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A wedding in Tuscany? Take the chance to explore this beautiful and unique piece of Italy with our suggestions! We can organize excursions, trips, tours, cooking classes, wine tasting ＃ with our own professional staff. We create together your excursion considering your budget and you desires.
What our tours DO always include:- English speaking official guide
- Half day or full day assistance
- Pick up directly at your hotel
- Sightseeing on back roads
- A customized and no-touristy program combined with classical Tuscany
- Curiosities and back stories of the Tuscan tradition
- Pick up directly at your hotel
SOME IDEAS TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR WEDDING WEEKEND IN TUSCANY
A trip in the Chianti hills
- Duration: 9.30 am 每 2.30 pm (about 5 hours)
- Rate: highly suggested *****
A beautiful itinerary in the Chianti Classico area with departure from your hotel in Florence at 9.30 am to Greve in Chianti and the beautiful surroundings. You will visit small ancient villages still untouched from the mass tourism and enjoy a beautiful Castle with extraordinary views. A wine tasting with a light lunch served by Gino, a very eclectic and pleasant sommelier who will introduce you to the magic of the famous Chianti wine. Return at 15.00 (3 pm) in your hotel.
Cooking classes
- Duration: 5.00 pm 每 11.00 pm
- Rate: THE TOP *****
Inside a beautiful villa owned by an important Tuscan family, in a charming hall with antique frescos and a beautiful kitchen, a wonderful and charming Tuscan lady will introduce you not only to the real specialties of the Tuscan kitchen and but also to the secrets, why Italian food is so good. You will cook together with her a wonderful four-course-dinner enjoying your time and tasting many delicious things. Afterwards you will proudly eat your own dishes on a candle light table in a romantic atmosphere and surrounded by classical music, or 每 if the weather is fine - outside under a huge ancient oak with a view on Florence! Very charming and a real EXPERIENCE!
The Leonardo Da Vinci tour
- Duration: half day 9.00 am 每 01.00 pm
- Rate: *****
Helga wrote a historical book about Leonardo Da Vinci. She is very fond of Leonardo and has a great experience on his life and his incredible works. She will introduce you in the real life of Leonardo with the attentive eye of a curious and smart writer that went deep in the mind of one of the greatest Italian personalities ever. You will visit Leonardo's birthplace, walk on Leonardo's steps and discover the museum dedicated to his astonishing inventions.
Florence walking tour
- Duration: 9.00am 每 1.00pm or 2.00pm每6.00pm (4 hours)
- Rate: a classic ***
Discover Florence walking with a friend! This is the charm of this walking excursion in the most known and renowned, but also in the hidden and less touristy Florentine paths. A lovely morning or afternoon. Enjoy the panoramic view from Piazzale Michelangelo with the Arno River slowly passing by, admire the oldest church in Florence, San Minato, right near by. Then walk down (if it's May or June through a marvellous rose garden) to the Town Centre, having an outside look with explanations at Palazzo Pitti, Ponte Vecchio, the Uffizi Gallery, Palazzo Vecchio, Orsanmichele, the dome Santa Maria del Fiore, San Lorenzo and the Medici Chapel, Santa Croce.
Florence, the hidden quarter
- Duration: 9.00am 每 12.00am or 2.00pm每5.00pm (3 hours)
- Rate: Florentine top walking tour*****
※Pian dei Giullari§ is a romantic area of Florence located on the other side of the Arno River up on the hills. It is one of the most elegant and antique areas of the city where you still walk in ancient cobblestone paving roads. It'll make you feel as if time has stopped. Florentine nobility, rich dealers and stylists have their beautiful houses and villas here with beautiful views of the city of Florence. It is a different itinerary that you would never know by your own.
Florence walk with aperitif and dinner
- Duration: 18.30 pm 每 20.30 pm (2hours)
- Rate: nice evening idea ****
Walking with a friend for the aperitivo! This is the main idea: Italians love the aperitivo time before dinner, so why not having a drink together while walking with a professional to learn some of the stories that made Florence the capital of Renaissance! Aperitif included near Palazzo Pitti.
Siena to Florence 每 Florence to Siena
- Duration: 9.00 am 每 18.00 pm
- Rate: *****
Discover one of the most delightful landscapes in the world accompanied by our guide who will introduce you pleasantly to the history of this lovely piece of earth. Let this day become one of the unforgettable moments in your life. While you're moving from Siena to Florence or vice versa, with the blue sky above your head, just admire the mighty fortress of Monteriggioni and be amazed by the medieval towers of San Gimignano. Drop in to the breathtaking Castello della Paneretta for a wine tasting and light lunch. Thousands of jasmine flowers and blooming roses will make you feel like in a fairy tale.
Castello di Brolio + S. Gusm豕 + Siena
- Duration: 09.30 am 每 17.30 pm
- Rate: ****
Castello di Brolio is one of the most famous castles in the Chianti area. It's origins date back to over a thousand years ago. San Gusm豕, which is near by, is a small beautiful village in the heart of the Chianti mountains, where you can still live the emotions of a Medieval town still preserved from the mass tourism. A funny old man still makes oil with ancient methods and you can have a taste of the oil directly from the ORCIO, the traditional barrel that nowadays is forbidden by the new laws. A real experience. You will also taste his naturally produced wine together with home made cold cuts, pasta and other Tuscan specialities. Everything is prepared as it used to be by ※Mamma§!!! The tour continues in Siena with a walk in this beautiful small town that for centuries has fought with Florence as the most beautiful of Tuscany! Back to Florence hotel around 6pm.
Olive oil tasting and dinner in a Renaissance Villa
- Duration: 6.30 pm 每 11.00 pm
- Rate: THE TOP *****
Live a unique experience in a real Renaissance Villa, feeling like home thanks to the nice and warm family atmosphere given by Eleonora and Marco, the owners of the villa and members of one of the most important families in Florence. First Marco will introduce you to the most interesting world of Tuscan olive oil. He will let you taste different kinds of olive oil and explain the secrets. Later, being an expert by then, you will surely enjoy Eleonora's excellent four-course-dinner in her beautiful dining room. You will appreciate the perfect combination between different kinds of oil and food.
A most romantic and unforgettable evening!
Montalcino, Pienza e La Val D'Orcia: the magic of the Crete Senesi
- Duration: full day 9.30 每 17.30 pm
- Rate: *****
Just imagine a glass, full with dark red Brunello Wine, together with delicious Tuscan food. Then think of medieval fortresses, narrow little streets, lovely landscape, picturesque chapels and old farmhouses. All this is included in our tour through the magic world of the Crete Senesi, an area south of Siena. Our guide will make you discover the real dimension of this wonderful spot on earth. After the tour you will feel like a real expert in wine!
On request we do also provide other incredible tours of Tuscany:
Outlet shopping tours: Prada, Gucci ＃
Horse riding
Truffle hunting (only in November)
Trekking excursions
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