General Information

Duration:

7 Days

Location Start:

Florence

Location Finish:

Chiusi

Phone:

001 720 989 9732

Fax:

001 303 363 4166

Payment Types:

Cash, Paypal, Travellers Cheque

We Speak:

Italian, English

Itinerary

Day 1

Your guide picks you up in Florence and brings you into Chianti to the town of Greve. After exploring the town, you take a walk in the hills above Greve, passing ancient villages, fortified towns and quaint country churches.

Day 2

Starting from the castle of Volpaia, you walk to Querce della Fanciulla, for a wonderful panorama across the Chianti landscape. In the afternoon, you visit the Castello d'Albola for a private tour and wine-tasting.

Day 3

Today's walk brings you to the highest point in Chianti and through the tiny mountain villages of Casole Alta and Le Masse. Panzano and the Conca d'Oro ("Shell of Gold") is nearby, with some of the finest wineries in Chianti.

Day 4

In the morning you visit nearby Siena, for a walk through its medieval neighborhoods. After lunch, you continue south to the Val d'Orcia and Montalcino, where you'll spend the next three nights.

Day 5

You walk today from Montalcino to the Abbey of Sant'Antimo, a 12th century jewel fashioned in large part of luminous alabaster. There is time this afternoon for a wine-tasting of Brunello.

Day 6

Starting from the Renaissance village of Pienza, you walk to Montepulciano, known for another fine wine, the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.

Day 7

We help you on your way to your next destination with a transfer to Chiusi on the main Rome-Florence railway.

Extra Information

Inclusions -

breakfast and dinner each day

Exclusions -

wine with meals and other beverages with alcohol

Extras -

You can schedule this tour to start on any dates of your choosing. You can open your tour to other travelers and thereby take advantage of our tier-pricing discounts. In this case, the maximum group size is 8 participants. Or you can keep your tour private to your own group (no minimum or maximum group size).