• Five-night accommodation  in Hotel and Full breakfast;Lunch at Banfi Castle;

  Wine tasting in Montepulciano;

  Tasting of local products;

  Lunch in a restaurant in  Poggio a Caiano;

  Dinners in Hotel;

  Professional Tour guide;

  Coach ;

  Guided Tours  and Admissions to Gardens and Monuments in the tour;

  Promotuscia Customer Service ;

  Medical and luggage insurance.

• Servizio di guida parlante italiano per tutta la durata del tour;
• Bus a disposizione per l’intero tour;
• Ingressi e le visite guidate ai giardini e ai monumenti menzionati nel tour;
• Assistenza Promotuscia;
• Assicurazione medico-bagaglio.

• Flights;Drinks during meals;

  Hotel Service porterage;

  Local taxes;

  Tips.

Arrival at the train Station or Airport of Siena

The tour starts off  in the south part of Siena, the hilly area of Asciano  where you meet the tour guide. Within the city walls, it is possible to admire Tolomei Palace, Mencia Tower,( XVI century),  Podesta Palace and the Church of Sant’ Agata. Drive to Mount Oliveto, characterized by the tuff and a clay cliff. Check in to   Grand Hotel Chianciano Terme.

Dinner hotel.

Breakfast in hotel

Departure for Montalcino.

The  pentagonal fortress, located in D’ Orcia Valley, is the emblem of its inhabitants, who  in the past ousted lost of invaders. Next stop is Banfi Castle, where you can enjoy  the Brunello  wine tasting and a lovely meal, ( included in the tour).

Transfer to the Abbey of Sant’ Antimo. A legend tells that, the Abbey was built in a day by fairies who carried columns on their  shoulders, and rocks by hands. On the way back to the hotel, visit to Bagno Vignoni, a film location for one of the movies of the famous film  director Tarkovsky.

Return to the hotel. Dinner in hotel.

Breakfast in hotel.

Departure for Pienza, the ideal city wanted by Pio II. This small town appears as if suspended in the  sky , because of the sunrays effect. Cheese tasting included in the tour, ( Cacio of Crete and  Pecorino of Pienza). Next,  visit to  Montepulciano, a town with medieval and renaissance buildings designed by Antonio da Sangallo il Vecchio,  Vignola, Baldassarre Peruzzi and  Ippolito Scalza. Afterwards, wine tasting in a local wine house. Return to the hotel. Dinner in hotel.
Di seguito degustazione di vini in un’enoteca locale. (inclusa nel pacchetto). Rientro in Hotel, cena e pernottamento.

Breakfast in hotel.

Tour of private gardens among the beautiful countryside  of Toscana.

The first visit is the Gothic  Cela Castle, surrounded  by a magnificent  garden  with splendid views.

Next is Vicobello Garden, designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi in 1531, with its outstanding terraced gardens ,  and a collection of  exotic plants.

Afterwards, stop in Villa Geggiano and then Villa Cetinale, whose big garden stretches as far as the hermitage atop  the hill. Buffet and aperitif arranged  by  the owners of the Villa, Margherita e Benedetta Anselmi.

Return to the hotel. Dinner in hotel.

Breakfast in hotel, and departure for  Medici Villas.

Visit to  Poggio a Caiano, designed by Giuliano Sangallo for Lorenzo Il Magnifico, and built in 1480. Tour of the Villa and its gardens.

Lunch in a restaurant, ( included).

Next is Villa Petraia, known for the garden designed by Tribolo. The last stop is Villa Reale, also known as Villa di Castello to visit its garden also designed by Tribolo.

Return to the hotel. Dinner in hotel.

Breakfast in hotel.

Departure for the Train Station of Siena, or the Airport.

End of the tour.