Duration:
8 hours

Start Time Private Tour:  
Morning: you can require whatever start time you like.

Meeting Point:
At the lobby of your Hotel in Florence

Price will include:
- 2 hours personal expert and licensed guide in Siena
- Private Mercedes vehicle
- Professional English speaking driver

Price will not include:
- Gratuities (optional),
- Admission fees to churches and museums
- Meals and Beverage

From Florence traveling along the Chianti roads with your private driver, your day excursion will take you to the charming cities of Siena, San Gimignano and Monteriggioni.

Siena is a concentrate of art, history, palaces, piazzas, historical streets and monuments. On site with your guide you will customize the walking tour following your interest.

Some of the most relevant point of interest in Siena are:
•    The Church of San Domenico also known as Basilica Cateriniana and at Fonte Branda that was one of the city's principal sources of water in the Middle Ages.
•    The Palazzo Salimbeni built in gothic style is now the headquarters of the bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena and Palazzo Tolomei one of the oldest in Siena.
•    The famous Piazza del Campo built in the beginning of the 1300's, is the principal public space of the historic center of Siena and is where the Palio race is held on July 2 and August 16 each year.
•    In Piazza del Campo: The Palazzo Pubblico with the frescoes of Lorenzetti, the Torre del Mangia, as well as various noble palaces surround the shell-shaped piazza. At the northwest edge of the square there is the Fonte Gaia the endpoint of the system of conduits bringing water to the city's centre.
•    The Duomo that is the magnificent cathedral of Siena, built in Tuscan Gothic style is a "must do", inside the Duomo, the inlaid marble mosaic floor is one of the most ornate of its kind in Italy and the pulpit, made of Carrara marble, was sculpted between the end of 1265 and November 1268 by Nicola Pisano.
•    In front the façade of Duomo stands the Ospedale of Santa Maria della Scala one of Europe’s oldest hospitals now museum.

When from miles away you see a town with towers, it is San Gimignano.
San Gimignano was founded like a small Etruscan village, then the town developed greatly during the Middle Ages thanks to pilgrims on their way from the west France to Rome as it was placed on the Via Francigena. Here at your own pace you enjoy of the town strolling through its squares and interesting corners.

Your Siena and San Gimignano tour includes a stop in Monteriggioni, a strategically located walled city between Siena and Florence, very important in the Middle Ages during the conflicts between Siena and Florence.
Monteriggioni is a town with intact defensive walls and perhaps one of the most evocative medieval villages in Italy.