MTW accommodation

One of the joys of an MTW trip is the diversity and quality of the accommodation you encounter.

There’s no single in-house style or quality level, although it goes without saying that there are certain standards around cleanliness and service which we require as a minimum. Beyond that, we embrace the transformative effect carefully chosen accommodation (and host) has on an itinerary.

Accommodation for self-guided hikers & cyclists

If you’re looking at our self-guided portfolio, we’d like you to know that your overnight lodgings have, or are a short walk from, a restaurant. In fact, this is one of the building blocks of our self-guided itineraries.

Many hiking companies see accommodation as simply a box to tick. We don’t. At MTW, the character of your accommodation is part of the fabric of your trip. A great illustration of this dates from MTW’s first itinerary, Heart of the Italian Alps. Imagine you’ve had three increasingly demanding days of hiking, culminating in hike three, which has 1700m of altitude gain and 1000m of descending.

On tired legs you arrive at the exquisite Relais Mont Blanc, pictured, where you can slip into the luxury of the pool, bar, restaurant, spa, massage rooms – and then there’s that moment of delight when you remember you have a whole rest day and another night here, before the trail takes you onward to Courmayeur and Mont Blanc.
Winery and farm accommodation

We look very closely at wineries who offer accommodation.

Three superb examples are our dear friends at Pecchenino winery and b&b (pictured) and Ada Nada, whom we visit with small groups; and at Tenuta Carretta (top picture), the six-hundred-year-old estate with Michelin-star restaurant, which forms part of our Wild Wine Country of Bra & Alba trip.

On some trips we stay at agriturismi. These are working farms which offer food produced mainly from their own activities. Our self-guided cycling trip in the Piemonte wine hills stays in such a place, nearby Montelupo Albese; whereas our Sardinian Wild Land of Vermentino and Pecorino accompanied trip visits Agriturismo Canales, high above Lake Cedrino.
Special places

Over the years we have assembled a wonderful portfolio of different accommodation. Take, for example, the peace and simple elegance of the Abbey of San Pietro in Valle, (pictured) in Umbria’s Val Nera. Your rooms here had been lived in by monks for over a thousand years, before it was converted to a hotel. We stay here on our Oil & Wine in the Appenines small group trip.

By contrast, the first stop of our Wild Wine Country of Bra & Alba hike is the rustic, beguiling l’Ombra della Collina, a converted farmhouse in the pedestrianised, historic centre of the city of Bra.

The list goes on, and every MTW trip is full of treasures to discover. Contact us to enquire or book.

Accommodation for self-guided hikers & cyclists

Winery and farm accommodation

Special places

Enquire here

For me the highlights were meeting the people.

MTW accommodation

Accommodation for self-guided hikers & cyclists

Winery and farm accommodation

Special places

Enquire here

For me the highlights were meeting the people.

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