What to See, Drink and Eat in Florence, Italy
Visit Florence
When you want to stay in the city you can’t miss the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore with the the largest Dome in Europe and the Giotto Tower. Other unmissable visits are the Uffizi Gallery, the Palatine Gallery, the iconic Ponte Vecchio (one of the city’s oldest bridges, crossing over the Arno at its narrowest point), the San Lorenzo neighborhood with its local market and the renowned Mercato Centrale, the beautiful squares of Santa Croce and Piazza della Signoria, with the famous Palazzo Vecchio, and more…
Instead, if you love to travel but prefer your own private driver, then there are several options from which to choose from. This is a Full Day Tour which will pick you up from the Hotel, and go on route to reach the Tenuta Torciano Winery through a beautiful hilly area, with an environment unique in its kind, with its green hills, with its towering cypress trees, wide expanses of beautiful vineyards, olive groves, forests of oaks delightful small villages through the beautiful Chianti hills. Guests has the opportunity to have a “first taste” of colors and beauty of Tuscany before reaching the fantastic City of San Gimignano, one of its kind in the world for its architectural and for the famous and soaring towers.
Plan a Trip with your Private Driver
Our farm lies in the Elsa Valley, surrounded by soft green hills of vineyeards, olive groves and medieval towers on the background. It’s a place of relaxion, fun and wine.
This service is the best solution for private and exclusive guests who need a separate visit of our winery. The guests – from a minimum of two to a maximum of 8 – will be taken directly from your Hotel by a professional driver who will bring you to San Gimignano and Tenuta Torciano Winery. Here the guests will be greeted by the owner and assisted in the visit of the estate and a vertical Wine Tasting of more than 10 best Torciano Wines accompained by a typical Tuscan Lunch in the winery or in the vineyards.
Wine Tasting School with Prestigious Tuscan Wines
Upon reaching the Winery, all of our guests will be accomodate in a private room with Pierluigi Giachi and his staff. We greet our guests during the tasting with our warmth Tuscan welcome, together with our culture, our food and wine. Our Staff is very prepared when we discuss about wine, oil, food, local attractions and other important places to visit in Tuscany.
We are always happy and willing to share experiences, news , informations with our visitors. Our main goal is to make the moments spent together with Pierluigi and his staff unique and memorable, transmitting our culture, our joy of life “Enjoy the Moment”, our enthusiasm and our experience in wine.
Visit San Gimignano & Siena
After the stop in Tenuta Torciano Winery the driver will take you to San Gimignano to visit the world famous medieval village and then to the beautiful Siena. With its series of towers that stand out on the horizon, San Gimignano is one of the most iconic and recognizable destinations in all of Tuscany. From every part of the world there is someone who dreams of reaching this ancient village to immerse yourself in a perfect medieval postcard. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990, San Gimignano, also known as the “Manhattan of the Middle Ages”, owes its fame precisely to the incredible number of towers that towered over the roofs of the small town, even 65 in the heyday of the city. This Full Day in Tuscany ends at 6 pm with the return to your hotel in Florence.
For details and reservations contact our booking office to +39 0577988134 or send a message to: booking@torciano.com
Author
Luciana Cilemmi
Luciana Cilemmi, deals with Magazine, Style Director and Co-founder of Tenuta Torciano winery and Tenute Giachi wines and the innovative Viviarium Restaurant of Bottega Torciano- Tenuta Torciano & Winery is part of an international reality that is born in Italy by an initiative of Pierluigi Giachi and Luciana Cilemmi, who have worked for years in the Italian wine market , expanding throughout in the United States, managed and controlled by the american company ' Bellavini winery. Luciana Cilemmi was born in San Gimignano to a family of artists specialised in the restoration of medieval buildings. Having completed her technical studies, she now pursues the interests passed on to her by her family, like her passion for artistic objects, in particular works of art created in Tuscany between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. But she reserves her keenest enthusiasm for the historic works completed in San Gimignano between 1100 and 1300. Alongside her love of medieval history, she is fascinated in wines produced from Tuscan vineyards, which, together with saffron and wool, were the most sought-after goods traded by the wealthy noble families of San Gimignano already in medieval times. Luciana Cilemmi left San Gimignano at the age of 21 and embarked on a pilgrimage in search of knowledge and to discover the new winemaking skills and products that were then developing both in Italy and in France. In the meantime she added to her knowledge of wine by attending specialised courses and becoming a master of wine. On returning to Siena, she discovered a wonderful area near Murlo where she fell in love with the tiny, unspoilt village of Montepescini. She bought the estate of Montepescini where, based on the experience she had acquired over the years, she found a particular lie of the land, special climatic conditions and an altitude suited to the creation of great wines. With enormous enthusiasm, doggedness and considerable effort, a reclamation programme was started to renew the terrain which was then used to plant 30 hectares of specialised vines. Sangiovese is the dominant vine, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Years of experimentation and the introduction of new winemaking techniques eventually led to the creation of Luciana di Memmi’s prestigious wines. Some years ago, Luciana Cilemmi succeeded in realising her dream of a lifetime: to return to her home town, San Gimignano. She was destined to buy the historic palace with the medieval tower, which had been owned by the prestigious Useppi family from 1200 to 1927 and had then passed to the noble and historic Chigi family of Siena. The Useppi were a powerful Sienese family who owned several castles. This beautiful medieval building has an elegant and distinctive façade full of Sienese and Pisan architectural influences. If you find yourself in San Gimignano, make sure you visit the Chigi Tower and Palace. Luciana Cilemmi holds regular events in the rooms of the medieval tower, such as the presentation of wines, both from her vineyards and elsewhere, attended by international journalists, experts from the sector and critics. She also organises exhibitions of works of art and paintings, and press conferences on the subject of "Wine in San Gimignano during medieval times”. Visiting the home of Luciana Cilemmi is like re-living an aspect of the past that will not return except through the imagination of those who have believed and continue to believe in this story.
