Top 20 Experiences in San Gimignano
Tuscan Cooking Class
I'm Katia and me and my uncle Fulvio run the Tuscan cooking class in our family farmhouse. We are 4 km far from the fantastic town of San Gimignano and we teach you how to prepare a real Tuscany meal but most important we teach you how the food should taste. Your meal will be a celebration and a fantastic time to spent in a real Tuscany family. We'll make a lot of typical Tuscany antipasti, then we prepare primi piatti, and we make one type of pasta hand made, two different sauces for pasta, and then a second course with meat.
Truffle Lunch & Hunting Experience in San Gimignano
If you want to deepen your knowledge about this prestigious ingredient this is the perfect experience for you! Our authorized guides will accompany you to the nearest & natural truffle area around San Gimignano and teach you all the things that you must know about truffles. After that, the real hunting will start, and with the help of our guides and our four-legged friends, you'll have the chance to try the emotion of finding truffles completely surrounded by nature. At the end of the hunting, drive back to Podere La Marronaia and prepare your palate for an entire truffle lunch paired with a tasting of our organic wines and extra virgin olive oils.
Private Tour in San Gimignano
Immerse yourself in the Middle Ages, visiting one of the most beautiful medieval villages of Italy. You will never forget the ancient towers and the dreamlike landscape by which it is surrounded. The tour will begin from the main gate, Porta San Giovanni, continue towards Piazza della Cisterna, where you can taste the famous ice cream that won many prizes. In the next square admire the Public Palace and the wonderful Cathedral. If you choose to visit the palace, you will explore the Civic Museum and the highest tower of the town, from where you can take wonderful pictures or if you prefer to enter inside the Cathedral you will see the well-preserved frescoes. At the end of the tour enjoy the panorama from the fortress, where today is situated the Vernaccia Museum, the DOCG white wine produced in this area.
Private Wine & Oil Tasting with Lunch
Treat yourself with a delightful Tuscan experience. Dive into the green shades of our vineyard with a private description of our farm. The experience will start with a detailed introduction to the agricultural methods we adopted, how our biodynamic production method works, and the farm's history. Then, you will have a three courses Tuscan lunch and a wine tasting with 4-5 organic wines that come straight from the winery's vineyards and the chance to taste all our extra virgin olive oils surrounded by a spectacular Tuscan setting. We are just a few minutes from San Gimignano town center, with a stunning view of the Tuscan countryside and the town's Medieval towers. An Italian or English-speaking family member will guide you in the experience with a professional and warm family welcome.
Home Made Pasta Cooking Class in Tuscany
.Set up your 2-hour pasta-making class, which offers a relaxed and respectful environment to learn Tuscan culinary secrets. Enjoy three types of pasta for lunch for dinner, followed by tastings of 15 products including wine, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Through the assistance of a professional English-speaking chef, you will learn everything there is to know about fresh homemade pasta. Hotel pickup and drop-off is not included
Cooking class, wine tasting and 2500 year old granaries
More than a Cooking Class Cooking Class includes: - an intensive cooking session with instruction (in English) and practice with our chef, 3 course meal following the lesson including selected wines (Prosecco and Chianti), coffee, all food ingredients, taxes, - visit to the cellars of the Ugo Bing Winery with tasting of the wines that will be served with lunch/dinner, - the evocative visit to the 2500 years old Etruscan granaries located in the underground caves beneath the Villa.
Wine and food tasting on an organic family farm.
Guided tour of the farm structures near San Gimignano: vegetable garden, orchard, vineyard, olive grove, vinsantaia, historical cellar, collection of tools from the farming world. Tasting of 8 wines from our production: - "Casa Lucii" DOCG Vernaccia di San Gimignano; - 2 different vintages of "Mareterra" DOCG Vernaccia di San Gimignano reserve; - "Spicchio" IGT rosé Tuscan; - "Fuscelli" DOCG Chianti; - "Senarum" DOCG Chianti Colli Senesi, - "Arturo" IGT Tuscan Red. The tasting is accompanied by a taste of our organic extra virgin olive oil, cheese and cold cuts selection produced by local farms and accompanied by vegetables from the garden and finally will be served as dessert Vin Santo del Chianti "Curato" and Tuscan Cantucci.
The best of Siena and San Gimignano from Livorno
We will pick you up from the Livorno sea Port around 08.00am we will visit Siena and San Gimignano best sites
Private transfer from Florence to Sorrento
This is the most comfortable way to get from Florence to Sorrento! I guarantee the best service for your car service. I'm a professional local drivers, 100%, properly dressed and English speaking, during your transfer I also can share some useful information about your destination. I have the utmost respect for my clients, and I am available 24 hours a day, 7 days on 7, 365 days a year, to provide the maximum support before, during and after your transfer from Florence.
