Hi
I'm headed to Florence in June for my honeymoon. Can anyone recommond guides/tour companies that offer wine tasting in chianti and transportation to and from Florence?
Lunch included would be great.

Thanks

Try Luca Garapa of Hillsandroads.com. He arranged wine tastings for us and also took us on day trips when we stayed in Radda a few years ago. He's really wonderful- a Siena native, very knowledgeable and charming!

Another VERY enthusiastic vote for Luca!! We took two tours with him on two separate days about 2.5 years ago. He picked us up at our hotel, tailored the day around our wants, abilities and interests (we did not have exact places we wanted to go or see so we just communicated with him via e-mail and he put together 2 fabulous days), and drove us back to the hotel in Florence at the end of the day.

He is a fun, intelligent young man. He is an excellent, safe and reliable driver. Don't hesitate to get in touch with him by e-mail and see if you can book him. His rates are reasonable and you will have a marvelous time.

He does not always answer e-mails immediately (he can get quite busy with touring although the winter is off-season so you should get answered quicker now), but send a reminder in a few days if you don't get an answer soon.

Let me know if you have any other questions!!

Hi Irog - CAF Tours and SITA do wine-tasting excursions to the Chianti area from Florence:

CAF:
www.caftours.com/en/regtoursac.htm

SITA:
http://tinyurl.com/yw6hx3

Other companies include:

http://www.accidentaltourist.com/

http://www.italy.artviva.com/italytr...r/tuscany_tour

Here's a recent thread which you may find useful:

http://fodors.com/forums/pgMessages....me=Steve_James

Hope this helps ...

Steve

thanks for all of the comments

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Irog, I would suggest looking into Country Tours out of Siena. They service Florence and the whole area. Had good luck with them some years back.

Enjoy Tuscany!