Chianti tour

A new, different way of celebrating Xmas’ or the New Year’s days? Well, our suggestion is easy and inevitable: come in Tuscany to make your toast, for an unforgettable time! This is the right moment to look for offers, last-minutes too, for renting villas, farmhouses, apartments or cottages in the Chianti area to spend great New Year’s days, and, why not, tasting the best that the Tuscan cuisine has to offer or just relaxing with massages or Spa treatments or, again, just wandering through the Chianti hills on Winter, with their warm colours, or through the medieval villages or the most beautiful towns and their main squares, like Florence’s Dome Square, or Siena’s or San Gimignano’s stunning squares. Read more…

One of the most characteristic and charming medieval towns in Tuscany: San Gimignano, a UNESCO heritage, is a country which has remained almost intact since the end of the fourteenth century til today, as can be seen from the paintings of that period (such as the “table of Taddeo Bartolo” at the Museum of San Gimignano).

For the beauty of the architecture, the charm of the village atmosphere, for the extraordinary landscapes of the surrounding countryside and the wines produced here. San Gimignano is one of the most visited places in Tuscany, not only by foreigners or other Italian’s but also from the Tuscan people, who love to come here for holidays. Read more…

If you want to visit a more unusual part of the Tuscany, then maybe you’ll be interested to discover Volterra and the surrounding territories, between medieval architectures and huge chasms, in an area sometimes harsh but infinitely fascinating: the area of the metalliferous hills of the Sienese hills. This is one of the most beautiful areas of Tuscany, a few km from San Gimignano, Siena and Chianti Classico.

When you approach Volterra, the village presents itself on the top of a hill of yellow clay rocks. The city is completely closed in thirteenth century walls, and is still a place full of art, and charm that can delight and inspire directors like Luchino Visconti who set his “Vaghe Stelle dell’Orsa” in 1965.

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What to see in Tuscany. Wine tour in Chianti: Impruneta, Greve in Chianti, Panzano in Chianti,  Radda in Chianti, Gaiole in Chianti.

The trip gets started in Impruneta, a little town very close to Florence, where you can visit the “Basilica di Santa Maria dell’Impruneta” (Sanctuary of Santa Maria), consecrated in 1060 and enlarged in the 14th century. Partly destroyed in the Second World War, it’s been rebuilt in perfect Renaissance style.

Setting out from Impruneta we take the “Chianti Classico” Route, that meanders through gently rolling hills and gives us incomparable views of the landscape. We are in the heart of Chianti Classico, country of the Chianti Wine and rich in history and traditions. After a few km we arrive in Greve in Chianti, a charming medieval town: in the old heart of the city there is the market place with many items of interest. Saturdays is a not to miss, “the Mercatale di Greve”, one of the most famous markets of the region. Read more…