Wondering if Montalcino works as a day trip from Florence? See who it suits, how to get there and how to fit Brunello into one well-paced day.
Book the half day if wine is one part of your Florence stay, and the full day if the day itself is the point. Our half-day Chianti Classico tour lasts five hours, transfers included, and still fits two family estates,
A week in Tuscany works best with two bases: four nights in Florence, then three in Siena. From Florence you cover the city, Fiesole, Chianti Classico and San Gimignano. From Siena, Montalcino is 41 km away instead of about 120,
The best time to visit Tuscany is late April to early June, or mid-September to the end of October. Florence averages highs of 24°C (76°F) in May and 27°C (81°F) in September, and the hills are much quieter than in
A private tour in Tuscany is reserved for your group alone: priced per group, with hotel pick-up and a plan that can change on the day. A semi-private tour shares a small van with a few other travellers on a
We rode the Alta Via del Sale by gravel bike over two days, from Limone Piemonte to the sea at Ventimiglia — here’s our first-hand guide to refuges, logistics, and GPX mistakes worth avoiding.
3 Days in Tuscany from Florence: A Day-by-Day Itinerary That Works. Local insights for a great holiday in Florence. Keep to one area per day and never more than two destinations inside it. Stay in Florence and travel out and back: changing hotel inside three days costs you half a day you do not have
We rode the Alta Via del Sale by gravel bike over two days, from Limone Piemonte to the sea at Ventimiglia — here’s our first-hand guide to refuges, logistics, and GPX mistakes worth avoiding.
The grape harvest in Tuscany, la vendemmia, runs through September and October. Here’s when it starts near Florence, which Chianti festival falls the same week, and how to watch real harvest work instead of a staged tourist show.
Skip the scorching Chianti strade bianche. La Leonessa gravel climbs into the shaded forest roads of Vallombrosa and Pratomagno, with a village swimming hole waiting at the finish, for a genuinely cool summer ride in Tuscany.
