About This Experience

Volterra and San Gimignano are Tuscany's time machine: an Etruscan and Roman city paired with the medieval town of towers, and this private day joins them with a farm lunch and a tasting line-up that runs from Brunello to balsamic vinegar, truffle and olive oil. Volterra opens the itinerary, and surprises everyone. Older than Rome, crowned by a splendid Roman theatre and layered with Etruscan walls and alabaster workshops, it is the region's great under-visited city, all the atmosphere, a fraction of the crowds. Your free visit takes in the historic centre at your own pace, with your driver positioning you perfectly. San Gimignano answers with the Middle Ages: the famous towers rising over the Val d'Elsa, the lanes and viewpoints between them, and the world-heritage skyline that no photograph oversells. Between the two towns the drive is pure Tuscany, vineyards, olive groves and cypress rows in the most genuine corner of the region. The farm stop is where this itinerary flexes its muscles: a three-course lunch in the winery farm accompanied by five wine tastings, Chianti, Brunello, Sangiovese, Nobile and Vernaccia among the pours, plus tastings of balsamic vinegar, truffle and extra virgin olive oil. It is less a lunch stop than a survey course in everything Tuscan farms do brilliantly. The private format ties it together: air-conditioned transport, bottled water, a local expert driver and tour leader, service in English, German or Russian, and a schedule that lets the day breathe wherever your curiosity lingers. Your private date is confirmed instantly online through Wine Trails, booked direct with the operator, no middleman markup on the price. Alabaster makes Volterra the day's best shopping stop: the town's workshops carve it as they have for millennia, and pieces travel home far more safely than your instincts fear. Come hungry, the farm's tasting table is broader than most full restaurants, and let the towers of San Gimignano close the day at golden hour if timing allows. From the Etruscans to the Renaissance with lunch in the middle: this is the thinking traveller's Tuscan day, two extraordinary towns the big tours undersell, and a tasting table that sends you home fluent in the region's entire pantry.

Highlights

• ✓Air-conditioned vehicle
• ✓Bottled water
• ✓5 wine tastings in Farm Winery (Chianti, Vernaccia, Chianti riserva, Super Tuscan)
• ✓Visit of a Typical Tuscan Wine Farm
• ✓Local expert Driver and tour leader

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Accessibility

• ♿WHEELCHAIR
• ♿STROLLER_OR_PRAM

Know Before You Go

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• ⚠️STROLLER_OR_PRAM_ACCESSIBLE
• ⚠️WHEELCHAIR_ACCESSIBLE

Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation up to 24000 hours before. 100% charge within 24 hours of start time.