What is the best way to tour wine country (day trip) in florence/tuscany?

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What is the best way to tour wine country (day trip) in florence/tuscany?

Answer 1

What's best depends on you to some extent. Driving is one option if you've got a car. It gives you the flexibility to plan your own route and see what interests you.

There are a number of bike day trips available:

http://www.ibikeitaly.com/

http://www.bicycletuscany.com/

http://www.tours-italy.com/florence/flor...

You could always rent bikes and take them to a starting point and tour on your own for a day.

Or the wine train is pretty good: http://www.florencewine.it/?idtema=1&idt...

http://www.tuscanweb.com/events/832/

There are also wine tasting tours through several operators - they tend to be pretty expensive: http://www.travelsintuscany.com/chianti....

www.winetourism.it/tours_doc/56_en.pdf

http://www.enjoyflorence.com/english/Win...

http://www.chianticlassico.net/

http://www.cellartours.com/italy/wine-to...

http://www.italyandwine.net/

You might find this useful, especially if you rent a car and go on your own: http://goitaly.about.com/od/chiantiwinea...

This is a good route planner here in Europe: http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/g...