# ATG Oxford: The best way to see a country is on foot > ATG offers expertly curated trips in Europe exploring areas of outstanding natural beauty on foot combined with cultural insights\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.2, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Home](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/) - [People \& Quality](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/people-quality/) - [FAQs](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/faqs/) - [Pieve a Castello: A Tuscan Retreat](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/pieve-a-castello-a-tuscan-retreat/) - [Escorted Trips](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/escorted-trips/) - [ATG Trust](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/atg-trust-2/) - [Independent Trips](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/independent-trips/) - [Sustainable Travel](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/sustainable-travel/) - [Working with ATG](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/working-with-atg/) - [11th Trip Free](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/11th-trip-free/) - [A Little History](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/a-little-history/) ## Posts - [Three Great Italian Reds](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/three-great-italian-reds/): For millennia the wines of Italy have been famous for their exciting diversity and excellence, and its vineyards and grape varieties renowned in Roman time are still flourishing today – beside innovative newcomers\. Nowhere is this more evident than in the great red wines of the peninsula's heartland\. - [Painting at Pieve a Castello: A note from the Tour Leader](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/painting-at-pieve-a-castello-a-note-from-the-tour-leader/): Are you thinking about coming on the painting trip but have some fear about your ability and being compared with others? I always say there is no such thing as good and bad paintings, but rather sincere and insincere paintings\. If you put in a genuine effort without trying to be what you are not the result will be interesting and most likely a surprise to yourself\. - [European wildflowers: Addiction of Discovery](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/european-wildflowers-addiction-of-discovery/): Sometimes it’s an almost unimaginable profusion of flowers – red poppies, yellow tulips, blue and yellow irises, brilliant blue gentians or woods carpeted with pink cyclamen\. Sometimes it is a species so rare that we can hardly believe what we have found, and at other times it is the sheer exuberance of colours\. - [Walking the Maestrazgo: From Iglesuela del Cid to Morella](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/walking-the-maestrazgo-from-iglesuela-del-cid-to-morella/): Straddling the border between the Spanish regions of Aragon and Valencia, the Maestrazgo is one of the most remarkably well\-preserved and least\-visited parts of Spain\. For the walker, this remote area in the province of Teruel with ancient paths, clean air and dramatic landscapes provides an increasingly rare escape from the hustle and bustle of modern life\. - [Classic Alsace: A land between two cultures](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/classic-alsace-a-land-between-two-cultures/): My name is Matthieu, and I have been guiding travellers through Alsace as Route Manager for the Classic Alsace circuit with ATG Oxford for over ten years\. Every single time I stand above the vineyards and look out over the Rhine plain towards the Black Forest, I feel the same quiet wonder — and that never gets old\. ## Tour - [Roman Umbria \& Assisi \- Independent](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/tour/umbria-assisi-footloose-independent-walking/): Discover easy paths between medieval and ancient Roman towns\. Two thousand years ago, a thriving Roman colony existed in this region, where wealthy patricians came to relax\. - [Ancient Paths to Rome I: Tuscan Hills \- Independent](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/tour/tuscan-hills-footloose-independent-walking/): Journey through ever\-changing, wide open, rolling landscapes punctuated by hilltop towns, cypress trees, vineyards, olive groves and ancient forest\. - [Seasons: Winter's Best \- Escorted](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/tour/pieve-a-castello-seasons-winters-best/): Based at Pieve a Castello, set in unspoilt landscape in central Tuscany\. A flexible itinerary including varied walk options, excursions, time to relax, superb food and wine\.\.\. - [Pieve a Castello Seasons: Summer's Best \- Independent](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/tour/pieve-a-castello-seasons-best/): Stay independently in this unique, award\-winning, Augustinian canonry complex located in idyllic countryside, between Florence \& Siena in central Italy\. - [Tuscan Food \& Wine \- Escorted](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/tour/pieve-a-castello-tuscan-food-and-wine/): Stay for a week in Pieve a Castello, a restored, 8th\-century canonry with organic vegetable gardens, set in peaceful countryside between Florence and Siena\. ## Country - [Scotland](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/country/scotland/) - [Portugal](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/country/portugal/) - [France](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/country/france/) - [Italy](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/country/italy/) - [Spain](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/country/spain/) ## Categories - [News](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/category/news/) ## Country taxonomy - [Walking in Italy](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/country-taxonomy/italy/) - [Walking in Spain](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/country-taxonomy/spain/) - [Walking in France](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/country-taxonomy/france/) - [Walking in Portugal](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/country-taxonomy/portugal/) - [Walking in Scotland](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/country-taxonomy/scotland/) ## City - [Tuscany](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/city/tuscany/) - [Siena](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/city/siena/) - [San Gimignano](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/city/san-gimignano/) - [Pieve a Castello](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/city/pieve-a-castello/) - [Monteriggioni](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/city/monteriggioni/) ## Properties - [Walking Trips featuring Art \& Architecture](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/properties/exceptional-architecture/) - [Walking Trips featuring Historic Towns](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/properties/historic-towns/) - [Walking Trips featuring Historic \& Pilgrim Routes](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/properties/historic-pilgrim-route/) - [Walking Trips featuring Heritage Hotels](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/properties/heritage-hotels/) - [Walking Trips featuring Wine Areas](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/properties/wine-areas/) ## Category - [All Escorted](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/category-rest/escorted/) - [Escorted Private Group Trips](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/category-rest/escorted-private-group-trips/) - [Walking Trips: Travelling with Children](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/category-rest/travelling-with-children/) - [All Independent](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/category-rest/independent/) - [Pieve a Castello: A Tuscan Retreat](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/category-rest/pieve-a-castello-a-tuscan-retreat/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://atg-oxford.co.uk/sitemap_index.xml)