Rome: Tuscany Wine Tour Montepulciano & Montalcino with Lunch

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Two Medieval Wine Towns in One Day from Rome

You depart Rome early morning by air-conditioned bus and spend the day in two medieval Tuscan towns. In Montepulciano, you tour a 12th-century winery and taste Nobile wine with a sommelier, then eat a gourmet Tuscan lunch in the winery's ancient refectory. In Montalcino, you explore the Brunello museum and an Etruscan tomb. A bilingual guide leads you through both towns, and you return to Rome by evening without arranging transport or reservations yourself.

12h

Step-by-step itinerary

Tuscany tour with wine tasting and lunch

Bus ride from Rome to Montepulciano
Explore Montepulciano historic center
Visit 12th-century winery for tasting
Enjoy Tuscan lunch with wine
Bus ride to Montalcino
Visit Montalcino medieval village
Free time in Montalcino
Return bus ride to Rome

The Experience

You want to taste real Tuscan wine, not the tourist version, and you want to see where it comes from — but you don't have a car and you're not spending a week in the countryside. That's the whole reason this day trip exists. The bus picks you up early from Rome Termini, and for the next ten hours you're moving through rolling hills toward Montepulciano, a town that's been making wine since the 12th century and somehow ended up in the Twilight movies (which your guide will mention, probably with a smile). The air-conditioned bus means you're not sweating through the drive, and the certified tour leader speaks English and Spanish, so you're not guessing at what you're seeing.

In Montepulciano, you walk through the medieval center — there's a slight incline, so it's not flat, but it's not a hike either — and then you step into a local winery that's been there since 1200. A sommelier walks you through the tasting: Nobile di Montepulciano first, then Rosso di Montalcino, and you learn why one tastes different from the other instead of just nodding and sipping. This is the only wine cellar in town with a kitchen attached, which means lunch happens right there in the ancient refectory where the friars used to eat. You get charcuterie, cheeses from the region, handmade pici pasta with ragù, all paired with the wines you just tasted. It's not fancy in the way that feels like work; it's just good food in a room that's been feeding people for centuries.

After lunch, the bus takes you to Montalcino, another medieval fortress town, smaller and quieter than Montepulciano. You visit the Temple of Brunello, an interactive museum inside a former convent, where you learn how Brunello di Montalcino — one of the world's most expensive red wines — gets made. You also see a 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb, which puts the whole wine thing in perspective: people have been living and dying and making things here for longer than Rome's been Rome. Then you're back on the bus heading toward the city, watching the light change over the hills, and you realize you've actually tasted wine where it grows instead of ordering it blind in a restaurant.

What’s included

Round-trip transportation by air-conditioned bus from Rome Termini, bilingual English/Spanish-speaking certified tour leader, headsets for all participants, guided visit to a 12th-century winery in Montepulciano, wine tasting of Nobile di Montepulciano and Rosso di Montalcino with sommelier explanation, gourmet Tuscan lunch with local charcuterie, cheeses, handmade pici pasta with ragù and wine pairings served in the winery's ancient refectory, visit to the Temple of Brunello interactive museum in Montalcino, and access to a 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPublic transport nearby

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Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste Tuscan wine where it's made and eat lunch in a centuries-old winery without arranging your own transport or navigating between towns — the fixed itinerary and bilingual guide handle all the logistics so you just show up and experience it.