tuscany-Awaits-with-Tim-and-Jan-podcast-scaled.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"tour in Tuscany\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Podcast Episodes\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Tuscany Awaits: Stories, Slow Travel, and One Fabulous Tour\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/\",\"name\":\"Adventures of Empty Nesters\",\"description\":\"Inspiring and educating travelers to explore what excites them and #findadventure wherever they go.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Adventures of Empty Nesters\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AOEN-LogoBelluga.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AOEN-LogoBelluga.png\",\"width\":501,\"height\":182,\"caption\":\"Adventures of Empty Nesters\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Adventures-of-Empty-Nesters-258830094296887\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/suzannestavert\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/suzannestavert\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/suzannestavert\/adventures-of-empty-nesters\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/suzannestavert\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tuscany Awaits: Stories, Slow Travel, and One Fabulous Tour","description":"Tim & Jan Rawlinson share their personal stories of life in Tuscany, restoring a historic property and the new Travel Connections Tour.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tuscany Awaits: Stories, Slow Travel, and One Fabulous Tour","og_description":"Tim & Jan Rawlinson share their personal stories of life in Tuscany, restoring a historic property and the new Travel Connections Tour.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/","og_site_name":"Adventures of Empty Nesters","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Adventures-of-Empty-Nesters-258830094296887\/","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tuscany-Awaits-with-Tim-and-Jan-podcast-scaled.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@suzannestavert","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/","url":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/","name":"Tuscany Awaits: Stories, Slow Travel, and One Fabulous Tour","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tuscany-Awaits-with-Tim-and-Jan-podcast-scaled.png","datePublished":"2025-11-19T22:47:02+00:00","description":"Tim & Jan Rawlinson share their personal stories of life in Tuscany, restoring a historic property and the new Travel Connections Tour.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tuscany-Awaits-with-Tim-and-Jan-podcast-scaled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tuscany-Awaits-with-Tim-and-Jan-podcast-scaled.png","width":1200,"height":1200,"caption":"tour in Tuscany"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/tuscany-awaits-stories-slow-travel-and-one-fabulous-tour\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Podcast Episodes","item":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/episodes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Tuscany Awaits: Stories, Slow Travel, and One Fabulous Tour"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/","name":"Adventures of Empty Nesters","description":"Inspiring and educating travelers to explore what excites them and #findadventure wherever they go.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#organization","name":"Adventures of Empty Nesters","url":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AOEN-LogoBelluga.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AOEN-LogoBelluga.png","width":501,"height":182,"caption":"Adventures of Empty Nesters"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Adventures-of-Empty-Nesters-258830094296887\/","https:\/\/x.com\/suzannestavert","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/suzannestavert\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/suzannestavert\/adventures-of-empty-nesters\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/suzannestavert\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/12969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/12969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12992,"href":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/12969\/revisions\/12992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"episodes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adventuresofemptynesters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episodes?post=12969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}