Unique full day tours - Chianti Highlights sightseeing day tour
Guided driving services beside wine!
Chianti highlights sightseeing day tour is the perfect day for travelers who want to visit the Chianti region in the company of a local driver guide and being introduced to small villages one will never find on its own as well as a day tour in Tuscany without the stress of finding your way around, waste time with a map or simply struggle to find where to go, where to park, where to eat.
For independent travelers this driving service is a great solution to combine the knowledge of a tour leader and tuscan lover together with free time to enjoy and explore at your own peace since you are not on a strict schedule like a big bus guided tour.
Daily tour easy to take both from Florence or Siena and nearby locations such as villas in the countryside, driving time are limited to max. one hour and then half an hour so that you can fill with quality time your full day tour.
A great alternative for non wine lovers/drinkers to be focused on history, medieval towns, immaculate villages, archeological sites.
Are you curious to taste Chianti Classico, Supertuscans and extra virgin olive oil? When lunch time comes you can visit a boutique winery, visit the cellars, see the wine barrels and learn about wine making process and taste them paired carefully with a genuine home made meal and farm to table products.
Alternatively you will be pointed to a local trattoria where you can pick up a typical tuscan meal independently.
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?
These full days tours are not standardized days so besides some samples you can find down below, you are free to plan a custom day tour in within 8 hours and as a tour leader and professional driver, I will be happy to suggest you how to use your time at its best.
Each tour is an authentic experience of Tuscany a way to go back home with an overall cultural insight about this beautiful Italian region.
PICK UP: directly at your front door
DURATION: 8 hours
EXTRA HOURS: extra price
OTHER LOCATIONS: ✔️ train stations, airports, apartments and villas
TOUR SIZE: min. 2 max 8
WINERIES: 1 depending on what you choose
FOOD: typical Tuscan food
(Please acknowledge in advance about food intolerances or severe allergies, special needs such as gluten free, vegan, etc.)
Scroll down to view some ideas on how to best use your time within a 8 hours driving service
Chianti Highlights
-Off the beaten paths -
Pick up at your location between 9.00 / 9.30 am
Approximately 40 minutes or less to get out from the city and start driving along the scenic roads of the Chianti hills.
First stop in a small preserved hamlet where 500 people live together with their lovely pets, where you will experience the slow peace way of living in a small community where you can stroll through car free alleys and few shops.
The drive continues with stunning views and high altitude, mountains, vineyards and olive groves make the rest of this spotless area.
After you will visit the small picturesque village of Castellina in Chianti where you can find some others tourists.
Have lunch in a small farm winery to sample the gold of the area, Chianti Classico wines and extra virgin olive oil or eat at a local trattoria.
Before driving back we will stop in another small town like Panzano in Chianti, Greve in Chianti or Barberino Valdelsa.
Chianti Highlights
-Classic paths -
Pick up at your location between 9.00/9.30 am
In 40 minutes or 1 hour we will be driving along the scenic roads of the Chianti hills.
First stop in a small preserved hamlet where 500 people live together with their pets where you will experience the slow peace way of living in a small community.
The drive continues with stunning views and high altitude, mountains, vineyards and olive groves make the rest of this spotless area.
Have lunch in a small farm winery to sample the gold of the area, Chianti Classico wines and extra virgin olive oil or eat at a local trattoria.
After lunch enjoy a stroll in the famous towered town of San Gimignano where you will be able to do some shopping as well.