Itinerary
- Day 1
Siena
- Start point
- Siena, Siena, Italy (Hotel lobby, 12:30)
- Meals
- Wine Tasting (Wine tasting of 6 wines enhanced by a series of different sample foods)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Hotel Athena)
Included Activities
- Small Group Wine Tasting Class - 6 Tuscan wines with welcome glass of crisp local dry white wine
- Learn about Vernaccia di San Gimignano wine cited by Dante in his Inferno
- Explore Tuscan wine-making history and the Designation System introduced in the 1960s
- Taste young and fruity red wine compared to older, bolder wine
- Taste Classic Tuscan wines: Chianti, Nobile, Brunello, Supertuscan blend, and Vinsanto
Landmarks Siena - Day 2
Chianti - Monteriggioni - San Gimignano
- Meals
- Dinner (Full Tuscan dinner at organic farm with Vernaccia white wine and Chianti red wine, weather permitting served on a terrace overlooking cultivated fields and San Gimignano skyline)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Hotel Athena)
Included Activities
- Chianti wine estate visit with cellar tour and Chianti Classico wine tasting
- Monteriggioni visit - explore the 13th-century medieval fortress with complete ring of city walls and turrets
- San Gimignano visit at sunset - explore cathedral, civic museum, streets and shops of local artisanal objects and products
- Organic farm dinner experience
Optional Activities
- Visit the Cathedral in San Gimignano
- Visit the Civic Museum in San Gimignano
- Browse streets and shops in San Gimignano
- Light a candle in the local church in Monteriggioni
- Sit in San Gimignano's main square and enjoy gelato or coffee
Landmarks Chianti Monteriggioni San Gimignano - Day 3
Montalcino
- Meals
- Lunch (Traditional Tuscan meal at family-run winery with farm wines)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Hotel Athena)
Included Activities
- First winery visit - walk vineyard rows, explore cellars, introductory Brunello wine tasting
- Montalcino hilltop town visit - climb fortress walls, explore town squares and roads
- Family-run winery visit with owner/winemaker meeting and farm visit
- Traditional Tuscan meal at family-run winery with farm wines
- Abbey of Sant'Antimo visit - mystical Benedictine monastery
- Third winery visit - explore wine-making processes, aging barrels (oak), Brunello wine tasting
Optional Activities
- Browse stores in Montalcino
- Visit town squares and roads in Montalcino for views of valleys and vineyards
Landmarks Montalcino Abbey of Sant'Antimo 


- Day 4
Siena
- End point
- Siena, Siena, Italy (Hotel lobby, 11:00)
- Meals
- Breakfast















