Siena Trip Overview
Do not miss the opportunity to visit the Chianti Region, during your transfer from Siena to Florence, spend a half day on the Chianti wine-roads, along the old “Francigena Ways”, which was traveled by Charlemagne and by pilgrims to Rome and from the ancient Crusaders soldiers to Jerusalem. Visit San Gimignano, famous in all the world for its Medieval Towers and Monteriggioni Castle, the outpost built by the Republic of Siena and a strategic point of control of passages on the Via Francigena.
Our qualified drivers-escort will offer you tours in Mercedes Minivan accompanying you through the beautiful hills and picturesque villages of Tuscany, showing you the most interesting places and the extraordinary work of expert craftsmen. if you want you can ask our driver to stop you in a wine farm for a lunch or a wine tasting.
Later, you can choose where you want to be left in Florence (to your home address or where you booked your hotel, B & B or private apartment).
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Siena, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Do not miss the opportunity to visit the Chianti Region, during your transfer from Siena to Florence, spend a half day on the Chianti wine-roads, along the old “Francigena Ways”, which was traveled by Charlemagne and by pilgrims to Rome and from the ancient Crusaders soldiers to Jerusalem. Visit San Gimignano, famous in all the world for its Medieval Towers and Monteriggioni Castle, the outpost built by the Republic of Siena and a strategic point of control of passages on the Via Francigena.
Our qualified drivers-escort will offer you tours in Mercedes Minivan accompanying you through the beautiful hills and picturesque villages of Tuscany, showing you the most interesting places and the extraordinary work of expert craftsmen. if you want you can ask our driver to stop you in a wine farm for a lunch or a wine tasting.
Later, you can choose where you want to be left in Florence (to your home address or where you booked your hotel, B & B or private apartment).
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Monteriggioni, Monteriggioni, Tuscany
Our driver escort will pick you up at your location (hotel, B&B or private apartment) and take you on a drive through the sweet hills of Tuscany. First stop in Monteriggioni: Monteriggioni is a Castle founded by the Sienese between 1213 and 1219 as an outpost against the Florentines, in antiquity Monteriggioni was famed as an impregnable fortress. Now, inside the castle you can visit the museum of Medieval Weapons, and you can walk over the old defensive walls.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: San Gimignano, San Gimignano, Tuscany
Secondo stop in San Gimignano. San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town not far from Siena. Known as the Town of Fine Towers, The town also is known for saffron, the Golden Ham, and its white wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, produced from the ancient variety of Vernaccia grape which is grown on the sandstone. In the main square don’t forget to taste the best ice cream in the world.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chianti Road, Italy
Before to arrive in Florence if you want, you will have the possibility along the wine road, to taste renowned wines and other typical products like olive oil, Sienese sweets, cheeses, balsamic vinegar and truffle in a super Tuscan Farm.
Ask our driver about the various farms for a lunch and wine tastings. You will pay for the lunch or tastings directly at the farm-winery.
Duration: 1 hour
