About This Experience

Florence to Assisi is one of central Italy's great repositioning days, and this private transfer makes it legendary: stops in Montepulciano and Cortona, two historic cellars, and tastings of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano along a route most travellers only ever see from a train window. Montepulciano is the day's wine capital: a medieval hilltop town of cobblestone streets rising to the grand Piazza Grande, and home to Vino Nobile, the noble Sangiovese that carried Tuscan wine into royal courts. Here you visit two historic cellars, some carved deep beneath the town's palazzi, tasting the Nobile alongside Super Tuscan and Rosso di Montepulciano, wines drunk in the town that made them famous. Cortona follows, the Etruscan hill town that Frances Mayes made a household name, with its steep lanes, sweeping Valdichiana views and golden stone. It is the perfect second act: shorter, softer and made for a wander before the final leg into Umbria. Assisi ends the journey, the pink-stoned city of Saint Francis rising on its mountainside, delivered to your accommodation's door. Along the way your driver, a local expert and tour leader, will point out the best places for a genuine Tuscan lunch, kept flexible and at your own expense so the day eats where the day wants. Luggage rides with you throughout, the vehicle is air-conditioned and private with bottled water aboard, and service runs in English, German and Russian. Your date is confirmed instantly online through Wine Trails, booked direct with the operator, no middleman markup on the price. Montepulciano's cellars are cool year-round, pack a light layer even in August, and the town's steep streets reward sturdy shoes. Wine purchased at the historic cellars travels safely in the vehicle to Assisi, which makes this transfer the rare one that ends heavier than it began, in the best possible way. The lazy route from Florence to Assisi takes two hours and gives you nothing; this one takes the day and gives you two of Italy's loveliest hill towns, two historic cellars and the Nobile in your glass at the source. Repositioning days do not come better spent.

Highlights

• ✓Air-conditioned vehicle
• ✓Bottled water
• ✓Local expert driver-Tour leader
• ✓Private transportation

Languages

Accessibility

• ♿WHEELCHAIR
• ♿STROLLER_OR_PRAM

Know Before You Go

• ⚠️INFANT_SEATS_AVAILABLE
• ⚠️STROLLER_OR_PRAM_ACCESSIBLE
• ⚠️WHEELCHAIR_ACCESSIBLE

Cancellation Policy

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