Tuscany with Wine and Cheese Tasting - Private Full-Day Tour

Revel in Tuscany’s wine country and hilltop towns on this private day trip from Florence. Traveling by luxury minivan with an expert driver-escort, explore the idyllic hill-towns of Montepulciano and Pienza, learn about Pecorino Cheese in a local dairy and taste this delicious local produce. In Pienza, you will also have free time for lunch. To follow visit a selected winery in the Montalcino area, where you will taste the famous Brunello di Montalcino wine.



Highlights

Mercedes Minivan and English speaking Driver

Pecorino Cheese Tasting at local dairy

Brunello Wine Tasting in selected Winery

Visit Montepulciano & Pienza

Free time for lunch in Pienza (Lunch not included)



Why book this experience? Our tours offer you a more personalized and in-depth experience. Lasting from 9am until 6pm, you will have all the time you need to experience the beauty of Tuscan countryside. Our experienced driver will drive you and will have far more time to interact with you and answer any questions you may have.



You will travel from Florence to the enchanting Val D’Orcia in Southern Tuscany.



First stop will be in Montepulciano, where you will have the time to wander around this picturesque hill town. Then you will be driven to a gorgeous rustic Organic Cheese Farm, just outside Pienza and overlooking the Valley and Pienza itself. Here during a tour of the farm and the dairy you’ll learn how the Pecorino cheese is made and aged and you’ll have the opportunity to taste it accompanied by a glass of wine.



Then the tour will continue to Pienza - a small town with a high artistic value. You will be given free time to wander around and here you will also have many lunch opportunities (lunch not included).



Next, we will visit a selected winery in the Montalcino wine area, home to the famous Brunello di Montalcino wine. Enjoy a tour of the winery followed by a wine tasting of three different types of Brunello. After a rewarding Dayin Val D’Orcia, we’ll make our way back to Florence where we will arrive at about 6 pm.