From Florence: Chianti Wine Tasting, visiting Castellina & Greve in Tuscany
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From Florence: Chianti Wine Tasting, visiting Castellina & Greve in Tuscany

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From Florence: Chianti Wine Tasting, visiting Castellina & Greve in Tuscany
From $589.00
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Flexible booking and cancellation options.

What you’ll do

Join an extraordinary journey through nature and culture into the heart of the Sienese countryside in Tuscany. The incredible landscape comes filled with small hilltop roads, rows of olive groves and surrounded by vineyards, making for a fantastic day that shall remain forever in your memory. Suitable for the whole family or as an experience to share among friends. We invite you to taste a selection of Chianti wine, such as classic Chianti Riserva along with the latest and most exclusive wines of the summer.After lunch visit the historic centre of Castellina in Chianti, a beautiful city with many important monuments and the grave Etruscan, which attested to the presence of the Etruscans in the area (VII-VI century BC). In the afternoon having enjoyed your Chianti wine-tasting session, we will stop to visit another medieval city known as "the door of Chianti". Although the city's true name is Greve - an interesting and beautiful setting, rich in history and local tradition.A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Itinerary
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8.00 o'clock: Departure from your accommodations from Rome to our private driver Spanish driver driver will take you through rolling hills, surrounded by silvery vineyards and olive groves, you will find yourself on the Wine Route , in the middle of the lush countryside, between farms and castles, farms and cypresses, breathtaking landscapes, the spectacle of nature that changes color every season, it's a real living postcard ". We will stop whenever you want to take pictures. Our first stop will be in a beautiful organic farm near Castellina in Chianti, to taste the different types of Chianti's classic DOCG to English speaking. You will get to taste excellent wines and olive oil right from the source! you'll have an exclusive and private wine expert "Silvano - winemaker", will present the wine and explain how to flavor them, their origin etc. 7 organic Wines, Balsamic Vinegar and Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Following your guided visit, you'll have a wonderful tasting of several local specialties like cold cuts, hams, cheeses, specialty olives, and bruschetta, varied dish according to the chef "Pasta or Ribollita, the typical sweet wine" Vin Santo "with the famous" cantucci ". (en probable to visit Castellina in Chianti before the wine tour
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Our excursion is a tour of the Etruscan city of Castellina in Chianti, the stone streets and the quaint old town, from the production of wine and oil to archeology, moreover this city dating back to the Bronze Age.
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Our last stop in Greve in Chianti, this country is considered as "the door of Chianti". In Greve in Chianti, you will find us in front of the main square with the monument of Giovanni da Verrazzano, a noble navigator who became famous by discovering the Hudson River and the bay where New York was born - born around 1485 and died in 1528. The porticoes are the typical structure of the city center, a positive indicator of the commercial role of Greve from 1300 to today. Around the central square you can visit many shops selling typical local products, there is a famous butcher "Falorni shop" that sells excellent ham and delicious cheeses. After the visit we will return to your hotel in Florence. (if there should be some time, returning to Florence we are going to see the medieval village of Montefioralle, this village is the birthplace of Amerigo Vespucci)

What’s included

Private transportation

Beverages on board

All travel expenses, permits and parking

Hotel, pickup and drop-off

Luxury vehicle and Wi Fi on board

What’s not included

Restroom on board

The private English assistant to accompany you during the tour.

Tickets to visit paid places and buy souvenirs

Wine tasting & winery tours plus full lunch - sixty euros per person

What’s not included

Restroom on board

The private English assistant to accompany you during the tour.

Tickets to visit paid places and buy souvenirs

Wine tasting & winery tours plus full lunch - sixty euros per person

Notes

No public transportation nearby

Infants must not sit on laps

Wheelchair accessible

The soul members must have their own carrier

Write the name or address of your hotel and we will come and pick you up. In case, write the name of the airport and our meeting will be in the hall of the arrival terminal of your flight, one of our drivers will be waiting for you with a sign written with your names.

From $589.00
Calendar iconWhen are you going
Cancellation Policy
Flexible booking and cancellation options.