Private tour guide in Tuscany options for wine tours

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€620 total for the day for the four of you.

www.dariocastagno.com. Dario is a famous Tuscan tour guide and author. We took two tours with him. The first was a Chianti Classico themed tour. The second was a rare, "Behind the Scenes of the Palio" tour in Siena. Dario is a member of the Caterpillar Contrada and takes you on a tour of the historic clubhouse while explaining the history of the Palio horse race. These clubs are private and exclusive and very few people have the opportunity to have this experience. We enjoyed these tours.... On our own we went to the Antinori Winery right outside of Florence as well as wineries in Montepulciano and Montalcino. Banfi is the big one in Montalcino. The wineries in Montepllciano have their cellars and tasting facilities just off the main square on top of the hill. We spent 10 days in this area this past Easter. It is one of my favorite vacations.

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Rome by Limo. Ask for Luca

You missed me in Greve by a little over a week. We were there on the 22nd.

VaBuckeye and AbitaFan,

How is the scenery in Tuscany this time of year? We are tentatively planning a honeymoon in Tuscany/Amalfi Coast during late September next year.

Based on my research, it seems as though the area is more brown as opposed to the lush green you always see because the fields have been harvested/plowed.

Is this true, and would you say it is a detractor? Is Chianti more desirable from a scenery standpoint than Val D'Orcia (or vice-versa)?

TIA - hope y'all had (or are having) an incredible trip, and I look forward to the recap!

I'm as big of a fan of driving and doing it yourself as anyone. But the benefit of a driver here is having a driver if everyone is drinking. Driving in italy is no joke too, I like it but its extremely narrow roads and they drive incredibly offensive. Like you don't see anyone at a stop sign or red light and you don't even stop just keep going.

So really you are paying to be driven around privately, able to drink, and obviously have your own schedule. I'd hate doing a bus too fwiw.

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Based on my research, it seems as though the area is more brown as opposed to the lush green you always see because the fields have been harvested/plowed. Is this true, and would you say it is a detractor? Is Chianti more desirable from a scenery standpoint than Val D'Orcia (or vice-versa)?

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You can start to see a little bit of color change, but I definitely wouldn’t say it detracts from the view. And the weather has been absolutely perfect - cool in the morning and evening, 70s during the day. I’d argue this is the best time of year to visit.

Haven’t been to Val D’Orcia though so cant compare personally.

Here’s what Chianti looked like yesterday:

It was very green while we were there. In was still green up north in Piedmonte which isn’t far from the Alps. Weather was perfect.

Italians driving. They are very aggressive drivers but they’re nice about it if that makes sense. No gestures and nothing offensive. I love that they only use the left lane on the freeways for passing. Americans could learn from them in that regard.

It’s a great enoteca. The one in the castle in Montalcino is a great one two. We had an epic wine tasting there on the 20th.