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Full Day Tour to Val d'Orcia and Gladiator's Fields with Wines
4.6
580 Ratings
Firenze
Indulge in a scenic winery tour through Tuscany’s Val d’Orcia, exploring stunning landscapes, charming towns, and tasting exquisite wines and gourmet cheese. A perfect day for the senses and the soul!
Duration:
11 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Val d’Orcia - Discover the postcard views of the green, rolling hills in Val d’Orcia. Meet your friendly, local tour guide at Piazzale Montelungo Bus Terminal. Piazzale Montelungo is located 5-10 minutes walking distance from Santa Maria Novella train station. Grab a seat on the comfortable coach bus, and you will shortly depart for the scenic beauty of Val d’Orcia! During the picturesque drive, your guide will dive into some interesting information about the towns and lush land of the Valley. The drive to Val d’Orcia will take about two hours.
What's Included
- Tasting of ‘Vino Nobile’ paired with cheese at a Montepulciano winery
- Brunello wine tasting in a traditional Montalcino cellar
- Guidance from an expert multilingual Tour Leader
- Explore the towns of Montalcino, Pienza, and Montepulciano at your leisure
- Travel comfortably in a fully-equipped GT Coach with Free Wifi
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Attractions tickets not included in the product
Additional Information
Indulge in a vibrant and robust journey through the realms of wine grapes and artisan cheeses. Explore art and architecture, paired with delectable wines and palate-pleasing delicacies. You’ll tour the spectacular Val d’Orcia and the unique towns nestled within. Get the opportunity to explore wine cellars while enjoying sheep’s cheese. An ideal day trip to satisfy your senses and spirit.
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Please show up 20 minutes before the tour departure
- English and Spanish are always guaranteed. In order to confirm the excursion in Italian, German, Portuguese or French a minimum of 4 pax is required
- The order of the visits may change and Montepulciano could be the first stop
- Disinfected radio units will be provided, and headphones will be single-use. Showing your voucher on your phone will be enough; it is not necessary to print it out.
Location
Piazzale Montelungo
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
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Daniel_m
Jul 9, 2024
Amazing and Breathtaking Trip! - A long day with lots of walking, so totally worth it. Wines were delicious, the wineries were amazing and the scenery was simply breathtaking. Frederico was so knowledgeable in multiple languages and Paolo provided a safe and comfortable journey. We would highly recommend this trip to anyone.
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Antoinette_o
Jul 4, 2024
A magnificent Tuscan experience. - A well paced and organised full day experience of the Tuscan hillsides and wine valley. We had enough time at each medieval town for a lovely stroll, drink, eats and shopping. The wineries were gorgeous and offered pleasant samples of wine cheese, salami and olive oil.
Ilaria provided us with sufficient information about each town and the Val D’orcia.
A fabulous experience not to be missed.
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Vacation28382948357
Jul 3, 2024
Like in a movie - The tasting in both wineries is excellent!
The right transfers and on time!
Good historical explanations with some details.
The food they offer as a lunch option is delicious.
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Kerry_k
Jul 28, 2024
Pretty Landscape! - The areas that this trip covers are lovely and the scenery is breathtaking. However it is a very long day - there is a lot of free time (too much IMO) to explore the towns (which are all pretty similar) but there’s really mostly restaurants and shops (some closed at times). Also be aware there are HILLS AND STAIRS - so be mindful. Not good for small kids, anyone with limitations etc. Guide was sweet and knowledgeable and bus was comfortable.
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Giuseppe_n
Jul 25, 2024
Loved our tour, and loved... - Loved our tour, and loved Tuscany. We really enjoyed the wine tasting and the scenery was magnificent
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Arthi_n
Jul 23, 2024
Beautiful tour!!! - Tour was great! Alessia was a great tour guide. Fun, knowledgeable and accommodating. The only problem I had was with the driver Giovanni who was driving extremely fast and braked hard often. It was not a fun and relaxing drive to the towns and back. I was hoping to look out the window and enjoy the Tuscan country side and vineyards but my wife and I were too anxious due to the rash driving. The roads were very windy and it was scary to be driving so fast and my wife got motion sick. We would have appreciated driving slower, otherwise the tour was phenomenal.
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Margarida_r
Jul 16, 2024
Very good! - Our guide and our driver were really nice.
There was enough time to enjoy the wine tasting and to visit all the cities.
Also, those who received us in the wine cellars were so kind.
Everything was on time and well organized. We arrived at Firenze by 6h30pm.
We really enjoyed the experience.
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Jzsef_h
Jul 6, 2024
Go for the scenery, not for the wine tastings - 'Remember, slow trip!' was what our guide said multiple times throughout the day and indeed was it a slow and nice trip! It was like going by ourselves to the three villages.
The scenery was amazing and the guide was knowledgeable. He throw in a fact here and there but for most of the time let us explore the villages by ourselves. So we had lots of freetime.
We stopped in Val d'Orca for one photo. It would have been nice to have more stops.
Both wine tasting were under expectations. We had 6 wines to taste of which two were Brunellos from different vintages. The other wines were straight bad while the Brunellos were just OK.
Go for Val d'Orca, not for the wine tastings.
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Sam_s
Jul 7, 2024
Superb content, nice tour guide! But poor bus (air conditioning not working) which ruined everything - The content itself is fantastic. I visited 3 cities within a day but there's free time in each city so you don't feel rush. The wine tasting is good, visited 2 wine manufactures which is really nice. The cities, especially Pienze, is super beautiful! Everything of the trip is great! But except 1 thing, the air conditioning of the bus was not working! Outside the temperature was about 26-28 degrees which was nice but inside the bus I could tell it's above 35 degree! Imagine you are sitting in a sauna room or baking yourself in an oven! The air conditioning was working in the first hour in the morning, but then it started to blow just hot air. So every time when we need to return to the bus to go to the next stop we need to prepare to suffer again. I don't understand why the company don't send another bus immediately to replace this bus but need all of us to suffer such a hell which ruined the whole experience of the trip! That's just ridiculous.
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Leticia_j
Jul 16, 2024
Tuscany tour - It was a very bad experience even though it"s a beautiful place. The bus has no AC and the driver was very rude. We had to complain to Viator so they can contact the tour staff. Finally the bus was changed and the AC was working. The tour is too long and it last all day. I do not recommend it.
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