MONTALCINO, WINE TASTING & THE ABBEY OF SANT'ANTIMO: 9 Hours         
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Wine tasting tours in Tuscany for wine lovers. 

Includes:  Our private tours of Montalcino and Sant'Antimo include transportation, service of your English-speaking driving guide, taxes, gas, tolls and parking.

Additional cost for wine tasting: Approximately 15 Euro per person, depending your choice of winery and wine.  In some cases, free tasting.

NOTE:  This private tour of Montalcino can be fully customized to include your favorite wine producer of the fine Brunello di Montalcino. There are several wine producers in Montalcino like Banfi, Barbi, Nardi to name a few.

Enjoy a private guided tour of Montalcino and The Abbey of Sant’Antimo with an English-speaking tour guide.  You will drive south of Florence and head towards the province of Siena, passing through the Superstrada del Palio, named after Siena’s famous bareback horse race, and through the beautiful heart of the Chianti wine region, a spectacular landscape composed of vineyards and olive groves. You will get a chance to take the Cassia road, one of the 10 ancient Roman consular roads still in use today.

Your custom guided tour will first take you to the town of Montalcino, where you will visit the 14th century fortress, the cathedral and the old Etruscan hilltop streets dominating the valley for miles around.  Montalcino is world famous as the birthplace of one of the finest wines of Italy, the Brunello di Montalcino.  You can pick up a few bottles of this fabulous red at a winery or in one of the shops you'll find on your stroll through the town of Montalcino.

Your private custom tour of Montalcino will also take you to one of the most respected wine producers in Italy.  There are several options to choose from for guided tours of the cellars and wine tasting of the well respected red, the renowned Brunello. Wine experts conducts the tours.

There are a lot of wonderful places for lunch in this part of Tuscany and we'll be happy to find the perfect place for you.  After lunch, your guided tour proceed to one of the finest Romanesque churches in Tuscany: the abbey of St. Antimo. Originally part of a 9th century Benedictine monastery, St. Antimo was supposedly founded by Charlemagne himself.  The present building, begun in 1118, incorporates parts of the Carolingian works, including the crypt.  An important monastic community once flourished here; today, the monks here follow the rule of St. Benedict, praying seven times a day with Gregorian chants. Time permitting, you may be able to witness the monks chanting their prayers.

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