Oct 23, 2024
Incredible Tuscany tour! - Great Service. Our guide Francesco was so helpful and flexible. Our family of six had a fantastic time. Thanks again Francesco!
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May 29, 2024
The only way to see the Tuscan countryside your way - Francesco was awesome. Almost as awesome as the Tuscan countryside. He was flexible and we customized our trip even the day of. In the morning, we had on the agenda to pay respects to my great uncle who gave the ultimate sacrifice at the American Florence Memorial. However, it was overrun by local politicians on Memorial Day. We cut short a little our Sienna and San Gimignano portions but absolutely took all of the local vineyard, wine, and food in on our lunch stop. We did a lot of tours / excursions from Rome to Sorrento via golf cart and boat, but this was at or near the top of the list for most family members when asked. We did hit the Memorial last in the afternoon.
Note, you tour Sienna and San Gimignano yourself but they are small and easy to navigate. We had no problem given our compressed timeframe. We bought wine, olive oil, pesto, truffle salt, shoes, belts, soap, custom socks along the way. Luckily it all fit on our way home!
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Apr 7, 2024
Fantastic tour in Tuscany with Francesco - My wife and I had a wonderful time on this private Tuscan tour with our driver Francesco. Francesco was very warm and engaging and he did a great job driving in the comfortable minivan. He was knowledgeable on the area and history and never tired of answering my questions. The church in Siena was very beautiful and we enjoyed the large piazza. The lunch at the winery was great for both the food and the wine...we ended up purchasing wine from them. San Gimignano was very interesting and charming and the views over the Tuscan countryside were stunning. The drive back to Florence was also beautiful before we ended the day at Piazza Michelangelo with a great view over the city of Florence. This was an amazing day and we really appreciated seeing all the sights and enjoying our day with Francesco.
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Apr 4, 2024
Nothing like personal service in Tuscany - We had the best time with Francesco. He was a wonderful tour guide and driver for us. It was a rainy day and he greeted us at our condo door with umbrella's to get us to the tour van. We super enjoyed Sienna, Tenuta Guardastelle winery and San Gimignano. Francesco told us the secrets of each place we went and the best things to do or to try. You will have the best time and make the best memories on this tour.
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Oct 31, 2023
First class service. - Gino was fantastic. Went to great lengths to ensure he got us as close to the attractions as possible because of my wife's mobility issues.
Could not recommend more highly.
Thankyou Gino.
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Oct 29, 2023
Tuscany - I am soooo behind in posting this review, as we took this private planned tour on September 25th and it's now Ocotber 29th. But...I can NOT say enough wonderful things about Luigi. After finding his company on Trip Advisor, I had been working w/him via email since June in order to plan a more personalized private Tuscany tour that encompassed a combination of places. I was most concerned that all would be 'perfect', as I was planning this tour for not only me, but my best friend & her husband, who so graciously handled all the OTHER components to my amazing Italy trip. Suffice it to say that my silly worries of 'what might go wrong' never materialized. Luigi was the consummate host & tour guide! He continued to assure me that our plans would materialize just as I wanted. He arrived earlier than our 9:00 a.m. meeting time to pick us up in Plaza Santa Croce. His brand new Mercedes van was ever so comfortable. He played lovely music for us, and included some videos for us to watch as we drove, that captured the Tuscan region (Andrea Bocelli, Tuscany, etc). His knowledge and love for his beautiful country abounded. Our first stop was the Florence-American Memorial Cemetary...as he explained, gifted to the USA from Florence for American lives lost in WWII. It was incredible. We journeyed to Siena, gasping at the beautiful countryside en route. We enjoyed this lovely medieval town and it's outstanding cathedral. Next up was an awesome winery tour, lunch & tasting. Our last stop was to the town of San Gimingiano, another beautiful medieval town. It was a full day, returning to Florence at almost 6:00 p.m.My only regret was that we didn't get a photo with Luigi! Ah....but as he said, the memories will always be in our minds & hearts. THE BEST TOUR EVER! Grazie mille Luigi!!!! Il Tuo Amica, Alessandra :)
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Oct 28, 2023
Great Tuscan Day Trip - We had a wonderful time on this tour. Our driver (Francesco) was very friendly, knowledgeable of the areas we visited, and provided safe & smooth transportation. We had a wonderful lunch and wine pairing at Sant'Appiano Winery. The staff there were very charming and friendly, especially Alex, who took great care with explaining the wine pairings and navigating my wife's dietary needs. The Super Tuscan wines we tried at their property were outstanding! The towns of Siena and San Gimignano rounded out the day nicely, and we enjoyed spectacular views of the Florence skyline from Piazzale Michelangelo upon our return. We highly recommend this private tour!
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May 2, 2024
Beautiful Tuscany - Francesco is a very sweet and kind gentleman who really cared about our appreciation for Italy. We unfortunately, had rain all day, which really dampened our experience, however Francesco tried to accommodate and took us to an additional stop at a wine tasting cellar featuring hundreds of different wines and labels. Was super cool and made the day more special. The Mercedes mini van was nice and comfortable too.
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Dec 24, 2023
The driver was fantastic.... - The driver was fantastic. The car was clean and felt safe. The wine tour and lunch was amazing. I felt like it was a little misleading that there was no tour for Siena. That was very disappointing.
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Aug 16, 2024
Nothing special, just transportation - The driver was not very friendly nor gave us infos. He was just a driver. In both cities he gave us a paper in the hand, one page with a map and few words about the places. This I could find much better on internet.
No value for money.
And in the end he repeated that his tour finishes at 17.00… we finished at 17.15 so 15 min later due to traffic, because we always returned on time to the Meeting points.
So if you want to pay 650 eur for driving from Florenz to Sienna and San Giminiagno and back, its ok. But I guess that normal taxi or car rental is cheaper.
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