Good afternoon! Will be in Florence in early May. Any recommendations for day trips to Siena/San Gimignano, etc.? Tours? Who to trust or not trust? Thank you in advance.
Posted by
Gettysburg PA
7490 posts
Have you searched the forum?
Walk about Florence
Walks of Italy
ToursbyRoberto.com
All get good reviews here
Lucca 2 Cs
DIY discussion here
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/lucca-v-sienna
Posted by
OP
39 posts
Good afternoon,
Yes, I am looking into a walking tour of Florence, and I continue to check the forum.
Specifically, I was looking for recommendations for small group or private tours of the above towns. Thought I found something interesting, but have since received not favorable information about them. I will look further into your recs. Thank you.
Posted by
San Diego, California, USA
1275 posts
Paola Moschini is a great person and an excellent tour guide in Lucca: https://www.paolamoschini.com/
Lucca is an easy train ride from Florence and can be done with Pisa in one whirlwind day if you want to.
I have also used this company: https://en.turislucca.com/ and got a well informed local tour guide and they do other tours and will arrange transportation for you as well, but for Pisa and Lucca it is not really required.
With one day I would do Siena for a whole day. With more days I would look beyond that based on your interests.
Hope that helps,
=Tod