Chianti Safari: Tuscan Villas with vineyards, Cheese, Wine & Lunch from Florence
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Embark on a Chianti Safari and indulge in a full-day Tuscan culinary adventure. Taste exquisite wine, cheese, meat, and chocolate, explore historic villas and wineries, and savor a delicious 3-course meal in the Chianti hills.
Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale - Check-in and departure point
  • Villa le Corti - Our first stop of the day is at a beautiful winery belonging to one of the most prestigious Italian aristocratic families. Here we taste three wines paired with cured meats and two olive oils but first, there’s a fascinating guided tour of the historic wine cellars and to the olive mill through underground tunnels that pass under the villa.
  • Località Rignana - Now buckle-up and get ready for some off-roading through ancient woodland and rolling hills, outlined with cypress trees and dotted with rustic farms and churches, to make our way to a typical Tuscan winery restaurant with stunning views. Here is where we will really get your taste buds tingling with delicious food and wine. You will not want to leave!
  • Poggio Torselli - We go deeper into the Chianti hills and enjoy more incredible countryside on our way to a Chianti Classico vineyard. As a contrast to the established winery of the morning, this one is smaller and less known though does have two award winning wines which you will taste as you find out how ancient tradition and innovation have been combined to create them.
What's Included
  • Tasting of 9 exquisite wines
  • Guidance from a professional guide
  • Delicious lunch included
  • Comfortable transport by air-conditioned 4x4 vehicle
  • 2 Olive oil tastings
  • Various food tastings
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Indulge your palate with an all-day tour of Chianti’s wine and gourmet delights from Florence. Relish the finest Tuscan wines, cheeses, meats, chocolates and more! Under the guidance of a local guide who has a deep appreciation for the area’s culinary history, traverse the scenic countryside in a 4x4 off-road vehicle and visit a historic estate and a Chianti Classico winery. The day includes up to seven glasses of wine, a variety of food samples, and a 3-course meal at a traditional Chianti hillside restaurant.

  • Vegetarian option are not available and other alternative dietary requirements cannot be catered for
  • Minimum age is 18 years old
Location
Piazza dei Cavalleggeri
Meeting point is in front of Biblioteca Nazionale (National Library) in Piazza dei Cavalleggeri. Look for your guide holding a Walkabout sign.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Brigid_k
Apr 23, 2024
Rolling beauty! - Beautiful tour! Our guide, Sara, was wonderful sharing so much history and information with us! I would love to take the tour again! She gave plenty of time for questions, browsing, and enjoying the beautiful scenery! Our driver(amelio, spelled wrong, I’m sure) did a fabulous job navigating through the winding roads! This tour will not disappoint! The scenery is breathtaking!
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Dawson_m
Apr 23, 2024
High quality and well worth it - Alessandro (tour guide) and Sergei (off road driver) were both fantastic. This is an extremely high quality wine tour with three different wineries with each being better than the last. The lunch was delicious and we were given ample time at each spot to enjoy the views and the winery itself. Highly recommend.
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Aeoporta
Apr 22, 2024
an lovely stroll through chianti - We went on the Tour which occured March 30, 2024. Sara our guide was awesome and as a sommelier in training gave us some awesome trips. We were traveling across Europe so this was our Italy portion. we had an awesome time with the wine tasting, chatting with the people from all over the lovely couple from california with the boat, the other couple from canada and me with my employee who I had met for the first time in person. Cleary we were all terrible of telling the difference between italian and imported olive oil but we got to learn a great deal about grapes, growing them, drinking them with friends and having a blast. It was a great trip and Sara kept it light and fun.
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Daydream55722137538
Apr 21, 2024
Personal wine experience in the beauty of the Florentine Hills. - We knew this wine tour would be good but it exceeded our expectations. First off very organized, lots of information to start with on the wine (1 hour tour on how all is made), then tasting one, amazing lunch with wine taking in the beauty of the Chianti region, then tasting two and a beautiful tour. Alex was a FANTASTIC host, he really keep us going, group was about 20 ish people all very nice. Pairing and wine was AMAZING and I’m even comparing this to top vineyards we have done in Napa Valley CA. I loved the personalization of this tour. Alex was so good honestly I think the entire tour would do dinner with him, he knew so much and he was fun to be around. The vineyards were beautiful, I don’t even think my photos do it justice. The cheese pairing was so good, and lunch was a beautiful Tuscan style meal.. amazing ingredients and quality. I highly recommend this tour to anyone wanting to know more about wine, taste wine, and see some private unmatched views outside of Florence. Total tour was 8.5 hours, ride out about an hour. I went during spring so brought a rain coat. This was worth the money and it was one of our favorite things we did while in Florence.
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Kort_f
Apr 21, 2024
Amazing! Book this tour! - Allesandro and Emiliano were the absolute best! The knowledge, the charisma, the Chianti, I cannot recommend this tour enough. We were expertly and efficiently shown the true beauty of Tuscany. So many new friends were made! I learned so much that I feel like a sommelier.
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Andreanna_m
Apr 20, 2024
Entertainment & Education! - Everything that I wanted in a wine tour, Alessandro was pure entertainment from the get go, providing history and facts in exactly the right way. Wines were amazing, lunch was tastings of bruschetta followed by papperdelle with wild boar ragu. Truffle ravioli. Wines were paired with cured meats and bread. Unexpectedly learned so much about olive oil as well. We have come to have a new appreciation for olive oil, wine making itself, and of course regional Tuscan food and history, Emiliano was an excellent driver!
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Valo54
Apr 19, 2024
Go!!! - This was a great wine with food tour. Our guide was very excellent and so was the food and wine! It was just breathtaking seeing the vineyards.
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Curiosity61439833138
Apr 19, 2024
First class tour - My favorite activity I did in Florence. My husband also loved this and he doesn’t drink wine but this has opened his eyes and he enjoyed every minute and every sip as well! Our tour guide Sarah was fantastic !! This trip is first class, if you’re in between ideas definitely pick this. The villas are incredible and the wine is delicious!
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Dara_m
Apr 19, 2024
A day to remember!!! - Gloria and the driver Sergio were amazing. Gloria was so knowledgeable and friendly and Sergio drove like a pro ! Best day ever!!!!
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Jennifer_s
Apr 19, 2024
Spectacular - Gloria was our tour guide. Sergio was our driver. This was absolutely the best tour I have ever been to. The safari bus was so comfortable and great on the Tuscano back roads. The three villas and wineries were beautiful. Gloria was great and informative about the wines , cheeses and olive oil. This was a great price for the tour and experience. The wine tasting was amazing and I learned how to taste the different wines and what to look for.
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