Sightseeing tours in Tuscany

This tour is one of the best seller and most enjoyble tours we have in our list. Chianti attracts visitors from all over the World for the beautiful landscapes, people, small hamlets and great wines. An unique mixture to admire and taste under the guidance of our driving guide. Our tour begins in the morning with pick up at your hotel or villa and next you will be driven toward the heart of this region located on the hills between Siena and Florence. Our driving guide will illustrate history, secrets and legends of this land and wines before the first "uninformal" wine stop. Then keep touring on the hills you will be hosted at one winery to enjoy a wine tasting-lunch and private wine cellar visit. Usually our tour ends with a gently and smooth drive back to your accommodation but on request you can extend your day.

Are you familiar with Brunello?? limpid, brilliant, intense, persistent, full body, elegant and harmonic and what else ?? Montalcino or just the mountain or hills where the king of Tuscan wines is made. Geographically located in the south of Tuscany, almost 2 hours driving from Florence or 1 hour from Siena is the paradise for red wines lovers. Driving through characteristic villages and thick woods, you will discover well-tended vineyards, perfectly equipped and organized wineries, under the guidance of our driving guide. Your first stop before to reach the hill top town of Montalcino will be a winery for your first approach with Brunello. Next you will stop in Montalcino for a stroll and admire a spectacular view of the surrounding country from the top of the castle ramparts. Usually we suggest to have lunch or a 'panino' before the next private wine tasting and wine cellar visit so don't be shy and ask to your concierge the most suitable place for you. At the end of this wine experience you will be safely driven back to your accommodation.

This is just one of the possible itineraries in the beautiful south of Tuscany. Depending where you are located you can build your final itinerary with our staff. Montepulciano and Cortona are just more famous and important towns but we must mention the tiny village of Pienza, which became famous as the birth place of the Pope Pio 2nd. This tour begins with the meeting at your hotel or villa and next you will be driven toward south on the way to Rome. Under the guidance of your driving guide you will visit Cortona and the beautiful Medieval hill top town of Montepulciano where you can enjoy a glass of Vino Nobile. Your driving guide will escort you through this towns and the spectacular hills of the south of Siena's province, able to set a typical lunch or a wine tasting stop on the way. At the end of the day you will be returned to your accommodation.

What's one of the 7 wonders that you can admire in Tuscany ? Easy, the leaning tower !! If you wish to be impressed by its history and inclination, enjoy a walk around one of the most beautiful squares in the world. Next this tour will continue to Lucca where the suggestive city walls of this ancient city, admirable not only for its architectural masterpieces, the Cathedral, the Church of San Frediano, but also for its roads, buildings and squares as "Piazza del Mercato", which has kept the original oval shape of the ancient Roman amphitheatre. This tour begins with a meeting at your hotel or villa afterwards you will be driven to Pisa to be there early in the morning and taste this 'Miracolo'. Next you will be driven toward Lucca where your driving guide will able to set a lunch in a local restaurant. Depending time of the year your driving guide, who will escort you for the entire day could decide to invert the itinerary to avoid unpleasent crowds. At the end of this day you will be driven back to your accommodation.

Classic and wonderful tour, the best dive in the Tuscan history you can take with one day trip. Our driving guide will drive you through this unique medieval itinerary. Beginning from Siena, where the most prosperous era pre-dated the Renaissance and consequently much of the fabric of the city is in the older Gothic and Romanesque styles. There you will admire a fine Gothic and Romanesque Cathedral built in stunning black and white marble with a magnificent interior. The Piazza del Campo, overlooked by the giant campanile of the Palazzo Pubblico, is possibly the most complete Gothic piazza in Italy. Walking in Siena is just marvellous and its inhabitants' traditions are just crazy !! Next this tour will take you to San Gimignano where you will discover that it was an important relay point for pilgrims on the via Francigena to and from Rome. The patrician families, who controlled the city, built some 72 towers. Only 14 have survived but San Gimignano as retained its feudal atmosphere and splendid appearance. At the end of this day you will be driven back to your accommodation.

If you stay in Pisa or Lucca or Florence this is the ideal side trip to admire the mediterranean coast between Tuscany and Liguria. If you are not familiar with Cinque Terre, we must remember you that this day is very activ and requires good walking capacities. Our sedan or mini van will be necessary only to join the area, afterward our driving guide will walk with you showing the best and most accessible sites. You will spend the entire day in the Cinque Terre National Park along the Italian riviera, where the sea, fishing villages, vineyards and the hills will surely strike you. The highliths will be Manarola, Rio Maggiore, Vernazza and Corniglia. Our driving-walking guide will escort you between Rio maggiore and Manarola on the renowed Via dell'Amore, cut out of the coastal rock. Next your day will continue with a visit of Vernazza before to be trasferred in Corniglia. Lunch can be set on the way according to your wishes and your guide recommendation. At the end of the tour you will returned to your accommodation.

Quite simply our most popular Tuscan tour, the most amazing feature of this itinerary is that there is none...you and your English-speaking driving guide (Tuscan-born) will make up the plan as you go along! Along the way, you'll enjoy the views that made this region famous, stopping wherever your heart desires.
Radda or Greve in Chianti and the medieval villages of Vertine, Volpaia and Montefioralle are certain to leave last impressions as your personal guide leads you through the enchanting countryside. Don't forget to ask your guide to set up wine tastings along the way or organize an informal lunch in a fine restaurant when you feel a bit peckish...this day is yours to enjoy!