We got to the first small hilltop town. The bus drops you off but you have lots of stairs and some steeper sidewalks to climb. We only had half an hour to wander and shop which was not nearly enough time. The scenery out over the hills was stunning! Then off to Sienna. 3 hours there which was 2 hours too many. The local guide was terrible!!! She is why I didn't rate it higher. Then off to another tiny hilltop town. Again only half an hour. It was so charming I wanted to spend a couple hours there taking photos and shopping. Very disappointed in the short time there. Then a winery which was very nice. I would not do it again.
Review by: Svetlana R, July 2018
The highlight of the day was tour in Siena with local guide. The stories about Paleo tradition are unique and funny. The Siena cathedral is gorgeous, and its bibliotheca is a jewel._br/_ San Gimignano is lovely, and its gelato is world famous. _br/_ I could skip wine testing. That is why I give this tour slightly lower grade.
Review by: kateness777, July 2018
Lovely tour. I just really wish we had longer in San Gimignano, one hour is just not quite enough! I would have rather split up the time more equally between Sienna and San Gimignano. Sienna was very cool (and we happened to be there the day of the Palio!) but we felt like it dragged on just a little there. The wine tasting was great.
Review by: Pamela M, July 2018
An excellent day, well run. Visited 4 places that were all amazing. The highlight was the enthusiasm with which our guide exhibited at the wine tasting.
Review by: jkimmds, July 2018
This is a great tour. Siena is an old and beautiful city well worth seeing. The Chianti trip is so much fun. Great wine and food. We highly recommend this tour.
Review by: Katie Z, June 2018
The only thing I would change about this tour is that I wish we had more time in each town, especially free time to roam around on our own. This tour was overall excellent though and my guide Lisa was so sweet and so patient. Her English AND Spanish speaking skills were outstanding. I highly recommend this tour, especially since you get to see several towns in one day and your transportation to and from is already figured out for you.
Review by: Caroline P, June 2018
This was a fun tour, but keep in mind there is a LOT of walking...! Local tour of Siena was outstanding and very informative. Wine tasting was excellent and very well done. Pick up location is quite difficult to find...nowhere to sit..
Review by: Kerry EW, June 2018
Excellent tour. Really well organised and the guides were fabulous. The Siena guide who explained the Contrada and the Palio was wonderful. I would have loved a little longer in San Gimignano. In Siena we also took the tour of the Cathedral spectacular but then we had no time to do any shopping but I guess you cant have everything. We had a fabulous day even though it was quite long. My only small criticism would be better instructions for finding the tour start point. There were lots of renovations at the train station so it was a bit of a challenge finding the bus stop.
Review by: D G M, May 2018
We were looking forward to this trip. My husband had done a recce the night before to locate the meeting point. Our coach was Saexcellent, as was the driver. We were divided into English speakers OK and our guide Sarah gave good commentary in several languages._br/_ First stop San Gimignano - a very pretty medieval hilltop town. _br/_ However some basics were overlooked such as info re toilets and a sketch map would have been a great help given the limited time approx 45 minutes in a very crowded location, found the lookout purely by chance._br/_ We were not told of the distance between the coach park and the Campo in Sienna. Sarah walked at a cracking pace which was hard for the older people on the tour, although she did she check that all the group was following from time to time she did not wait at direction changes. There was no tail-end Charlie checking no one had missed as turn. I found it really hard to keep up on the uneven pavers, considering the crowds of people in the city._br/_ Lunch was not part of this tour so we had brought our own and had about an hour to wander about before the actual tour of the Cathedral and Flag Museum with an excellent and enthusiastic guide Camille. I couldn't fault this part of the tour wished it was longer on account of all the tourists milling about. _br/_ Sarah seemed really disorganised and had trouble separating those who were self guiding and the different language groups. This wasted valuable time and she really needed an assistant._br/_ Our next stop was Monteriggiomi a fortified village, once again Sarah did not volunteer the site of the toilet stop which we learned later was outside the village entrance. We went to a cafe and ordered coffees so that we could use their facilities thus no time to explore the town walls. _br/_ The last part of the Chianti wine and local produce tasting tour was excellent. _br/_ A long day and luckily our feet held out. But I would recommend another guide and little more basic information.
Review by: FLORIN N, April 2018
Very well organized tour, special thanks to our professional guide Tiziana!
Review by: Richard A, April 2018
Great trip and good value for the price of the tour. Four stops all good. Obviously, when your making four stop you don't have as much time to explore as you want at each place but I'm glad we took this tour instead of one that just covers Siena. Be prepared for 11 hour day.....8:30 AM to 7:30 PM. Enjoy!!!
Review by: MARK R, April 2018
Siena is one of my favorite towns. We loved the tour and our guide
Review by: Pilar I, April 2018
We really enjoyed this tour even though it consisted of a group of 30 people - hated that. Having said that, the tour was very good. The guide was informative and the places we went to were excellent. Cannot say that there was wine tasting except for one winery and cheese and bread with balsamic vinegar or olive oil was passed around. We were taken to Siena where we had our lunch on our own and were then provided with a tour of Siena. San Gimignano and Greve were awesome to be at - absolutely lovely. I would definitely recommend it if you do not mind large groups, waiting for people, being on a time clock, etc.
Review by: ellen.atoz, April 2018
Amazing
Review by: Siok Lan P, April 2018
Definitely value for money...very worthwhile trip...covered quite a fair bit with enough free time to roam around .
Review by: Gab, March 2018
Loved this tour. Long day but worth it.
Review by: ioyfe, March 2018
This tour was amazing!
Review by: victoriarendine, March 2018
This tour was amazing!! Extremely informative with lots of things to see. Our tour guide was a doll, she was so sweet and very smart! Definitely recommend, my family and I loved this trip!
Review by: Daniel L, March 2018
We enjoy visiting these small towns, each with their own particular point of view and interest, and the trip went by very quickly. You take in a lot of interesting stuff.
Review by: Christine W, March 2018
A great tour with a knowledgeable and informed guide who was most thoughtful and helpful. An enlightening visit which brought alive the history and traditions of the places visited. The bus driver was 'the best' and reliable in difficult driving conditions in the evening in the clouds of the Tuscan hills.
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