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TUSCANY UNDER THE SKIN : WALKING HIKING COOKING CULTURAL ARTS & CRAFTS TOURS
YOUR HOSTS
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Ugo Mariotti
A Tuscan himself, Ugo worked as a film producer/director, graduating from the London Film School. After his return to Rome to work on documentaries for RAI Television and the wonderful "spaghetti westerns" of Cinecittà, he established Eldorado Films. Among the company's work was the co-production of Nicholas Roeg's Don't Look Now, a feature film shot in Venice with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.
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Ugo then moved to Australia where he worked for SBS Television and wrote film scripts including the award-winning Johnno, based on a book by the Australian author David Malouf.
Still a Tuscan at heart, he has returned to Italy where he lives and works at Trove, the Mariotti farm. His son Brian Marco, a Roman-born architect, is doing the designs for the restoration of the farmhouse whose original core dates from the 1400s.
Ugo loves good food, history, hiking, horseriding and is a qualified tourist guide.
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Barbara Mariotti
Originally from Queensland Australia, home of the Great Barrier Reef, Barbara always loved travelling and left Australia to do just that.
She returned home with film-maker husband Ugo, working for many years at SBS as a producer of award-winning television drama and documentary.
In her spare time she continued to go horseriding, hiking and travelling with regular visits to her second home Tuscany, where she now lives on the Mariotti farm growing olives and grapes.
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Barbara is a qualified tourist guide who enjoys sharing Tuscany with other travellers. Both she and Ugo are bi-lingual.
Barbara and Ugo have recorded some of their experiences at Trove in their "Letters from Tuscany".
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YOUR TOUR CO-ORDINATOR
Lesley Neil
Lesley Neil will be your first point-of-contact for the Tuscany Under the Skin tours. With her love of Tuscany, and extensive experience in tourism, she is well-equipped to help design the holiday experience of your dreams.
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Based in Sydney, Australia, Lesley has lived and travelled in both Europe and the United States and has a special interest in soft adventure holidays.
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