Chianti Wine Tour from Florence: 2 Wineries, 3-4 Tastings

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Duration5h

GroupUp to 43

LanguagesEN

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Walk the vineyards, taste the wine, skip the city crowds

You travel by coach through forty minutes of Tuscan countryside to two family-run wine estates, walk the vineyards and cellars, and taste 3–4 wines at each stop paired with local cheese, salami, and olive oil. Pickup is included from central Florence, and you're back by early afternoon.

Step-by-step itinerary

Chianti Vineyard Wine Tasting Tour

Meet guide at Piazzale Montelungo
Travel 40 minutes to Chianti region
Learn about wine history on bus
Visit first wine estate
Walk vineyards and explore cellar
Taste 3-4 wines with local products
Visit second wine estate
Repeat wine tasting and local snacks
Return to Florence
Arrive at Piazzale Montelungo

The Experience

"So we're really driving out there just for wine?" your guide laughs as the coach pulls away from Piazzale Montelungo, and forty minutes later you understand why the question was silly. The Chianti wine region unfolds in front of you—actual rolling hills, actual cypresses, actual rows of vines that stretch until the light flattens them into watercolor. The drive itself is half the point; your guide fills it with the real history of Gallo Nero, the Black Rooster symbol stamped on every bottle, and by the time you arrive at the first estate, you're not just walking into a vineyard, you're walking into something you've already started to understand.

Both estates sit high enough that you can see for miles, and the owners treat wine like it's supposed to be treated—as something made with intention, not volume. You walk the vineyards first, actually between the vines, and then down into the cellar where the air shifts cool and the bottles sit in rows like they're waiting. At each winery you taste up to 3 or 4 different Chianti wines, and between pours there's local cheese, salami, balsamic vinegar that tastes nothing like what you buy at home, and olive oil so good you understand why people talk about it. You sit on the terrace—and this is the part that sticks with you later—just sitting, wine in hand, hills rolling away, and nobody rushing you to the next thing.

The coach brings you back to Piazzale Montelungo by early afternoon, which means you can still walk into Florence proper, find a restaurant, sit down without feeling like you've wasted the day. The whole thing is half a day, which sounds short until you realize you've visited two working estates, learned how wine actually gets made, tasted enough to know the difference between one Chianti and another, and eaten better than you would have in the city. If you're staying near Santa Maria Novella station, it's a five or ten-minute walk to the pickup point.

What’s included

Coach transportation from Piazzale Montelungo with free WiFi, visits to two wine estates including vineyard walks and cellar tours, tastings of 3–4 different Chianti wines at each winery, local products including extra virgin olive oil, cheese, salami, and balsamic vinegar, and an English-speaking tour guide throughout the half day.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by Ciao Florence Tours Srl

Is this one for you?Right for travelers based near Florence who want to taste real Chianti without arranging their own transport or navigating the region—the fixed pickup and return time means you're back in the city by early afternoon, leaving your evening open.