Tuscany: discovering the popular and unknown excellences of Tuscany – Five days

We start from Florence and drive to Siena, one of the most charming medieval cities in Italy and we continue to Arezzo. We will travel along the panoramic roads of the Chianti hills and visit small iconic medieval towns like San Gimignano.

How the trip is structured...

Day 1

San Gimignano. Half board. Meeting point at Piazzale Montelungo. Leaving Florence to San Gimignano, you will enjoy the amazing view over the Chianti Hills. Once you get close to town, you will be fascinated by the skyline dotted by 13 towers that remain of the existing 70. Enjoy the historical and sensorial visit among spices, gardens, olive groves and vineyards representing the contryside high quality products: traditions, sustainability, environment and landscape of Tuscany. Lunch in a typical “trattoria”. In the afternoon transfer to Siena. Accomodation, dinner and overnight.

Day 2

Siena. Full board. Meet your guide at the hotel for a citysightseeing. The medieval city surrounded by smooth hills, located in the heart of Tuscany, is one of the most popular town in the world. Visit of the Santa Maria della Scala complex and the important masterpieces of Simone Martini, Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti; visiting the Civic Museum just inside the Palazzo Pubblico you will enjoy the Majesty by Simone Martini and the Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti.

Day 3

Val d'Orcia and Arezzo. Breakfast. Departure to Val d’Orcia. Not far from Siena, this area of plowed fields, green hills, little towns and iconic landscapes will introduce you in the Southern part of Tuscany. Visiting Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey, admiring the sensational frescos by Signorelli, who painted one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance. You will also cross the lunar landscapes of the “Crete Senesi” and you finally will reach Pienza. Lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon transfer to Arezzo, where so many artists and poets were born. Accomodation. Dinner and overnight.

Day 4

Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari. Breakfast. Meet your guide and visit Basilica of San Francis, admiring the magnificent frescos “The Legend of True Cross” by Piero della Francesca. After the vist, transfer to Sansepolcro. Lunch in a typical restaurant. Visiting the home town of Piero you have the opportunity to visit the Aboca Museum with the tour “Herbs and Health through the Ages”, celebrating the therapeutical power of herbs. You will realize about the age-old story of the relationship between humans and plants. On the way back to Arezzo, you will stop in Anghiari for a short visit of this medieval treasure. Dinner and overnight.

Day 5

Florence. Breakfast. At 10.00 transfer to Florence. End of services.