San Gimignano Cooking Class with truffle, lunch and wine tasting
There are two products that put Tuscany on the food and wine map: wine and truffles. Enjoy the best of both with a beautiful and Cooking Class followed by a special wine tasting with Tuscan products. Elevate your culinary experience! For all truffle lovers Tenuta Torciano offers a unique culinary experience to explore the tuscan delights with our exclusive truffle cooking lesson. During the Truffle Cooking you will have the opportunity to understand how and where the precious truffle grows, manipulate it, clean it and cook it to prepare your dishes together with our expert chef who will teach you all the secrets of how to taste it, keep it and conserve it. It will be a unique experience that only in Tenuta Torciano you will have the opportunity to explore. The experience includes: - Truffle lesson - Cooking Class experience with truffles - Lunch or Dinner with the local dishes cooked by our chef
Cooking Classes in Tuscany among the Chianti Vineyards
More than a Cooking Class Cooking Class includes: 1 - an intensive cooking session with instruction (in English) and practice with our chef, 3 course meal following the lesson including selected wines (Prosecco and Chianti), coffee, all food ingredients, taxes, 2 - visit to the cellars of the Ugo Bing Winery with tasting of the wines that will be served with lunch/dinner, 3 - the evocative visit to the 2500 years old Etruscan granaries located in the underground caves beneath the Villa.
Private Tour: San Gimignano Walking Tour
Enjoy a classic 1.5h hour Private tour through the medieval town of San Gimignano with an experienced local guide. Touch on all the main sites and learn about the town’s rich history and famous products and visit some of the quieter corners of this historical hill town.
San Gimignano Dinner in the Vine Rows and Wine tasting
DINING AND WINE TASTING INTO THE NATURE Take a closer look at the vineyards and their beautiful surroundings, into the nature, with around a great green panoramic view and silence. Beautiful, joyful, everlasting perfection, in the vineyard area Flowers, vases, ribbons, sighs, smiles, laughter, toasts, food and wines!.
E-Bike rental in Tuscany
We were born here in Tuscany, we rent our e-bikes at discounted prices. We will provide you with all the information about our places and the best itineraries, both for beginners and for the more experienced. Cycling in our countryside is something unique. Like in a movie ....
Half-Day Horseback Ride in Tuscany for beginner riders
Discover Tuscany on horseback! Ride through native woods, medieval villages, and blooming meadows on this small-group horseback tour for beginner riders.
Vineyard Walk & Wine Tasting in Tuscany
This tour of the vineyard offers a special insight into the reality of the Vineyards of the Giachi family, and what it is like to own and operate a wine-producing territory. Guests will be intrigued by the sights of the landscape and architecture that surround this estate that includes the barrel room, wine cellar, and also the various tasting rooms both inside and outside of the garden. In particular you will appreciate the Vernaccia Vineyard of San Gimignano, operated under the management of Romano Giachi since 1996, from which originates the name of the wine "Poggioaicieli," one of the most famous wines that originated in the area; we are among the few vineyards that remain dedicated to preserving the grape Vernaccia di San Gimignano with a revolt exposure between South and Southeast. You do not want to miss the Sangiovese vineyard!
Private Tuscan meal with Wine and EVO oil tasting
The experience will start with a detailed introduction to the agricultural methods we adopted, how our biodynamic production method works, and the farm's history. Enjoy a typical Tuscan lunch that includes 4/5 own-produced organic wines and 6 extra virgin olive oils with it. Just a few minutes walk from San Gimignano town center, with a spectacular view on the Medieval towers of the town. An Italian/ English-speaking member of the staff will follow you in the activity with a professional and family warm welcome.
3-hour Tuscan Cooking Class with Wine & Oil Tasting
Craving pasta? Or bruschetta? Join our family for a 3-hour cooking experience in a typical Tuscan kitchen that overlooks our vineyards and olive trees. You’re going to learn all the Tuscan cuisine secrets surrounded by the wine and extra virgin olive oil aromas. This experience is a real journey in Tuscan flavors made of simple and fresh ingredients. Besides the cooking experience, you will have the chance to have a real wine tasting with at least four of our organic wines. Join us! What are you waiting for?
Chianti and Castle Small Group Tour from San Gimignano
Visit the beautiful region of Chianti with us and immerse yourselves in the picturesque Tuscan scenery that you have always imagined. The beautiful ruby-red colour and the characteristic bouquet with scents of violet are the special features that reveal the identity of one of the most famous wines in the world: Chianti. You'll join a wine tasting paired with some typical food. Then you’ll move to another winery, in the middle of Chianti Classico Area, where you’ll have a second wine tasting and extra virgin olive oil. The tour will end in San Gimignano, where it started.
Winery Cave Dinner & Tasting in Tuscany - Romantic & Lovely
Above-ground tasting rooms aren’t the only formal places to sip wine.These caves serve dual purposes—they are cool and humid locations to store wine while it ages to perfection in barrique, and they are both beautiful and unique spots to for romantic dinner with the people that you love. Visitors will find the cave experience markedly different from tastings above ground – the underground experiences often have a speakeasy vibe and can range luxurious to intimate. Reserve your celebratory dinner with Tenuta Torciano Winery Cave and you can expect attentive and excellent service from our staff and expert chefs who will prepare for you the finest dishes. Our superior hospitality is created to our good ideas and organization. The rooms are dressed for the occasion, illuminated with candlelight and a romantic ambiance to make the dinner really special.