Tuscany Wine Tasting: Siena, San Gimignano, & Monteriggioni Escorted Tour with Tuscan Lunch
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128 Ratings
Firenze
Experience the best of Tuscany on this escorted tour. Visit Siena, San Gimignano, and Monteriggioni, enjoy a Tuscan lunch and wine tasting, and explore at your own pace.
Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Historic Centre of San Gimignano - the charming San Gimignano, world famous walled town located on a hilltop, which remained intact through the centuries, renowned for its tall towers, wonderful frescoes and many other valuable works of art: here the tour leader will lead you to the historical center, where you will have around 2 hours of free time for a fascinating discovery.
What's Included
  • Typical Tuscan 3-course lunch at Chianti Winery
  • Live commentary during the tour
  • Air-conditioned bus with Wi-Fi
  • Tastings of Chianti wines, olive oil, balsamic vinegar & vin santo
  • Services of a licensed tour escort
What's Not Included
  • Guided Service in Siena
  • Cathedral admission in Siena
Additional Information

Embark on a budget-friendly exploration to Siena, San Gimignano, Monteriggioni* and Chianti. This guided day tour comes with a Tour Escort. Enjoy a three-course traditional Tuscan lunch at a Chianti Winery, accompanied by a tasting of three distinct Chianti Wines, additional virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar and “vin santo”. Benefit from ample leisure time to explore Siena, San Gimignano and Monteriggioni. Listen to insightful commentary about the region’s history, art and landscape aboard the bus and revel in the beauty of Tuscany’s most iconic and enchanting cities at your own pace.

(*) Between November and March, the tour doesn’t include a stop at Monteriggioni and the return trip to Florence is roughly estimated to be 30 minutes early.

  • For small groups, up to 8 pax, the Tour escort service could be replaced with an English speaking driver-guide service, while maintaining unchanged the entire program of the excursion.
  • Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
  • Please note that the order of the visits may change
  • It is mandatory to arrive at the meeting point at the mentioned check in time. In case of delay it will not be possible to join the excursion, nor to have a refund or reschedule the tour.
Location
Piazzale Montelungo
An Assistant waits for you wearing blue clothing with Caf Tour and Gray Line Logos, at the end of the ramp connecting with the railway station.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Diane_m
Apr 17, 2024
Charming Historic Tuscany - We thoroughly enjoyed the time in Tuscany! It was a beautiful day and the guide Aaron and driver Giovanni were excellent.
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Ignaziodominic_d
Jan 27, 2024
Beautiful places with... - Beautiful places with outstanding guide and driver. The lunch while tasty, was lacking in volume. Guide was particularly nice and well informed.
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Marcelosnesthesia
Dec 11, 2023
Excellent experience! Truly incredible leader Marta - Incredible experience, Giovani very competent driver, Marta leader, extremely polite, cheerful and inspiring
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Lorenzo
Nov 11, 2023
Unforgettable Tuscany excursion - Very interesting and enjoyable experience. Our guide Constantino was great and very fun. Our driver Raúl drove the bus wonderfully. A very pleasant and pleasant excursion thanks to our guide Constantino and our driver Raúl. Highly recommended. If you are lucky enough to have Constantine as your guide, you will surely enjoy the experience as much as we have.
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I2761lsjennifers
Nov 13, 2023
Tuscany tour - This tour was set up to be a 6 + hours but the tour ended up being over 12 hours- our last stop in Sienna was 3 hours of free time- tour was too long.I believe two tours were added together which created the extra time as there was an additional walking tour of Sienna some of the people on our bus was scheduled to take
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Stella_r
Oct 21, 2023
Great Day Trip from Florence - It was a very pleasant day trip and we enjoyed going to the Medieval towns of San Gimignano, Siena and Monteriggioni.
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Kml
Oct 16, 2023
Good Tour - Great stops to make. Time was tight, but adequate to give a taste of the sights. Wine tasting and lunch were the highlight.
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Katelyn_m
Oct 18, 2023
Exactly as advertised, just not for us - The tour guides and bus driver were excellent! They did a good job providing information and managing such a large group. That being said, we would not book a tour with such a large group again. The logistics of walking to the meeting point with 50+ people took away free time that could’ve been used to explore the area. Plus, it was hard to truly enjoy each stop with how little time we had in each place. The wine tasting was fun but also felt like a long sales pitch. Next time, we’d spend more money to book a private tour or even rent a car to have a more intimate, less rushed experience.
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Trek62133674584
Oct 17, 2023
We really wanted to like this tour! - We really wanted to like this tour! However, we were quite disappointed with the lack of tour guidance across the scenic places we were dropped off at. Learnt little about each place. Also, our english guide in Siena was earnest and enthusiastic but sadly could barely be understood. Nonetheless, highlight of the day was lunch and wine tasting!
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Anne_c
Oct 16, 2023
Misleading And Disappointing - Cannot Recommend - I originally planned to get the train from Florence to Siena and San Gimignano. It was far cheaper than booking a trip, and I could spend more time in both places. However, visiting a winery proved difficult by public transport and I thought that would be fun, so I ended up booking this trip. Sadly, it wasn’t very enjoyable. The itinerary claims you’ll have two hours in San Gimignano - we had 65 minutes, not even long enough to have a swift look round and get a cup of coffee. In Montereggioni, such a pretty little place, we had just 25 minutes within the walls, not the 40 advertised, and in Siena we spent two hours, not the three stated in the itinerary. It was all a rush. The cramped coach was full of English and Spanish-speaking people taking different variations of the tour, which complicated things further. Our guide was pleasant but just ok. We got an extremely basic commentary for part of the bus journey, which wasn’t very edifying. We left the car park in Florence more than 30 minutes late due to the chaotic traffic, and our guide led the group throughout the day at a frantic pace. The lunch was very basic but pleasant, as were the wines - probably the best element of the tour. I really can’t recommend this. Our guide blamed the rush-hour traffic for the problems, but the company does this tour every single day so I’m absolutely sure they know what to expect. Don’t waste your money - hop on the train instead, and spend what you save on a lovely lunch in Siena or San Gimignano.
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