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Why is it a good choice to take a guided tour in Tuscany with a professional licensed tourist guide?
We offer you not only a tour, but a trip full of emotions and great sensations.

The history of Siena take us back to the Middle Ages, at a time when immense cathedrals were built, when brave knights lived in castles with high towers and pilgrims walked all the way to Rome.

A guided tour of Siena takes you into the past and fills you with emotion as you walk in narrow alleys, sampling local products accompanied with our internationally famous wines.

Let us suggest you how to spend your time in this city. With your local guide you can walk where Saint Catherine of Siena was born, where Saint Bernardino preached. We will show you the oldest bank in Italy, the incredible Cathedral and its extension with no roof left uncompleted because of the plague. Our tour ends in the "Piazza del Campo", one of the most beautiful Italian squares with a unique shell shape, where the famous horse race "Palio di Siena" takes place to celebrate the festivities of the Virgin Mary.

If you come to Siena and its county don't miss the opportunity to enjoy the Tuscan territory with a licensed local guide… it is definitely a different experience!



The Visit of Siena (Basic Tour)

Our tour starts at the Basilic of Saint Domenic where Saint Catherine lived a life of intense mystical ecstasy, we will walk along the street to see "Monte dei Paschi di Siena", the oldest bank in Europe, the famous "Loggia della Mercanzia" and continue along the way to the Cathedral. Our tour ends in "Piazza del Campo".

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Tour of Monteoliveto, Montepulciano and Pienza

Monteoliveto

Benedictian Abbey founded by Saint Bernardino Tolomei in 1313. We will admire inside the main cloister the frescoes with the narration of Saint Benedict of Nursia's life who applied the rule "ora et labora".

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Tour of Montalcino, Sant'Antimo and Bagno Vignoni

Montalcino

The city of the most famous wine of Tuscany "Brunello di Montalcino". Montalcino was the last town to defend with proud and honor the freedom of the ancient Republic of Siena.

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Tour of San Galgano, Montesiepi Church, Monteriggioni and San Gimignano.

San Galgano Abbey

A unique church with no roof! It is one of the most amazing examples of a Cistercian Gothic church in Tuscany. Its solid massive structure is still evident today.

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Chianti tour

"A shire made famous for the excellent wine". The territory offers the most picturesque landscape of Tuscany with gentle hills cultivated with olive groves and vineyards offering their grapes to produce the red Chianti Wine. Driving long winding roads with the traditional cypress we get to towns like Radda, Gaiole and Castellina in Chianti.

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Fees for Siena and its territory

Fees for groups from 1 up to 10 pax "private guide":

  • Half-day up to 3 hours € 140
  • Full-day up to 6 hours € 280

Special fees for small families 2 adults and kids "private guide":

  • Half-day up to 3 hours € 130
  • Full-day up to 6 hours € 260

Fees for groups from 10 up to 30 pax:

  • Half-day up to 3 hours € 130 + € 2 for each extra pax
  • Full-day up to 6 hours € 260 + € 4 for each extra pax

€ 50 for each aditional hour


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The Visit of Siena (Basic Tour)

Our tour starts at the Basilic of Saint Domenic where Saint Catherine lived a life of intense mystical ecstasy, we will walk along the street to see "Monte dei Paschi di Siena", the oldest bank in Europe, the famous "Loggia della Mercanzia" and continue along the way to the Cathedral. Our tour ends in "Piazza del Campo".
Duration: 3 hours.

Additional tours are listed below:

- Sanctuary and Saint Catherine's house where she spent her childhood.

- The Public Palace with the City-Hall Museum, where you can discover the frescoes representing the Good Government and Bad Government and climb the highest tower in Siena, "Torre del Mangia".

- The Hospital "Santa Maria della Scala", the place where pilgrims were hosted, we will explain the old methods to cure people and the terrible consequence of "the black death".

- The Museum OPA, hosts a rich collection of art and offers us the possibility to reach "il Facciatone" part of the uncompleted wall Cathedral.

For a complete tour of the city we suggest one lasting 6 hours with a short lunch break.

Some of the monuments have a ticket to be paid.

