Your Balloon Flight

We fly at dawn (approximately 6.00 am at mid-summer). Morning flights are nearly always possible, The balloon flight normally lasts just over an hour, and concludes with the traditional Champagne toast and a hearty breakfast after which we load everything back on to the trailer of the chase vehicle which follows our flight from the launch site, and return home.
Where possible we follow the route that we took in the balloon, so that you can see from ground level what you noticed from the air. Whereas evening flights are often difficult because of the sea breeze from the Mediterranean which can be quite stiff, and sometimes doesn’t drop until well after dark. The inflation takes about 30 minutes, and we are usually back by mid-morning.

Private Balloon Flights

For those wanting a really special and private ballooning experience we can offer the exclusive use of a smaller balloon with a special personal attention from our pilot and crew. We would normally expect private flights to be up to 4 people. We can also quote for larger groups, please ask for further information.

The Landscape

The area in which we fly spans across parts of Tuscany and Umbria, it starts from Cortona and Montepulciano in the south and ends just south of Florence in the north. It consists of rolling hills and steep valleys, villages on hilltops, and isolated farmhouses and castles.

Closer to earth we can chat to farmers clipping their olive trees or seeing to their vines as we coast by down the valley, looking for a place to land, skirting castles and villages that have not changed in centuries. It is a well cared for landscape that is a pleasure to behold.

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