Tuscany's villages tour

San Gimignano

We usually propose 2 villages per tour to let travellers quietly enjoy their trip, but we can easily change our programs according to guests requests and villages's distances.

Tuscany's villages

Volterra - San Gimignano tour
DESTINATION: San Gimignano and Volterra
TRANSFER: Mercedes minivan
TYPICAL PROGRAMME:
- Pick up at your accommodation
- Visit of Volterra in the morning.
- Lesureily drive along tuscan countryside up to San Gimignano
- Lunch and visit to the medieval village
- Return to Lucca in the late afternoon
details and prices

Volterra

San Miniato - San Gimignano tour
DESTINATION: San Gimignano and San Miniato
TRANSFER: Mercedes minivan
TYPICAL PROGRAMME:
- Pick up at your accommodation
- Visit of San Miniato in the morning.
- Lesureily drive along tuscan countryside up to San Gimignano
- Lunch and visit to the medieval village
- Return to Lucca in the late afternoon
details and prices

Vinci

Vinci - Leonardo's house - San Miniato tour
DESTINATION: Vinci and San Miniato
TRANSFER: Mercedes minivan
TYPICAL PROGRAMME:
- Pick up at your accommodation
- visit to Vinci(Leonardo museum with original projects)
- visit to Leonardo native house in the countryside
- Transfer to San Miniato and lunch (don't lose truffle recipes)
- Return to Lucca in the afternoon
details and prices

San Miniato

...medieval villages

in Tuscany's countryside

San Gimignano is a cosy village dating back to the Etruscan age, whose medieval architecture has been preserved during centuries! Located on the topp of a hill viewing the countryside, surrounded by stone walls, San Gimignano is said to be “the Manhattan of Tuscany”, because of its high towers, built by the ancient noble families, enriched with the commerce, who wanted to show their power! Visiting San Gimignano is a unique chance to go back in time, walking along narrow streets, admiring old stone buildings, the 13 remaining towers and loose yourself in a pleasant medieval atmosphere. We suggest to stop in one of the many wine shop of the village to taste the typical local wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano!

Volterra is a little town inside Pisa province but close San Gimignano in central Tuscany. As this Volterra was an Etruscan town before and a free medieval commune later. Of note are well-preserved Etruscan gates and tombs, medieval walls, a Romanesque cathedral, and Palazzo dei Priori, but it is possible to find evidence and traces from every historical period in this wonderful village!

Vinci is a Renaissance village, in Florence province, Tuscany, where the great Leonardo Da Vinci (Leonardo from Vinci) was born. Beyond the beauty of this country village it is famous for the Museo Leonardiano inside 11th-12th century Castello Guidi.
The museum has one of the largest collections of original models of Leonardo's work.
In the coutryside, at about 3 Km from Vinci, in Anchiano locality, you can visit the small coutry house where Leonardo Da Vinci was born on 1452. This landscape still preserve the same uncontaminated aspect of Leonardo childhood age!

San Miniato is a Tuscan village known as "la città delle XX miglia" (the 20 miles town) because of its geographical position. Infact it was along "Via Francigena", the main route that connected Noth Europe with Rome in Middle Ages, and within a twenty-miles radius there were main Tuscany's towns, as Firenze and Pisa, Lucca and Siena, Pistoia and San Gimignano, Volterra and Vinci.
So San Miniato has been considered by many illustrious men a privileged place for their stay making its history very various and rich.
San Miniato is also known as the town of the white truffle. In fact this rare mushroom is the typical product of this Tuscany's village and you will enjoy its special taste trying one of San Miniato recipes, in a characteristic osteria or trattoria!

 

NOTA BENE: Our tours are planned for small groups,in order to preserve the environment and the quiet villages you visit.
We prefer to use small vans from 7 up to 19 seats

 

Taglierini al tartufo (truffle)