Tour of Monteoliveto, Montepulciano and Pienza

Monteoliveto

Benedictian Abbey founded by Saint Bernardino Tolomei in 1313. We will admire inside the main cloister the frescoes with the narration of Saint Benedict of Nursia's life who applied the rule "ora et labora"(that means work and pray).
These magnificent frescoes were painted by Lucca Signorelli and "il Sodoma" in the XVI century.
Today the abbey is today considered an excellent book restoration laboratory.

Montepulciano

A famous Italian county known for the production of the "Vino Nobile di Montepulciano". The name "Nobile" (Noble) comes from the preference Popes and Italian nobility had for this wine. We offer you the opportunity to have a wine tasting experience in a cellar that reminds us the interior of a Cathedral.
When the "Medici family" dominated this territory, the most important architects transformed the little town in a real renaissance jewel. We will visit "Piazza Grande", the Cathedral and San Biagio Church built with the clear local travertine stone.

Pienza

"The Ideal City",built on top of a hill in Val d'Orcia, Pienza was created from a project made by the architect Rosellino to satisfy the wish of Pope Pius II to transform his birthplace into a city.
The Duomo square is a perfect example of this transformation, we will visit the interior of the Cathedral and some of the small shops that offer the local delicacy "Pecorino di Pienza" cheese.

For a complete tour of the city we suggest one lasting 6 hours with a short lunch break.

Tour of Montalcino, Sant'Antimo and Bagno Vignoni

Montalcino

The city of the most famous wine of Tuscany "Brunello di Montalcino". Montalcino was the last town to defend with proud and honor the freedom of the ancient Republic of Siena.
We will visit the Duomo and walking narrow and steep alleys, we will reach the massive fortress.

Sant'Antimo

Legend says the abbey was built after a vow made by Charlemagne. It preserves the most pure Cistercian style of the XIII century. The interior is all made of white stone and even some columns and capitals are engraved using precious onyx. The mass service is in Gregorian Chant…. We may participate.

Bagno Vignoni

Medieval town renowned worldwide for its thermal springs. The little church and houses were built around the hot water pool placed in the center of the town. The pool is supplied by the waters emerged from the volcanic field.
With a reservation visitors can swim in one of the open pools located in the magnificent scenery of the Val d’Orcia.

For a complete tour of the city we suggest one lasting 6 hours with a short lunch break.

Tour of San Galgano, Montesiepi Church, Monteriggioni and San Gimignano.

San Galgano Abbey

A unique church with no roof! It is one of the most amazing examples of a Cistercian Gothic church in Tuscany. Its solid massive structure is still evident today.

Montesiepi Church

The church has a unique round dome and in its center we find the sword of San Galgano that he thrust into the rock to renounce his status as a noble knight and become a simple hermit to live a lonely simple life.

Monteriggioni

"As a walled circle Monteriggioni has a crown of towers". The poet Dante Alighieri described the famous Sienese fortress that was used as a point of force to prevent the attacks of the Florentine troops. Today Monteriggioni has 14 guard-towers.

San Gimignano

"The beautiful town of the towers", today a UNESCO heritage of the world, an intact medieval city where saffron was produced and used as merchandise of exchange. Today it produced of famous white wine "Vernaccia di San Gimignano" (DOCG).
During our tour we will walk along the alleys that lead us to the main Cisterna Square, continue on to the Town Hall - "Palazzo del Podestà" with "Torre Grossa" and the Collegiata Church, where inside we can admire the frescoes showing stories of Santa Fina made by "il Ghirlandaio" XV century.

Some of the monuments have a ticked to be paid.

Chianti tour

"A shire made famous for the excellent wine". The territory offers the most picturesque landscape of Tuscany with gentle hills cultivated with olive groves and vineyards offering their grapes to produce the red Chianti Wine. Driving long winding roads with the traditional cypress we get to towns like Radda, Gaiole and Castellina in Chianti. Many country houses, villages, abbeys and castles have been transformed into farms where we can stop to taste the local wine.

Radda in Chianti

"A fortified town". It was a Florentine dominion where we can find the original well preserved city walls. The "Palazzo Pretorio" is still decorated with the coat of arms of the mayors who ruled the city.

Castellina

"Capital of the Chianti League", Castellina was an Etruscan town and later a feudal dominion belonging to Conte Guidi. Inside the massive fortress we find a small church and the Town Hall with an Etruscan museum. "Via delle Volte" is a characteristic fortified street with original loopholes from where we can appreciate the incredible beauty of the landscape.