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Beautiful towers in San Gimignano
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Volterra views
alabaster crafts in Volterra

Small-Group San Gimignano and Volterra Day Trip from Siena

By Tuscan Escapes by Papilio SRL
9.8 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$297 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
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Overview

Embrace the medieval charms of Tuscany's towns on a full-day trip to San Gimignano and Volterra from Siena. With an attentive local guide, walk round the Fortress of Monteriggioni, explore the UNESCO World Heritage-listed town of San Gimignano, and visit an alabaster workshop in Volterra. Enjoy a delicious lunch on a small Tuscan farm and spend time at your leisure exploring these rustic hill towns that are steeped in rich Italian history.

Numbers are limited to eight people on this small-group tour, ensuring you'll receive personalised attention from your guide.

Activity location

  • Cantinetta di Monteriggioni
    • Piazza Roma 14, Castello di Monteriggioni
    • 53035, Monteriggioni, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Piazza San Domenico
    • Piazza San Domenico
    • 53100, Siena, Toscana, Italy

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Small-Group San Gimignano and Volterra Day Trip from Siena
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 9:30 am
Price details
AU$297.39 x 1 AdultAU$297.39

Total
Price is AU$297.39
Until Mon, 4 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedDriver/guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport by air-conditioned minivan
  • What's includedWhat's includedVisit to alabaster workshop
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup and drop-off

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Basilica Cateriniana Di S. Domenico (Pass by)
Meet your guide in front of the church of San Domenico in Siena at 9:30am, easy to find even if you are arriving from out of town with your own car, as there is parking in the vicinity.
Cantinetta di Monteriggioni
  • 30m
Travel north into the first Chianti hills and take a walk around Monteriggioni, a medieval and perfectly preserved fortress with a complete ring of city walls and turrets built in the 13th century and mentioned by Dante in his Divine Comedy: this was once Siena’s main bastion of defence against the armies of Florence. Enjoy its quiet and charming atmosphere browsing the alleys and shops of local crafts and products, or lighting a candle in the local church as the pilgrim's once did.
San Gimignano
  • 1h
Continue to the fascinating town of San Gimignano, one of the most characteristic hilltop towns of Tuscany, with its many austere medieval towers that defiantly survived the centuries and are still proudly standing today. Recognised as a UNESCO site of world heritage, this city is a great testimony of medieval architecture. Walk along the ancient route of the Via Francigena, the main route that took all travellers and pilgrims of Europe to Rome and the Holy See. The bustling San Gimignano flourishes with artisanal boutiques of the local trades and stores, selling the towns famous ‘red gold’ or saffron spice as well as the Vernaccia white wine, so traditional and old that Dante mentions it in the 13th century.
San Gimignano 1300
  • 10m
Brief visit to the minature museum and marvel at what San Gimignano looked like during the Middle Ages
Volterra
  • 2h
After working up an appetite browsing squares, streets, churches and stores of San Gimignano, visit a small family-run farm and enjoy a traditional Tuscan lunch prepared using the farm's own seasonal products. During lunch you will taste dishes prepared with saffron accompanied by the refreshing Vernaccia white wine. After lunch, continue on the panoramic roads towards Volterra, the ancient Velathri, a city that harmoniously combines Etruscan and Roman ruins with medieval and Renaissance architecture, with the unavoidable modern buildings and furnishings. Visit a small, artisanal workshop and meet the craftsmen that have been working the local alabaster for decades. Witness this ancient art of sculpting this stone into precious masterpieces.
Cathedral of Volterra
  • 1h
Enjoy leisure time walking along the streets of the historical centre of Volterra, visiting the town’s famous Etruscan museum or simply marvelling at the millennia old Etruscan arch, the Roman theatre or the more modern monuments and shops in town. On some occasions the itinerary might vary a little. In this case, the tour could be slightly modified but will maintain a similar general imprint, of the same duration and with all the same inclusions.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESCantinetta di Monteriggioni
    • Piazza Roma 14, Castello di Monteriggioni
    • 53035, Monteriggioni, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPiazza San Domenico
    • Piazza San Domenico
    • 53100, Siena, Toscana, Italy

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