My name is Lucia de Ferrari, I’m a agricolture entrepreneur and a wedding estate owner in Umbria, Italy, called la Dogana (discover more of my venue here). In 2017 I started to design retreats and private tours at my venue and between our nearby regions of Umbria and Tuscany.

I started this business alone knowing that I wanted to achieve to have a team where we support, inspire and push each other every day and I am thankful now after 9 years to be able to rely on a 8 beautiful woman in particular with Lizzy our tours manager and Elisa as my venue manager.

All my tours always support local farmers and small business families, their hard work, passion and authenticity.

Everything I have build or change in my business comes from my guests feedbacks and from the aim of leaving something with great value to my client.

Funny stuff: I am vegetarian from years, I love chocolate (quite obvious!) but I sneeze every time I eat it! I am slightly addicted to all pets and to the sunrise in my vegetable garden and I think midnight pasta is always a good idea. Opinions?

My 2 favorite books: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes and Every Living Thing by James Herriot

My favorite quote: “it takes a dream to get started, a desire to keep going and determination to finish”.