Hello, I want to take a full day tour of the Tuscan hill towns near Florence. I have checked through Viator.com and they offer a great full day tour, which includes lunch at an organic farm. They take you to Siena, San Gimignano and Pisa (been here before and can totally skip it). I was curious if anyone else knows of any other similar tours or tour companies that offer these options. Thanks!
Posted by
Happy Valley, PA
672 posts
In March 2011, we took a full-day (10 hr), private tour into Tuscany with Giuseppe Aulisa of Florence Tour (www.florencetour.com; [email protected]). Guiseppe and his wife, Paola Migliorini, own the company. Their 8-pasenger mini-van was very comfortable and Giuseppe (a native of Florence) is a font of knowledge and very passionate about whatever he's describing. We worked out all of the arrangements with Paola by e-mail months before we left and Giuseppe was very punctual in meeting us at our hotel in Florence on the arranged day. The way it worked was that Giuseppe dropped us off at the center of sevral towns, and then we arranged for a time to meet him to go on to the next town. In order, we visited San Gimignano, Volterra, Monteriggioni, and Siena. We were always a few minutes late getting back to the van, but Giuseppe was very patient about it. I highly recommend Florence Tour if you are considering a day trip into Tuscany from Florence.
Posted by
phoenix
52 posts
Slow days based in Florence do just this sort of thing: http://www.slow-days.com